Abstract: The manipulator device includes a pedestal and a carrying mechanism which carries a platform and which forms an articulated triangle comprising: a first arm borne by a first carriage with a first pivot link whose axis forms a first vertex of the triangle, a second arm borne by a second carriage with a second pivot link whose axis forms a second vertex of the triangle, a seat situated at the intersection of the first arm and of the second arm, which forms a third pivot link whose axis is parallel to the first pivot axis and the second pivot axis and forms a third vertex of the triangle. A module is provided for servocontrolling the translational movements of the first carriage and the second carriage with respect to the pedestal. A yaw orientation interface comprises a fourth pivot link, by which the platform is articulated on the seat, both relative to the first arm and relative to the second arm, about a fourth pivot axis which is coaxial to the third pivot axis.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a strip of rubber having discontinuous reinforcer segments includes a conveying step in which a rubber strip is conveyed in a direction DC, and a cutting step in which reinforcers of the strip are cut. The cutting step includes localized heating of each reinforcer using a laser beam from a remote source. A cutting device useable to perform the cutting step includes a conveying device and a cutting head. The conveying device moves the strip in the conveying direction DC past the cutting head. The cutting head includes an emitter from which at least one laser beam is produced to cause localized heating of at least one reinforcer of the strip, in order to cut the at least one reinforcer into discontinuous reinforcer segments. The strip may be conveyed continuously or discontinuously, such that the strip may be moving or immobilized during the cutting step.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a strip (12) of rubber comprising discontinuous reinforcers, this method of manufacture comprising at least one step consisting in cutting the reinforcers of a strip (12) of rubber comprising reinforcers capable of being cut and progressing in a direction of conveying (DC). According to the invention, the method of manufacture is characterized in that each cutting of a reinforcer is performed by heating the reinforcer locally and remotely using a laser beam (18).

Abstract: A method for manufacturing at least one member comprising at least one rubber-coated electronic component, in which the component is placed in contact with a first strip of rubber and it is covered by a second strip of rubber so as to coat the component.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing at least one member comprising at least one rubber-coated electronic component (10), in which the component (10) is placed in contact with a first strip (32) of rubber and it is covered by a second strip (34) of rubber so as to coat the component (10).