Abstract: A transportable machining unit with a tool for machining a workpiece, including a box-shaped support structure placed on a support and having a workpiece support plate used to support the workpiece to be machined, and a control device with an operating device arranged on the outside of the support structure. The operating device includes a first rotary wheel and a second rotary wheel, wherein it is possible for a first operating parameter associated with an operation of the tool to be entered into the control device via the first rotary wheel and a second operating parameter associated with the operation of the tool to be entered into the control device via the second rotary wheel.

Abstract: A blade clamp for use with a power tool having a reciprocating spindle. The blade clamp comprises a cover threaded to the spindle for relative axial movement thereto in response to rotation of the cover relative to the spindle, an ejector pin positioned within the spindle, and a spring coupling the cover and the spindle. The spring biases the cover toward a first rotational position relative to the spindle coinciding with a locked configuration of the blade clamp. The cover is rotatable against the bias of the spring toward a second rotational position relative to the spindle coinciding with an unlocked configuration of the blade clamp. In the unlocked configuration, the ejector pin maintains the cover in the second rotational position. In response to insertion of a blade into the spindle, the blade clamp is automatically adjustable from the unlocked configuration to the locked configuration.

Abstract: A guide insert for a saw blade guide for guiding a saw blade, including at least two blade guiding elements held in the guide insert, at least one pair of side blade guiding elements disposed in parallel and at the same height being accommodated in the guide insert, a slot for laterally guiding the saw blade being formed between a first side blade guiding element and a second side blade guiding element in a use position, the blade guiding elements having a rotationally symmetrical shape with respect to an axis of symmetry, including a cylindrical friction surface, the blade guiding elements each being held clamped in a cylindrical recess of the guide insert in a force-fitting and/or form-fitting manner via a loosenable clamp in the use position, and the blade guiding elements being able to be placed from a first rotational position into other rotational positions.

Abstract: A pipe threader comprises a housing and a drive assembly including a motor and an output gear having a first plurality of teeth. A die holder defines a rotational axis and includes a gear member including an outer circumference with a second plurality of teeth engaged with the output gear. The gear member includes an inner circumference with a key recess. A lock ring is rotatable relative to the gear member and including a contact surface. A key is arranged in the key recess and a biasing member in the key recess and biasing the key toward the rotational axis. The lock ring is movable between a locked position, in which the contact surface inhibits the key from moving away from the rotational axis, and an unlocked position, in which the key is movable away from the rotational axis in response to insertion of a die into the die holder.

Abstract: A thread former for the chipless production of a thread has a plurality of pressing lands, which are each arranged at predefined separation angles (T) along a shaping curve. Each separation angle (T) is smaller than or equal to a predefined maximum separation angle (Tmax). For nominal thread former diameters (Da) between 6 mm and 20 mm, the maximum separation angle (Tmax) is determined such that the following condition: Tmax=sin?1((a×NDy+b×ND+c)×2×?); is met for i) 6?ND<10 where a=?0.0008, b=0.00705, c=0.1325, y=2; ii) 10?ND<12 where a=1.7924/(2×?), b=0, c=0, y=?0.408; or iii) 12?ND?20 where a=0.751/(2×?), b=0, c=0, y=?0.104; wherein Tmax is the maximum separation angle and ND is the amount of the nominal thread former diameter (Da) measured in millimeters.

Abstract: To provide a wire electrical discharge machine for which the machining precision of corner parts and corner exit parts in a workpiece are improved. A wire electrical discharge machine includes a machining path compensation unit which compensates a machining path, in a case of creating a corner part which is a circular arc as a second machining block, by compensating a position of a center of the circular arc of the second machining block by way of a first compensation vector calculated based on at least one indicator among the four indicators of deflection of a wire electrode, etc.

Abstract: An electrostatic discharge machining fixture includes a fixture body, two or more electrically conductive face contacts seated in the fixture body, and two or more electrically resistive point contacts seated in the fixture body. The electrically conductive face contacts and the electrically resistive point contacts define a 3-2-1 alignment system to locate an additively manufactured article relative to the fixture body during an electrostatic discharge machining operation. Electrostatic discharge machining arrangements and methods of supporting additively manufactured workpieces during electrostatic discharge machining operations are also described.

Abstract: A system for removing one or more three-dimensional workpieces manufactured in additive manufacturing environment from a substrate plate is disclosed. The system includes an adjustable support tooling apparatus, a grinder, a cut-machining device, a work tank, a wire discharge machine and coolant pump filtration system. The adjustable support tooling apparatus is supporting a three-dimensional workpiece while it is being detached from a substrate plate by cutting device. The adjustable support apparatus of the present disclosure is also easily adaptable to various weights and geometric of workpiece. The improved substrate plate preparation machine in additive manufacturing enables to complete a job at one place, wherein the job is cutting the work piece and grinding the uneven cut surface of the substrate plate, thereby the ground substrate plate can be reused.

