Box folding system
AssigneeFanuc Corporation
InventorHiroki Matsui
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Abstract
An empty box folding system according to an aspect of the present disclosure that allows easy change in the size of the box folds a box formed from a box sheet having a plurality of interconnected panels, the system comprising: a robot that has a working head that suctions the box sheet and moves the box; and a folding aid member that changes a relative angle of the panels by abutting against the box moved by the robot.
Claims6
A box folding system for folding a box formed of a box sheet including a plurality of interconnected panels, the box folding system comprising:
- a robot that has a work head which suctions the box sheet, and that moves the box;
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- a folding-aid member that changes relative angles of the panels by coming into contact with the box moved by the robot, wherein
- the plurality of panels include a pair of length face panels and a pair of width face panels, which are laterally and alternately connected to form a quadrilateral-tube-shaped portion, two pairs of outer flaps extending from upper edges and lower edges of the pair of length face panels, respectively, and two pairs of inner flaps extending from upper edges and lower edges of the pair of width face panels, respectively;
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- the robot moves the box so as to open each of the inner flaps by the folding-aid member, with the work head being in a posture of suctioning one of the length face panels and one of the outer flaps that is connected thereto, on a same plane, with the other length face panel arranged on a lower side, and then releases the box from the work head so as to cause the folding-aid member to support the box sheet at a boundary between the length face panel and one of the width face panels.
A box folding system for folding a box formed of a box sheet including a plurality of interconnected panels, the box folding system comprising:
- a robot that has a work head which suctions the box sheet, and that moves the box;
- a folding-aid member that changes relative angles of the panels by coming into contact with the box moved by the robot;
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- a pad taking-out apparatus that has a suction unit which is inserted into the box and which suctions a buffer pad arranged in the box.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.