System for accurately punching holes in a profile and its method
AssigneeSoenen Technology NV
InventorLuc De Sutter
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Abstract
The current invention relates to a system for accurately punching holes in a profile comprising at least one clamp, slideable in a first direction, and at least one punch unit for punching holes in the profile, wherein the at least one clamp comprises a linear encoder, configured for measuring a displacement in the first direction of the at least one clamp. The invention also relates to a method for accurately punching holes in a profile comprising clamping a profile in a clamp, displacing the profile by sliding the clamp in a first direction in a punch unit, and punching at least one hole in the profile by the punch unit, wherein the displacement of the profile in the first direction is measured with a linear encoder, coupled to the clamp.
Claims11
A system for accurately punching holes in a profile comprising:
- at least one clamp unit, comprising a clamp, slideable in a first direction, and
- at least one punch unit for punching holes in a profile,
- characterized in that, the at least one clamp unit comprises a linear encoder, configured for measuring a displacement of the clamp of the at least one clamp unit in the first direction, and a temperature sensor configured for measuring the temperature of the linear encoder;
- and the at least one punch unit comprises a displacement sensor comprising a linear encoder configured for measuring a displacement of the profile in a direction transverse to the first direction, relative to an axis in the first direction.
A method for accurately punching holes in a profile comprising:
- clamping a profile in a clamp of a clamp unit,
- displacing the profile in a punch unit by sliding the clamp in a first direction,
- measuring a position of a longitudinal edge of the profile in a direction transverse to the first direction, relative to an axis in the first direction, with a linear encoder comprised in a displacement sensor of the punch unit, and
- punching at least one hole in the profile by the punch unit,
- characterized in that, the displacement of the profile in the first direction is measured with a linear encoder and the temperature of the linear encoder is measured by a temperature sensor, comprised in the clamp unit.
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