Abstract: A resistive soldering method, assembly of antenna and glass, and resistive soldering system are provided. The method includes providing glass and an antenna component including a base structure and a cylindrical structure having a hole on a front surface of the base structure; forming solder on a surface to be soldered of the glass or a surface to be soldered of the base structure; resistive soldering the surfaces to be soldered of the glass and the base structure to melt the solder, wherein during the resistive soldering process, first and second electrodes are used to apply pressure and heating current to edge portion on the front surface of the base structure, and a support cylinder is inserted into the hole and applies to the antenna component a pressure for attaching the antenna component to the glass.

Abstract: A method for bonding large modules with the following steps, a large module is fed to a bonder from behind in a loading plane by means of a feeder unit. The large module is passed from the feeder unit to a first transverse conveyor unit, and is brought by the same to a first buffer position provided in the bonder, wherein the first buffer position is provided in a loading plane of the bonder. The large module is brought from the first buffer position into a first receiving position in the loading plane via the first transverse conveyor unit and is passed there to a vertical conveyor unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a soldering jig. The soldering jig comprises a substrate having a soldering area and at least one positioning area in which a positioning part is disposed in the positioning area. A workpiece is placed on the substrate and positioned through the positioning part. By means of a heating method, an isolating film is moved from the workpiece. A piece of solder is placed in the soldering area of the substrate and melting such that the workpiece is soldered to the soldering area through the piece of solder.

Abstract: An arc welding method of a consumable electrode type generating arc between a tip end of welding wire and a to-be-welded portion by feeding welding wire to the to-be-welded portion of a base material while supplying welding current having average current of 300 A or larger to the welding wire, to weld the base material, includes: feeding the welding wire at a speed of the tip end being inserted into a space surrounded by a concave melted portion formed in the base material by the arc generated between the tip end and the to-be-welded portion; periodically alternating between a small current period where the welding current has a small average value and droplet is transferred from the tip end to a bottom part of the melted portion and a large current period where the welding current has a large average value and droplet is transferred from the tip end to a side part of the melted portion; and controlling the welding current in the large current period so that droplet transfer from the tip end to the side part

Abstract: A method and apparatus for applying a cladding layer to a surface of a component uses a cladding tool having a maximum reach less than the size of the surface. Geometry of the surface is segmented into a plurality of tessellated segments, each of which has a peripheral extent determined by a maximum reach of the cladding tool. A nominal tool subpath for each tessellated segment is generated, and then combined to generate a nominal tool path for depositing the cladding layer on the surface. The surface is clad using the nominal toolpath, including a process of adjusting the nominal tool path to an adjusted tool path that accounts for dimensions of the bead to be deposited by the tool to match an edge of the bead to be deposited with an edge of a previously deposited bead.

Abstract: In a method for detecting a deviation in arc-tracking welding, a deviation between a welding line and an actual welding position is detected in arc-tracking welding for performing welding tracking the welding line while performing a weaving operation of swinging a welding torch with respect to a welding direction. The method includes fitting a waveform expressed by a function repeated periodically in a period equal to a weaving period to a waveform of a welding current or a welding voltage and detecting a deviation in arc-tracking welding based on a fitted waveform.

Abstract: A method of resistance spot welding a workpiece stack-up. The workpiece stack-up includes at least a steel workpiece and an aluminum workpiece. The method involves attaching a steel plate to the steel workpiece at a weld-site of the workpiece stack-up, passing electrical current between a first welding electrode and a second welding electrode at the weld-site, and terminating passage of electrical current between the first and second welding electrodes in order to form a weld joint. The steel plate serves to stiffen the weld joint.

Abstract: A system and method for monitoring and controlling build quality during electron beam manufacturing of a build part. The system may include at least one electron beam source to direct at least one electron beam onto a plurality of deposited layers of metallic powder to form a melt pool, a detector to detect in real-time backscattered energy ejected from the melt pool and indicative of a defect in the build part and generate a detection signal representative of the defect. A controller receives and analyzes the detection signal and generates a corrective signal for control of at least one of the actuator and the at least one electron beam source to direct the at least one electron beam onto the plurality of deposited layers of metallic powder to sequentially consolidate patterned portions of the plurality of deposited metallic powder layers to adaptively form the three-dimensional build part.

