Abstract: A bag-making and packaging machine packages, in bags made from a film, articles discharged and dropped from an article discharge apparatus. The bag-making and packaging machine has a transverse sealing mechanism, a receiving member, a vertical moving mechanism, and a control unit. The transverse sealing mechanism transversely seals a film tube. The receiving member contacts an outer surface of the film tube above the transverse sealing mechanism and receives the articles A that drop through the inside of the film tube. The vertical moving mechanism moves the transverse sealing mechanism and the receiving member in the up and down direction. The control unit switches between a first mode and a second mode. In the second mode, the receiving member contacts the outer surface of the film tube at a lower height position than in the first mode.

Abstract: Provided is a smaller torque limiter. A torque limiter (30) according to a representative embodiment of the present invention is characterized by including: a first rotary body (32) to be rotated by a drive source; a first friction body (33) locked to the first rotary body; a second friction body (34) stacked on the first friction body and to be rotated with rotation of the first friction body by a friction force between the first friction body and the second friction body; a second rotary body (35) locked to the second friction body; at least one disc spring (37) for biasing the first friction body and the second friction body in the stacking direction of the first friction body and the second friction body; and a fastening member (39) for applying a compressive force to the disc spring.

Abstract: A terminal device for assisting operation of a plurality of eyeglass manufacturing apparatuses which are used for performing different processes in manufacturing eyeglasses includes: a communicating device configured to communicate with the plurality of eyeglass manufacturing apparatuses; a processor; and memory storing computer readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the terminal device to execute: a setting instruction for setting, according to a process, a specific eyeglass manufacturing apparatus from the plurality of eyeglass manufacturing apparatuses as an eyeglass manufacturing apparatus of which the operation is assisted; and a controlling instruction for controlling the communicating device to send an operating signal input in the terminal device to the specific eyeglass manufacturing apparatus set by the setting instruction or controlling the communicating device to receive an input signal input in the specific eyeglass manufacturing apparatus set by the setting instruction.

Abstract: A bag-making and packaging machine has a film supply unit that supplies film to a bag-making and packaging unit. The film supply unit has a film conveyance mechanism that conveys a first film so that a trailing end portion of the first film heads toward a film splicing position for splicing to a leading end portion of a second film, a first sensor detecting a mark on the first film, a second sensor detecting the mark at downstream, and a controller for the film conveyance mechanism. The controller judges, based on detection of the second sensor, that the trailing end portion of the first film has reached the splicing position and stops conveyance of the first film. The controller controls the conveyance mechanism so that the conveyance speed of the first film before the detection of the mark by the first sensor is faster than the speed after the detection.

Abstract: A form-fill-seal machine is configured to adjust for changes in the thickness of bags within a short time, and is provided with seal jaws, gas removal members, an air cylinder, and a control unit. The seal jaws transverse-seal a cylindrical film in a widthwise direction forming a bag. The gas removal members come into contact against the bag prior to transverse sealing of an upper edge part, discharging a gas upward from the bag. The air cylinder moves the gas removal members, switching the position of the gas removal members between a first position and a second position with respect to the seal jaws. The control unit, in a time slot just prior to the start of a transverse sealing action performed by the seal jaws, changes the timing of switching between the first position and the second position, and adjusts the amount of gas discharged from the bag.

Abstract: Certain implementations provide a form-fill-seal machine that can efficiently seal a packaging material. The transverse sealing unit may have first members to sandwich the packaging material and sealing the packaging material in a transverse direction, and second members for squeezing the packaging material while sandwiching the packaging material with a prescribed gap left therebetween. The control unit may cause the packaging material to be squeezed by the second members by causing the transverse sealing unit located at a reference position to descend faster than the packaging material being conveyed downward. The control unit may cause the transverse sealing unit to ascend while the packaging material is being sealed by the first members. The control unit may cause the transverse sealing unit to move such that the first members are separated from the packaging material.

