Patents Assigned to Amada Company, Limited
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Publication number: 20060089747Abstract: A method is provided for guaranteeing generation of 2D sketches based upon a 3D sheet metal part shape created by any type of sheet metal feature operation. The method includes performing a sheet metal feature operation to create the 3D sheet metal shape. The 3D sheet metal shape will have multiple flanges. Then an editable 2D sketch is created for each flange by obtaining geometric parameters of the 3D sheet metal shape, and linking the parameters with the appropriate generated sketch. The constraint parameters can include line segment lengths and angles between selected adjoining two line segments of the 3D sheet metal shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2004Publication date: April 27, 2006Applicant: Amada Company, LimitedInventor: Satoshi Sakai
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Publication number: 20060081107Abstract: When a retainer collar 77 is rotated with respect to a punch guide 29 in a turnable manner, an upper punch driver 49 which pierces the retainer collar 77 so as to be movable up and down is rotated with respect to the punch guide 29. As a result, since the upper punch driver 49 is screwed into a lower punch driver 37 and is rotated with respect to the lower punch driver 37 provided on the punch guide 29 movablly up and down, an up-down positional relationship between the upper punch driver 49 and the lower punch driver 37 can be adjusted.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2005Publication date: April 20, 2006Applicant: Amada Company, LimitedInventors: Masami Iwamoto, Shigeru Endo
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Patent number: 7029429Abstract: A bending press system provided with a bending press with at least one bending station to mount a plurality of divided tools and, tool housing devices to house divided metals to be used on the bending press and, tool exchange devices which mount the divided tools on the bending station.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2004Date of Patent: April 18, 2006Assignee: Amada Company, LimitedInventors: Ichio Akami, Takahiro Ogawa, Masaaki Sato, Goujyu Umemoto, Toshiyuki Kondo
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Publication number: 20060074603Abstract: A method is provided for centrally monitoring machines running at remote customer sites and providing customers with adequate support. The method includes collecting machine operating data, including data for each process stage, at the customer sites, and analyzing, at a central location, the collected machine operating data for each machine. Subsequently, a solution based upon the analysis is proposed to the customer for each of the machines, and the solution is then implemented. The method also includes continuously collecting data to check effectiveness of the installed machines and to verify the solution works.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2005Publication date: April 6, 2006Applicant: Amada Company, LimitedInventors: Wataru Matsunaga, Kazuyoshi Mihara, Toshio Takagi
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Publication number: 20060053023Abstract: A method is provided for centrally monitoring machines running at remote customer sites and providing customers with adequate support. The method includes collecting machine operating data, including data for each process stage, at the customer sites, and analyzing, at a central location, the collected machine operating data for each machine. Subsequently, a solution based upon the analysis is proposed to the customer for each of the machines, and the solution is then implemented. The method also includes continuously collecting data to check effectiveness of the installed machines and to verify the solution works.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2004Publication date: March 9, 2006Applicant: Amada Company LimitedInventors: Wataru Matsunaga, Kazuyoshi Mihara, Toshio Takagi
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Patent number: 7007582Abstract: When a retainer collar 77 is rotated with respect to a punch guide 29 in a turnable manner, an upper punch driver 49 which pierces the retainer collar 77 so as to be movable up and down is rotated with respect to the punch guide 29. As a result, since the upper punch driver 49 is screwed into a lower punch driver 37 and is rotated with respect to the lower punch driver 37 provided on the punch guide 29 movably up and down, an up-down positional relationship between the upper punch driver 49 and the lower punch driver 37 can be adjusted.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2001Date of Patent: March 7, 2006Assignee: Amada Company, LimitedInventors: Masami Iwamoto, Shigeru Endo
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Patent number: 7007530Abstract: In bending a workpiece, a position of the workpiece relatively pressed down by a punch is directly detected by a plurality of position detectors provided in a V-groove of a die, and a bending speed calculation section obtains a bending speed from a change in this position. If bending speeds at position of the respective position detectors differ, a uniform speed arithmetic operation section calculates a bending speed to make the bending speeds at the positions of all of the position detectors, and a driving shaft instruction section controls driving shafts to bend the workpiece at the uniform bending speed.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2001Date of Patent: March 7, 2006Assignee: Amada Company, LimitedInventors: Junichi Koyama, Kazunari Imai, Hitoshi Omata, Osamu Hayama, Hidekatsu Ikeda
