Abstract: A method and a system for handling slender bodies in a semi-finished production plant includes a cutting station separating slender bodies from a continuous wire, a finishing station of the head ends of the slender bodies, a dimensional verification station downstream of the finishing station, and transporting equipment transporting the slender bodies between stations. At or upstream of the cutting station a marking unit applies a reference marking on the slender bodies, which working identifies an original attitude including angular position. The transporting equipment includes gripping and locking assembly, locking at least the angular position of the reference mark to a relative reference system of the transport equipment. Upstream of the finishing station is a detecting and storing unit for data of the angular position to the relative reference system. A unit determines the original attitude of the slender bodies using the data in the dimensional verification station.

Abstract: A tearing device to be applied to a complete package (1, 2) is disclosed, consisting of an adhesive label having a base layer (3) provided with an adhesive portion and a terminal portion (32, 33, 34, 32?, 33?) acting as gripping edge for imparting a manual traction, the label being so arranged as to determine at least two points of localised application of the stress, or a point of application of the stress and a point of reaction to the stress, very close to each other, upon applying a traction on said terminal portion. A weakening line or a preferred-rupture line (4, 4?) may be provided, with the base layer being made of a material having an ultimate tensile strength higher than that of the wrapping sheath and a much lower tensile elongation than that of the wrapping sheath.

Abstract: A support system of a slender article in a geometry-detecting machine includes a plurality of vertical constraint points (1) with which the slender article is in contact, wherein the vertical constraint points (1) are coupled in pairs by interconnection arms (4) in turn including a constraint joint (3, 5) provided with a universal joint mechanism which leaves, to the arms (4), two rotational degrees of freedom (32, 34) along two orthogonal axes passing in the proximity of the longitudinal axis of the article, the constraint joints (3, 5) possibly being themselves similarly coupled in pairs until converging, in a multiple-layer sequence, towards a single constraint point.

Abstract: A support system of a slender article in a geometry-detecting machine includes a plurality of vertical constraint points with which the slender article is in contact, wherein the vertical constraint points are coupled in pairs by interconnection arms in turn including a constraint joint provided with a universal joint mechanism which leaves, to the arms, two rotational degrees of freedom along two orthogonal axes passing in the proximity of the longitudinal axis of the article, the constraint joints possibly being themselves similarly coupled in pairs until converging, in a multiple-layer sequence, towards a single constraint point.

Abstract: A method and a system for handling slender bodies in a semi-finished production plant includes a cutting station separating slender bodies from a continuous wire, a finishing station of the head ends of the slender bodies, a dimensional verification station downstream of the finishing station, and transporting equipment transporting the slender bodies between stations. At or upstream of the cutting station a marking unit applies a reference marking on the slender bodies, which working identifies an original attitude including angular position. The transporting equipment includes gripping and locking assembly, locking at least the angular position of the reference mark to a relative reference system of the transport equipment. Upstream of the finishing station is a detecting and storing unit for data of the angular position to the relative reference system. A unit determines the original attitude of the slender bodies using the data in the dimensional verification station.

Abstract: A support system of a slender article in a geometry-detecting machine includes a plurality of vertical constraint points with which the slender article is in contact, wherein the vertical constraint points are coupled in pairs by interconnection arms in turn including a constraint joint provided with a universal joint mechanism which leaves, to the arms, two rotational degrees of freedom along two orthogonal axes passing in the proximity of the longitudinal axis of the article, the constraint joints possibly being themselves similarly coupled in pairs until converging, in a multiple-layer sequence, towards a single constraint point.

Abstract: A geometry-detecting machine for a slender body includes a fixed reference frame (30, 31) provided with at least one pair of constraint points (1) for the slender body and sensor element (28) for the spatial detection of the geometry of the slender body, wherein the constraint points are in the shape of vertical constraints points (1, 3, 5) coupled in pairs by interconnecting element (4, 34) in turn making up vertical constraint points to be coupled in pairs on multiple levels and wherein the interconnection element are pivoting arms, such to allow the slender body to meander freely in order to guarantee for the slender body an attitude as natural as possible.

Abstract: A geometry-detecting machine for a slender body includes a fixed reference frame (30, 31) provided with at least one pair of constraint points (1) for the slender body and sensor element (28) for the spatial detection of the geometry of the slender body, wherein the constraint points are in the shape of vertical constraints points (1, 3, 5) coupled in pairs by interconnecting element (4, 34) in turn making up vertical constraint points to be coupled in pairs on multiple levels and wherein the interconnection element are pivoting arms, such to allow the slender body to meander freely in order to guarantee for the slender body an attitude as natural as possible.

Abstract: A support system of a slender article in a geometry-detecting machine includes a plurality of vertical constraint points (1) with which the slender article is in contact, wherein the vertical constraint points (1) are coupled in pairs by interconnection arms (4) in turn including a constraint joint (3, 5) provided with a universal joint mechanism which leaves, to the arms (4), two rotational degrees of freedom (32, 34) along two orthogonal axes passing in the proximity of the longitudinal axis of the article, the constraint joints (3, 5) possibly being themselves similarly coupled in pairs until converging, in a multiple-layer sequence, towards a single constraint point.

Abstract: A tearing device to be applied to a complete package (1, 2) is disclosed, consisting of an adhesive label having a base layer (3) provided with an adhesive portion and a terminal portion (32, 33, 34, 32?, 33?) acting as gripping edge for imparting a manual traction, the label being so arranged as to determine at least two points of localised application of the stress, or a point of application of the stress and a point of reaction to the stress, very close to each other, upon applying a traction on said terminal portion. A weakening line or a preferred-rupture line (4, 4?) may be provided, with the base layer being made of a material having an ultimate tensile strength higher than that of the wrapping sheath and a much lower tensile elongation than that of the wrapping sheath.

Abstract: A fuzzy-logic on-board device for motoring and processing motor vehicle operating data comprising a on-board network connector, a front-end device, a CPU, an integrated store, a power management system and a peripheral device interface connector.

Abstract: A fuzzy-logic on-board device for motoring and processing motor vehicle operating data comprising a on-board network connector, a front-end device, a CPU, an integrated store, a power management system and a peripheral device interface connector.