Abstract: A pickup mechanism for feeding of weld pins from a magazine to a welding electrode of a welding gun, where the pickup mechanism is attachable to the welding gun in connection to the welding electrode, and where the magazine is attachable to the pickup mechanism, the pickup mechanism comprises a movable pickup lever arm displaceable between a pickup position and a delivery position, where the pickup lever arm is adapted for displacing the weld pin from a pickup position in the magazine to a welding position at the welding electrode; wherein the pickup lever arm has a pickup part comprising a feeding portion for feeding the weld pins from the pickup position to the welding position, where the pickup part comprises a retrieving portion arranged with a sliding surface for displacing the pickup lever arm in a direction essentially perpendicular to the direction of the movement between the delivery position and the pickup position when the sliding surface is in contact with a first weld pin in the magazine, and whe

Abstract: A haptic user interface device (1) for a surgical simulation system (2), comprising a frame (11) having a fixed base (12), a neck portion (15) rotatable around a first axis (A) in relation to the base (12), and a suspension portion (16) rotatable around a second axis (B) in relation to the neck portion (15), an instrument (10) having a rigid shaft (21) suspended by the suspension portion (16) so as to be pivotable around the first axis (A) and the second axis (B), a first and second actuator (14, 17) mounted on the frame (11) and arranged to provide force feedback to a user when rotating the instrument (10) around the first axis (A) and the second axis (B). The first and second actuators are mounted on the neck portion (15).

Abstract: A method of verifying the strength of a vehicle in combination with auxiliary equipment fitted includes steps in which the vehicle chassis number or specification number are specified so that the vehicle specification and its parameters can be collected in a vehicle database, the parameters of the auxiliary equipment are specified, and a strength calculation for the vehicle is performed, based on the parameters of the vehicle and auxiliary equipment. In this way an assessment whether a reinforcement is needed when auxiliary equipment is fitted to a vehicle can be made.