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Patent number: 7003371Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and a method, which assist CAD data to be usable by supplier's own CAD and automatic programming tool no matter how a format of the CAD data from an orderer may be. Electronic drawing data Dx prepared in an orderer 11 is received in an outsourcing service center 14, the received electronic drawing data Dx is subjected to data conversion into electronic drawing data Dc in a format designated by the supplier 12, and the electronic drawing data Dc having been subjected to the data conversion is transmitted to the supplier 12 or a designated destination.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2001Date of Patent: February 21, 2006Assignee: Amada Company LimitedInventors: Koichi Tsuchida, Yoshiyuki Matsui, Yukio Fukui, Toshio Takagi
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Publication number: 20060025882Abstract: An inferiority phenomena countermeasure guiding apparatus is provided. The inferiority phenomena countermeasure guiding apparatus includes an inferiority phenomena screen creator which creates an inferiority phenomena screen for displaying a plurality of inferiority phenomena in machining using a marketing object. The inferiority phenomena countermeasure guiding apparatus also includes an inferiority phenomena cause screen creator which is actuated by clicking a display portion of one inferiority phenomenon on the inferiority phenomena screen to create an inferiority phenomena cause screen for displaying causes of the one inferiority phenomenon.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2005Publication date: February 2, 2006Applicant: Amada Company LimitedInventors: Masanori Nanbu, Toshio Tamura, Kohji Iwamoto, Yukio Fukui
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Patent number: 6970754Abstract: The present invention is provided with an increase profit calculating apparatus (122) which simulates increase profit according to a commercial article proposal, an inferiority phenomena countermeasure guiding apparatus (123) which proposes a commercial article so as to solve a problem, a commercial article proposal supporting section (102) having a commercial article catalog output apparatus (121), a commercial article database (105) having shape/material quality/commercial article data of product groups classified on the basis of pattern shapes of products, a product automatic designing apparatus (product parameter setting apparatus) (132) which designs a product corresponding to a product specification required using pattern shape data parametrically, a machining possibility calculating apparatus (133) which simulates whether or not a designed product is capable of being machined, an estimate creating section (103) having an estimate information output apparatus, and an order reception information creatingType: GrantFiled: July 14, 1999Date of Patent: November 29, 2005Assignee: Amada Company LimitedInventors: Masanori Nanbu, Toshio Tamura, Kohji Iwamoto, Yukio Fukui
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Publication number: 20050247181Abstract: A scrap floating prevention mechanism is provided. The scrap floating prevention mechanism includes a die holder formed with a first communication pipe which sends compressed fluid. The scrap floating prevention mechanism also includes a mounting table formed with a second communication pipe which comes into communication with the first communication pipe and which sends compressed fluid to the first communication pipe. The die holder is placed on and fixed to the mounting table. The scrap floating prevention mechanism further includes a fluid injecting member which is formed with multiple inclined injecting pipes for injecting compressed fluid from the first communication pipe and which is provided below the die.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2003Publication date: November 10, 2005Applicant: AMADA COMPANY LIMITEDInventor: Fumio Kato
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Patent number: 6959581Abstract: In a press brake relatively moving an upper table (5U) or a lower table (5L) upward and downward by a plurality of hydraulic cylinders (17L and 17R) so as to perform a bending work, the respective hydraulic cylinders (17L, 17R) are driven by individually controlling a pair of left and right two-way. fluid pumps and hydraulic devices (21L, 21R) provided in correspondence to the respective hydraulic cylinders (17L, 17R) The two-way fluid pumps and the respective hydraulic devices (21L, 21R) are mounted to a base plate (23) mounted to cylinder heads (18L, 18R) of the respective hydraulic cylinders (17L, 17R), and an oil tank (27) is provided in an upper side of the hydraulic devices (21L, 21R).Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2000Date of Patent: November 1, 2005Assignee: Amada Company, LimitedInventor: Kazuhiro Kanno
