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US 12,324,571 B2Granted
Automated punching station for the production of punched components, punched component and relative production method
AssigneeHpf S.R.L.
InventorGabriele Lualdi
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Abstract
The invention relates to an automated punching station for the production of punched components for prosthetic surgery instruments, in particular for instruments able to mill/cut or otherwise carry out tissue removal processes in preparation for, or in the context of, prosthetic surgery operations. The invention also concerns a method to produce said punched components, and a punched component thus obtained.
Claims10
An automated punching station configured to produce punched components for prosthetic surgery instruments, wherein said station comprises:
- a transport support arranged to receive and position a plurality of intermediate components, each of the intermediate components provided with through holes defined at least in part by a respective edge;
- a press device comprising at least one fixed punch and a counter-punch mobile in a punching direction with respect to said fixed punch for punching each of said edges to provide a cutting part of the prosthetic surgery instrument;
- at least one automated operator configured to pick up, and move one at a time, said intermediate components from said transport support, so as to place each intermediate component in cooperation on each occasion with said press device in order to punch the respective edge in a punching operation;
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- a control unit configured to command the automated operator to maintain each intermediate component in a grip once placed in cooperation with the press device and move said automated operator synchronously;
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- wherein, the counter-punch is configured to engage and shape a segment of the respective edge into a protruding cutting edge.
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An automated punching station configured to produce punched components for prosthetic surgery instruments, wherein said station comprises:
- a transport support arranged to receive and position a plurality of intermediate components, each of the intermediate components provided with through holes, each of the through holes having an edge;
- a press device comprising at least one fixed punch and a counter-punch movable in a punching direction with respect to the fixed punch for punching the edge of each of the through holes providing a cutting part of the prosthetic surgery instrument;
- at least one automated operator configured to pick up, and move one at a time, said intermediate components from said transport support, so as to place each intermediate component in cooperation on each occasion with said press device in order to punch the respective edge in a punching operation;
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- a control unit configured to command the automated operator to maintain each intermediate component in a grip once placed in cooperation with the press device and move said automated operator synchronously;
- wherein each of the through holes includes a first segment;
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- further wherein the counter-punch is configured to engage and shape the first segment of the respective edge, into a protruding cutting edge.
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A robotic working line for the production of prosthetic surgery instruments, comprising:
- an automated punching station arranged in the robotic working line;
- wherein the automated punching station comprises:
- a transport support arranged to receive and position a plurality of intermediate components, each of the intermediate components provided with through holes defined at least in part by a respective edge;
- a press device comprising at least one fixed punch and a counter-punch mobile in a punching direction with respect to said fixed punch for punching each of said edges to produce a cutting part of the prosthetic surgery instrument;
- at least one automated operator configured to pick up, and move one at a time, said intermediate components from said transport support, so as to place each intermediate component in cooperation on each occasion with said press device in order to punch the respective edge in a punching operation;
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- a control unit configured to command the automated operator to maintain each intermediate component in a grip once placed in cooperation with the press device and move said automated operator synchronously;
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- wherein the counter-punch configured to engage and shape a segment of the respective edge, into a protruding cutting edge.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.