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US 2018/0281083 A1Published application
Loading mechanism and machine tool system
AssigneeNtn Corporation
InventorsShouhei YAMAUCHI, Nobuhiko TSUJI
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Abstract
A workpiece is conveyed from a first fixed point to a second fixed point by a conveyor in a chucked state. A phase of the workpiece that is being conveyed by the conveyor is detected by a detector. The workpiece conveyed to the second fixed point by the conveyor is seated on a seating part. A workpiece seating phase of the seating part is adjusted by an adjustor to the phase of the workpiece detected by the detector.
Claims20
A loading mechanism, comprising:
- a conveyor configured to convey a workpiece from a first fixed point to a second fixed point in a chucked state;
- a detector configured to detect a phase of the workpiece that is being conveyed by the conveyor;
- a seating part configured to receive the workpiece, which is conveyed to the second fixed point by the conveyor, to be seated thereon;
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- an adjustor configured to adjust a workpiece seating phase of the seating part to the phase of the workpiece detected by the detector during conveyance of the workpiece from the first fixed point to the second fixed point by the conveyor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.