System and method for separating workpieces
AssigneeNagaoka Seisakusho Corp.
InventorSoichi YANAGISAWA
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Abstract
A system for separating a workpiece from workpieces is provided. The system includes a stocker on which a plurality of workpieces are stored in a stacked state, a holding unit including at least one pair of inverted V-shaped pads that sandwich and clamp both ends of one of the workpieces, and a moving unit that moves at least one of the holding unit and the stocker so as to relatively move the stocker downward with respect to the holding unit, which is in a state where the one of the workpieces is clamped by the at least one pair of pads, and to separate the one of the workpieces from other workpieces.
Claims11
A system comprising:
- a stocker on which a plurality of workpieces are stored in a stacked state;
- a holding unit including at least one pair of inverted V-shaped pads that sandwich and clamp both ends of one of the workpieces;
- and
- a moving unit that moves at least one of the holding unit and the stocker so as to relatively move the stocker downward with respect to the holding unit, which is in a state where the one of the workpieces is clamped by the at least one pair of pads, and to separate the one of the workpieces from other workpieces.
A method that includes separating one of workpieces from other workpieces by using a system, the system including a stocker on which the plurality of plate-like workpieces are stored in a stacked state and a holding unit with at least one pair of inverted V-shaped pads that clamp both ends of the one of the workpieces,
- wherein the separating comprises:
- moving at least one of the holding unit and the stocker relatively so that the at least one pair of pads hold an uppermost workpiece stacked on the stocker;
- and
- moving at least one of the holding unit and the stocker, after the pair of pads have held the uppermost workpiece as the one of the workpieces, so that the stocker is relatively downward with respect to the holding unit to separate the one of the workpieces.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.