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Patent number: 6959573Abstract: A bending apparatus reciprocates at least one of an upper table to which a punch is mounted and a lower table to which a corresponding plurality of adjacent divided dies are mounted. At least one bending angle detector is provided between the dies to detect a bending angle of the workpiece. A main body inserts the bending angle detector into a gap between the dies and withdraws the bending angle detector from the gap between the dies. A lift is biased upward by a first elastic body and is configured to be pressed downward by the workpiece at approximately a center of a groove portion of the dies. The lift includes a first engagement member. A rotor support is biased upward by two second elastic bodies having smaller biasing forces than the first elastic body. The rotor support includes second engagement members. Two rotors are provided on opposite sides of the groove portion at an upper portion of the rotor support. The two rotors include workpiece contacts that contact the workpiece.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2001Date of Patent: November 1, 2005Assignee: Amada Company, LimitedInventors: Masateru Matsumoto, Koichi Yanagawa, Ken Hatano, Yutaka Takizawa
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Patent number: 6941784Abstract: A bending method includes determining a provisional bending stroke value that resulted in a predetermined angle during test bending. The bending method also includes calculating a stroke value correction amount for correcting the provisional bending stroke value, based on the number of times a test piece was contacted to obtain the predetermined angle during test bending. The stroke value correction amount is added to the provisional stroke value to obtain a corrected stroke value, so as to obtain the predetermined angle during operational bending using the corrected stroke value.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2001Date of Patent: September 13, 2005Assignee: Amada Company, LimitedInventors: Junichi Koyama, Osamu Hayama, Hitoshi Omata, Kazunari Imai
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Patent number: 6920821Abstract: A rod pressure holding instruction section controls a servo motor to rotate a two-way pump in a counter direction, and to supply hydraulic oil, with pressure which does not exceed pressure from a weight of a ram, to a two-way pump-side piping, increasing pressure. A difference between pressure in a rod-side cylinder chamber-side piping of a speed switching valve and pressure in a two-way pump-side piping of the speed switching valve is decreased, thereby decreasing an impact generated when switching the speed switching valve and stopping the ram at a predetermined position.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2001Date of Patent: July 26, 2005Assignee: Amada Company, LimitedInventor: Nobuaki Ariji
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Patent number: 6904393Abstract: A dimensioning system is provided for a computer generated model of a sheet metal part including a plurality of entities. The dimensioning system comprises a model display, an indicator, a selector, a dimension defining system, and a dimension display. The model display displays a representation of the model on a display screen. The indicator indicates to a user candidate entities of the model, in response to user events, that may be selected. The selector selects two entities of the model, based on an indicated candidate entity. The dimension defining system defines each dimension associated with the selected entities of the model. The dimension display displays dimension information on the display screen based on the defined dimension. A repositioning system is also provided for a computer generated model of a sheet metal part represented on a display screen. The sheet metal part has associated dimensions displayed along with the sheet metal part on the display screen.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2001Date of Patent: June 7, 2005Assignee: Amada Company, LimitedInventors: Edward Schwalb, Elena Pashenkova, Dmitry Leshchiner, Kensuke Hazama
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Publication number: 20050107903Abstract: A sheet metal factory processing system includes a production management apparatus which generates a processing schedule based on a manufacturing designation. The processing schedule is managed in each unit of material sheets. The sheet metal factory processing system also includes a sheet metal factory processing installation which is mutually connected to the production management apparatus through a communication network to execute the processing schedule received from the production management apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2004Publication date: May 19, 2005Applicant: Amada Company, LimitedInventors: Masato Kanazawa, Kaoru Nakamura
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Patent number: 6874343Abstract: A controller for a press brake controls a servomotor to reverse the rotation of a bidirectional piston pump so as to reverse the vertical movement of a hydraulic cylinder and a ram. A command generator maintains a constant speed for a predetermined warmup time or distance after the ram movement is reversed, and afterwards changes the ram speed to a predetermined speed. A ram position, set according to a moving speed pattern, is compared to the actual position of the ram to conform the ram to the moving speed pattern. The moving speed may be limited based on at least one of a pressure and a detected by a pressure sensor.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2000Date of Patent: April 5, 2005Assignee: AMADA Company, LimitedInventor: Nobuaki Ariji
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Patent number: D506482Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2003Date of Patent: June 21, 2005Assignee: Amada Company, LimitedInventor: Fumikazu Ishiwata
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Patent number: D515600Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2005Date of Patent: February 21, 2006Assignee: Amada Company, LimitedInventor: Fumikazu Ishiwata