Abstract: Provided is a device management system to suppress decreases in producibility. A device management system manages a plurality of production-line-configuring devices configuring a production line to produce products, and has a device state data storage part, an analysis part, and a server output part. The production-line-configuring devices include a combination weighing machine to weigh the products, a bag-making and packaging machine to package the products, and a boxing device to box the packaged products into boxes. The device state data storage part accumulates device state data, which is information pertaining to the components included in the production-line-configuring devices. The analysis part performs an analysis process to analyze the device state data accumulated in the device state data storage part. The server output part outputs maintenance information, which pertains to maintenance of the components, on the basis of the results of the analysis process.

Abstract: Provided is a bag making and packaging machine capable of accurately detecting, with a simple configuration, the timing at which an article that is dropped and supplied from an article supply device disposed above the bag making and packaging machine, will arrive at a lateral sealing mechanism. A bag making and packaging machine receives articles dropped and supplied from a combination weighing machine disposed above the bag making and packaging machine and packages the articles in a bag to be made. The bag making and packaging machine includes a lateral sealing mechanism, a servo motor, and a falling time detector. The lateral sealing mechanism laterally seals a packaging material of a cylindrical shape. The servo motor drives the lateral sealing mechanism.

Abstract: Certain implementations provide a form-fill-seal machine that can efficiently seal a packaging material. The transverse sealing unit may have first members to sandwich the packaging material and sealing the packaging material in a transverse direction, and second members for squeezing the packaging material while sandwiching the packaging material with a prescribed gap left therebetween. The control unit may cause the packaging material to be squeezed by the second members by causing the transverse sealing unit located at a reference position to descend faster than the packaging material being conveyed downward. The control unit may cause the transverse sealing unit to ascend while the packaging material is being sealed by the first members. The control unit may cause the transverse sealing unit to move such that the first members are separated from the packaging material.

Abstract: A bag making and packaging machine is provided with a feed mechanism, a roll holding portion, a printing mechanism, a former, a longitudinal seal mechanism, a transverse seal mechanism, a cutting mechanism, a first sensor, and a second sensor. The printing mechanism prints information on a film. The former causes the two longitudinal sides of the film to become overlapped. The longitudinal seal mechanism bonds the two longitudinal sides and makes a film tube. The transverse seal mechanism sandwiches and bonds the film tube and makes a transverse seal portion. The cutting mechanism cuts the film tube at the transverse seal portion. The first sensor detects a mark on the film for identifying a cutting position for cutting the film tube. The second sensor detects a mark for specifying a printing position of the film where predetermined information is to be printed.

Abstract: A geared motor includes a gear mechanism portion that meshes with a rotational shaft provided within a main motor unit. The gear mechanism portion has a multistage planetary gear reducing mechanism. The multistage planetary gear reducing mechanism includes a first stage gear formed helically and a final stage gear formed with spur teeth.

Abstract: A terminal device for assisting operation of a plurality of eyeglass manufacturing apparatuses which are used for performing different processes in manufacturing eyeglasses includes: a communicating device configured to communicate with the plurality of eyeglass manufacturing apparatuses; a processor; and memory storing computer readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the terminal device to execute: a setting instruction for setting, according to a process, a specific eyeglass manufacturing apparatus from the plurality of eyeglass manufacturing apparatuses as an eyeglass manufacturing apparatus of which the operation is assisted; and a controlling instruction for controlling the communicating device to send an operating signal input in the terminal device to the specific eyeglass manufacturing apparatus set by the setting instruction or controlling the communicating device to receive an input signal input in the specific eyeglass manufacturing apparatus set by the setting instruction.

Abstract: A machine tool includes: a bed, the upper surface of which has the table provided thereon; a cut debris duct which is provided so as to extend rearward from a cut debris discharge opening open at the center, in the left-right direction, of the rear face of the bed, and which discharges cut debris from within the bed to outside of the machine tool; a bifurcated vertically movable body which vertically moves along a pair of vertical guides, and which straddles the cut debris duct, the pair of vertical guides vertically extending on the rear face of the bed at positions on both the left and right sides of the cut debris duct; and a pair of left and right feed screws which extend parallel to the vertical guides, and which move the vertically movable body along the vertical guides.

