Production system and method for manufacturing processed product
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
InventorsRyuichi MATSUDA, Toshiaki IKEDA, Keigo ISHIBASHI, Takahisa IKENAGA, Toshiyuki HARADA
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Abstract
A production system according to an embodiment includes a workpiece circulator, a robot, and a posture changer. The workpiece circulator circulates a workpiece along a certain path. The robot holds the workpiece circulated by the workpiece circulator in a holding region that is part of the certain path, to move the workpiece to a certain place. The posture changer is arranged in the workpiece circulator and changes a posture of the workpiece circulated by the workpiece circulator.
Claims11
A production system comprising:
- a workpiece circulator that circulates a workpiece along a certain path;
- a robot that holds the workpiece circulated by the workpiece circulator in a holding region that is part of the certain path, to move the workpiece to a certain place;
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- a posture changer that is arranged in the workpiece circulator and changes a posture of the workpiece circulated by the workpiece circulator.
A production system comprising:
- means for circulating a workpiece;
- a robot that holds the workpiece circulated by the circulating means, to move the workpiece to a certain place;
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- means for changing a posture of the workpiece circulated by the means for circulating the workpiece.
A method for manufacturing a processed product, the method comprising:
- circulating workpieces used for manufacturing the processed product by using a workpiece circulator including:
- a forward path part that moves the workpieces from a first height position to a second height position that is higher than the first height position, and drops the workpiece from the second height position;
- and a backward path part that returns the workpiece dropped from the second height position in the forward path part to the forward path part;
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- holding a workpiece circulated in a posture satisfying a condition set in advance among the workpieces circulated by the workpiece circulator, using a robot to move the workpiece to a certain place.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.