Transferring system
AssigneeToyo Automation Co., Ltd.
InventorsMing-Te Cheng, Min-Ling Tu, Yu-Lin Tai
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Abstract
A transferring system includes a moving unit, a base unit secured on the moving unit, a suspension unit disposed on the base unit, a carrying unit, a measuring unit secured on the suspension unit, and a controller connected to the moving unit, the carrying unit and the measuring unit. The carrying unit includes a rotary motor and a rotary encoder secured on the suspension unit, and a tube carrying a target object. The rotary motor drives the tube to revolve. The measuring unit includes a force sensor in contact with the base unit. The controller controls operations of the moving unit and the rotary motor according to an angular position of the tube detected by the rotary encoder and a force detected by the force sensor.
Claims8
A transferring system adapted to transfer a target object, said transferring system comprising:
- a moving unit including a main body, and a driving component that is configured to drive said main body to move in a first direction;
- a base unit including
- a connecting part that is secured on said main body so as to move together with said main body in the first direction, that is formed with a guiding groove that extends in the first direction and that faces away from said main body, and that has two ends opposite to each other in the first direction, and
- an extension part that is connected to one of said two ends of said connecting part, that extends in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction, and that is formed with
- a first through hole that extends through said extension part in the first direction and that is in spatial communication with said guiding groove, and
- a second through hole that extends through said extension part in the first direction and that is spaced apart from said first through hole in the second direction;
- a suspension unit including
- a connecting component that is disposed on said extension part and that extends through said first through hole, and
- a carrier that is disposed movably in said guiding groove, that is connected to said connecting component, and that has a part exposed out of said guiding groove in the second direction;
- a carrying unit including
- a tube that extends through the second through hole and that is configured to carry the target object,
- a rotary motor that is secured on said carrier and that is configured to drive said tube to revolve in the second through hole, and
- a rotary encoder that is secured on said carrier and that is configured to detect an angular position of said tube;
- a measuring unit including a base secured on said carrier, and a force sensor mounted on said base in contact with said extension part to detect force exerted on said force sensor;
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- a controller electrically connected to said driving component, said rotary motor, said rotary encoder and said force sensor, and configured to control operations of said driving component and said rotary motor according to the angular position of said tube detected by said rotary encoder and the force detected by said force sensor.
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