Abstract: A form-fill-seal machine is configured to adjust for changes in the thickness of bags within a short time, and is provided with seal jaws, gas removal members, an air cylinder, and a control unit. The seal jaws transverse-seal a cylindrical film in a widthwise direction forming a bag. The gas removal members come into contact against the bag prior to transverse sealing of an upper edge part, discharging a gas upward from the bag. The air cylinder moves the gas removal members, switching the position of the gas removal members between a first position and a second position with respect to the seal jaws. The control unit, in a time slot just prior to the start of a transverse sealing action performed by the seal jaws, changes the timing of switching between the first position and the second position, and adjusts the amount of gas discharged from the bag.

Abstract: A segment conductor that is a conductive element of a coil wound in a distributed winding in a stator core of a rotating electric machine is formed, through press forming and is provided with a pair of straight conductor portions and a bent conductor portion that connects together one end side of the pair of straight conductor portions. Moreover, one part of the segment conductor is formed, through press forming, so as to be thinner than another part. Specifically, a part that is exposed from the stator core is formed, through press forming, so as to be thinner than a part that is contained in a slot of the stator core. The stator has a structure wherein a plurality of segment conductors are disposed in a distributed winding in the stator core. The rotating electric machine is equipped with this stator. The vehicle is equipped with this rotating electric machine.

Abstract: A packaging machine, includes a pair of sealing jaws that sandwiches and seals a sealed portion of a tubular film. The packaging machine is provided with a first rotating shaft for supporting one sealing jaw, a second rotating shaft for supporting the other sealing jaw, a rotary encoder, and an entrapment determination part. When the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft approach or move away, the rotary encoder measures the movement amount of the first rotating shaft in relation to the second rotating shaft in an approaching direction or a moving away direction. The entrapment determination part determines whether or not articles are present in the sealed portion based on the movement amount.

Abstract: A geared motor includes a gear mechanism portion that meshes with a rotational shaft provided within a main motor unit. The gear mechanism portion has a multistage planetary gear reducing mechanism. The multistage planetary gear reducing mechanism includes a first stage gear formed helically and a final stage gear formed with spur teeth.

Abstract: A machine tool includes: a bed, the upper surface of which has the table provided thereon; a cut debris duct which is provided so as to extend rearward from a cut debris discharge opening open at the center, in the left-right direction, of the rear face of the bed, and which discharges cut debris from within the bed to outside of the machine tool; a bifurcated vertically movable body which vertically moves along a pair of vertical guides, and which straddles the cut debris duct, the pair of vertical guides vertically extending on the rear face of the bed at positions on both the left and right sides of the cut debris duct; and a pair of left and right feed screws which extend parallel to the vertical guides, and which move the vertically movable body along the vertical guides.

Abstract: According to the machine tool according to the present invention, a top-bottom guide is attached to a back surface of a base frame. By being guided by this top-bottom guide, the lifter moves in the top-bottom direction with respect to the base frame. A drive source which drives rotation of a top-bottom feed screw which extends parallel to the top-bottom guide is attached to a back surface of the base frame. This drive source is coupled with a bottom end of the top-bottom feed screw. As a result, compared to when the drive source is coupled with a top end of the top-bottom feed screw, the center of gravity of the machine tool can be set to a lower position. In this way, a machine tool can be increased in stability.

Abstract: An eyeglass lens processing apparatus includes: a lens rotation unit configured to rotate a lens chuck shaft; a processing tool rotational shaft to which a processing tool is attached; a shaft-to-shaft distance change unit that includes a carriage which holds the lens chuck shaft or the processing tool rotational shaft and is movable in a direction where a shaft-to-shaft distance between the lens chuck shaft and the processing tool rotational shaft changes by driving a motor, a movement member that is moved in the shaft-to-shaft distance direction, a connection member that connects the movement member and the carriage, and a deformation detecting sensor configured to detect a deformation of the connection member; and a controller configured to control the driving of the motor based on a detection result of the deformation detecting sensor.