Method and apparatus for automated handling of cut material

Details Method and apparatus for automated handling of cut material Method and apparatus for automated handling of cut material

B - Operations, Transporting

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B65H 29/24 (2006.01) B26D 7/18 (2006.01) B65H 5/08 (2006.01) B65H 29/38 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2157386

A method and apparatus nondestructively remove a cut segment of predetermined shape from a limp material sheet workpiece and transport the cut workpiece segment to a staging area for further processing. Such removal and transporting is accomplished without distorting the shape of the cut segment. An apparatus 10 includes a cutting table 12, a dispensing and cutting gantry 14, a picker gantry 16, and a sheet material dispenser assembly 18, all under the control of a controller 20. Picker gantry 16 includes a cover segment picking mechanism 16A that removes a cover sheet segment off a workpiece material sheet. The picker gantry further includes a workpiece segment picking mechanism 16B for removing a workpiece segment from the workpiece material sheet.

Un procédé et un appareil permettant de prélever sans l'endommager une pièce, de forme prédéterminée, découpée dans une feuille de matériau flasque et de la transporter vers une zone de préparation pour la travailler. Le prélèvement et le transport de la pièce se font sans déformer le segment découpé. Un appareil (10) comprend un plan de découpe (12), un portique d'avance et de découpe (14), un portique de préhension (16) et un ensemble d'alimentation en matériau en feuille (18), le tout commandé par un dispositif de commande (20). Le portique de préhension (16) comporte un mécanisme de préhension (16A) qui permet d'ôter un segment de couverture situé sur la feuille de matériau à travailler. En outre le portique de préhension comporte un mécanisme (16B) de préhension de pièces à travailler qui permet de prélever une pièce sur la feuille de matériau.

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