Machining method and machining system
AssigneeFuji Machine Mfg. Co., Ltd.
InventorsShintaro Murata, Kazuyoshi Nagato, Tatsuyuki Honda, Katsuji Yonekawa
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Abstract
A method of machining a plurality of workpieces in an unmanned manner, including the steps of holding, with a jig, a first one of the workpieces, attaching the jig holding the first workpiece, to a workpiece holding device of at least one machining device, so that the first workpiece is machined by the machining device, detaching, after the machining of the first workpiece, the jig holding the first workpiece, from the workpiece holding device, removing the first workpiece from the jig, and holding, with the jig, a second one of the workpieces, and repeating the attaching step, the detaching step, and removing step.
Claims8
A method of machining a plurality of workpieces in an unmanned manner, comprising the steps of:
- holding, with a jig, a first one of the workpieces,
- attaching the jig holding the first workpiece, to a workpiece holding device of at least one machining device, so that the first workpiece is machined by the machining device,
- detaching, after the machining of the first workpiece, the jig holding the first workpiece, from the workpiece holding device,
- removing the first workpiece from the jig, and
- holding, with the jig, a second one of the workpieces, and repeating the attaching step, the detaching step, and removing step.
A jig, comprising
- a main body;
- and
- a fixing device which continues to fix a workpiece to the main body without receiving an external action such as transmission of a force or supplying of an energy,
- the fixing device comprising a clamp member which is engageable with the workpiece;
- and a clamp-member moving device which moves the clamp member to an operative position thereof where the clamp member engages the workpiece and thereby fixes the workpiece to the main body, and to an inoperative position thereof away from the operative position,
- the clamp-member moving device comprising a spring member which applies an elastic force to the clamp member and thereby biases the clamp member toward the operative position thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.