Automatic clamp changing apparatus
AssigneesHONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorsChun-Nan Ou, Jian-Long Xing, Rong-Mou Bao, Cheng-Bin Su, Xiao-Yun Yuan, Jin Wang
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Abstract
A clamp changing apparatus includes a holder (70) including a plurality of clamp-holding devices (72), each of which holding a clamp (10) thereon, a robot (50) including a shaft (501), and a coupling device (30) secured on the shaft of the robot. The robot selects one of the clamps held on the clamp-holding devices according to a predetermined machining program therein, changes out a used clamp for the selected clamp, and mounts the selected clamp on the coupling device.
Claims15
A clamp changing apparatus, comprising:
- a holder comprising a base supporting a plurality of clamp-holding devices, each of which holds a clamp thereon, and wherein each of the clamp-holding devices comprises a hook for securing the clamp thereon, and a driving cylinder coupled with the hook for rotatably driving the hook;
- a robot having a shaft;
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- a coupling device secured on the shaft of the robot;
- wherein the robot, according to a machining program therein, selects one of the clamps held on the clamp-holding devices, changes out a used clamp for the selected clamp, and mounts the selected clamp on the coupling device.
A clamp changing apparatus, comprising:
- a holder comprising a base supporting a plurality of clamp-holding devices, each of which holds a clamp thereon, wherein the base comprises a frame, a plurality of spaced sliding paths disposed on top of the frame, and a bumper disposed at an end of each sliding path for dampening vibration produced by the clamp-holding devices during operation;
- a robot having a shaft;
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- a coupling device secured on the shaft of the robot;
- wherein the robot, according to a machining program therein, selects one of the clamps held on the clamp-holding devices, changes out a used clamp for the selected clamp, and mounts the selected clamp on the coupling device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.