Method and apparatus for automated quality control for cutting machines of flexible material parts
OwnerGunnar Heldinventor
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Abstract
In order to specify an automated method and an apparatus enabling a quick, reliable and reproducible quality assurance and being easily integrated in existing machines, a cutting machine is specified, comprising: a conveyor (10) for conveying flexible material (100); a machining unit (20) for cutting the flexible material (100) into material parts (200); a recognition unit (30) for detecting the flexible material (100) and/or at least one cut material part (200), the recognition unit (30) being arranged in the conveying direction after the machining unit (20), and a control unit (50) configured to generate a quality result and to control the cutting machine based on information of the recognition unit (30) and/or on marking information.
Claims19
A cutting machine, comprising:
- a conveyor (10) for conveying flexible material (100);
- a machining unit (20) for cutting said flexible material (100) into material parts (200);
- a recognition unit (30) for detecting said flexible material (100) and/or at least one cut material part (200), said recognition unit (30) is arranged in the conveying direction after said machining unit (20),
- a control unit (50) configured to generate a quality result based on information of said recognition unit (30) and/or on marking information.
A cutting machine, comprising:
- a conveyor (10) for conveying flexible material (100);
- a machining unit (20) for cutting said flexible material (100) into material parts (200);
- a marking unit (70) for marking said flexible material (100) and/or said at least one cut material part (200) based on information of said cutting machine and/or of said flexible material (100), said marking unit (70) being arranged in the conveying direction before and/or after said machining unit (20).
A method for automated inline quality control of at least one material part (200) cut out from a flexible material (100), comprising the following steps:
- supplying a flexible material (100) on a conveyor (10),
- cutting (S100) said flexible material (100) by means of a machining unit (20) into one or more material parts (200);
- detecting (S110) at least a part of said flexible material (100) and/or of said cutout material part (200) by means of a recognition unit (30);
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- performing (S120-S130) a quality control based on information of said recognition unit (30) and at least one reference value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.