Shrink fitting system
AssigneeKonica Minolta, Inc.
InventorsKatsuaki Tamaki, Yasuhiro Matsumoto
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Abstract
A task of insertion of a tool is continued even when the insertion of the tool is failed in a shrink fitting method. A shrink fitting system for shrink-fitting a tool to a holder includes: a heating device that heats the holder; an insertion device that inserts the tool into the heated holder; and a control device for the shrink fitting system. The insertion device includes a sensor that detects a failure of insertion of the tool into the holder. Based on the failure of the insertion of the tool into the holder being detected, the control device performs at least one of outputting, to the insertion device, a command for adjusting an insertion position of the tool or for replacing the tool and outputting, to the heating device, a command for re-heating the holder.
Claims20
A shrink fitting system for shrink-fitting a tool to a holder, the shrink fitting system comprising:
- a heater that heats the holder;
- a robot that inserts the tool into the heated holder;
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- a processor for the shrink fitting system, wherein
- the robot includes a sensor that detects a failure of insertion of the tool into the holder,
- based on the failure of the insertion of the tool into the holder being detected, the processor outputs a command for adjusting an insertion position of the tool to the robot and a command for re-heating the holder to the heater, and
- wherein the processor is configured to output a command to replace the tool after the failure of the insertion of the tool into the holder, the adjusting of the insertion position of the tool, and the re-heating of the holder by the heater are each performed a predetermined plurality of times.
A shrink fitting system for shrink-fitting a tool to a holder, the shrink fitting system comprising:
- a heater that heats the holder;
- a robot that inserts the tool into the heated holder, the robot including a first plate, a second plate, an elastic portion, a photo sensor, and a shielding object, the photo sensor being fixed to one of the first plate and the second plate, and the shielding object being fixed to an other of first plate and the second plate;
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- a computer for the shrink fitting system, wherein
- the sensor is configured to detect a failure of insertion of the tool into the holder based on the elastic portion being shrunk by the predetermined distance or more, the shielding object being configured to block an incoming light path for the sensor or be separated from the incoming light path for the sensor, and
- based on the failure of the insertion of the tool into the holder being detected, the computer outputs a command for adjusting an insertion position of the tool to the robot and a command for re-heating the holder to the heater, and
- wherein the computer is configured to output a command to replace the tool after the failure of the insertion of the tool into the holder, the adjusting of the insertion position of the tool, and the re-heating of the holder by the heater are each performed a predetermined plurality of times.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.