Abstract: A method for thermally joining thermoplastic fiber composite components, including jointly covering thermoplastic fiber composite components to be joined, at least in the region of a joining zone, with a pressurization arrangement, which is flexible, at least in some section or sections, and extensive pressurization of thermoplastic fiber composite components to be joined by the pressurization arrangement, with the result that the fiber composite components are pressed against one another, at least in the joining zone. The fiber composite components are welded in the joining zone during pressurization. The pressurization is maintained by the pressurization arrangement until the joining zone solidifies. A cover is also disclosed, in particular a mold or diaphragm, for a pressurization device for thermally joining thermoplastic fiber composite components, and an apparatus for thermally joining thermoplastic fiber composite components.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a welding device and a processing apparatus for a secondary battery current collector. The welding device includes: a welding head; and an anvil block. A welding station is disposed between the welding head and the anvil block. The welding device is configured to weld a foil to a portion of a composite current collector at the welding station. According to this solution, the foil can be used as a tab of the composite current collector by using the foil to connect with the composite current collector so as to output the current in the battery cell.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a processing apparatus for a secondary battery current collector. The processing apparatus includes: a foil uncoiling roller; a composite current collector uncoiling roller; a welding device; a plurality of driving rollers; and a coiling roller. Both the foil uncoiling roller and the composite current collector uncoiling roller are disposed on a feeding side of the welding device. The welding device is configured to weld foil to a portion of a composite current collector. The plurality of driving rollers is respectively disposed on a feeding side and a discharging side of the welding device, and has an equal line speed. The plurality of driving rollers is configured to drive the overlapped foil and the composite current collector to downstream. The coiling roller is configured to wind up the composite current collector having the foil welded thereon.

Abstract: An extrusion and bonding tool for carrying out a solid-state hybrid metal extrusion and bonding process, the tool being for extruding an extrusion material and bonding the extrusion material to a substrate is provided. The tool may comprise a rotatable spindle, wherein the rotatable spindle is arranged to, in use, contact and deform the substrate. The tool may comprise a die; and a guide wherein the guide is arranged so that, in use, extrusion material extruded through the die is guided in a direction towards a central axis of the tool.

Abstract: An ironing plate is attached to a friction stir welding apparatus in such a manner that the ironing plate surrounds an outer peripheral portion of a rotating tool and does not rotate together with the rotating tool, an inside diameter of a portion of the ironing plate into which the rotating tool is inserted is larger than the diameter of the rotating tool, and a material inflow path through which an excessive material of two metallic plates flows in is formed between the ironing plate and the rotating tool when the ironing plate is disposed to surround the outer peripheral portion of the rotating tool.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the invention, a laser processing method includes a first irradiation process and a second irradiation process. In the first irradiation process, a first laser light is irradiated on a first region of a processing object including a metal. A first output value of the first laser light is 3000 W or more. In the second irradiation process, a second laser light is irradiated on the first region. A second output value of the second laser light is not less than 60% and not more than 70% of the first output value.

Abstract: In some examples, a system includes an energy source, a focusing system, and a controller. The energy source is configured to output energy pulses to the focusing system. A chamber may surround at least a portion of a metallic substrate and contain a liquid in contact with a surface of the metallic substrate. The controller may be configured to cause the energy source to output energy pulses and cause the focusing system to focus a focal volume of the energy pulses at or near the surface of the metallic substrate that is in contact with the liquid to create micro-scale or smaller surface texturing on the metallic substrate.

Abstract: A laser processing system includes a wavelength tunable laser apparatus capable of changing the wavelength of pulsed laser light to be outputted, an optical system irradiating a workpiece with the pulsed laser light, a reference wavelength acquisition section acquiring a reference wavelength corresponding to photon absorption according to the material of the workpiece, a laser processing controller controlling the wavelength tunable laser apparatus to perform preprocessing before final processing performed on the workpiece, changes the wavelength of the pulsed laser light over a predetermined range containing the reference wavelength, and performs wavelength search preprocessing at a plurality of wavelengths, a processed state measurer measuring a processed state on a wavelength basis achieved by the wavelength search preprocessing performed at the plurality of wavelengths, and an optimum wavelength determination section assessing the processed state on a wavelength basis to determine an optimum wavelength us

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for cutting dielectric or semiconducting material with a laser. The method includes the following steps: emission of a laser beam including at least one burst of N femtoseconds laser pulses; spatial separation of the laser beam into a first split beam having a first energy, and respectively, a second split beam having a second energy; spatial concentration of energy of the first split beam in a first zone of the material, respectively, of the second split beam in a second zone of the material, the first zone and the second zone being separate and staggered by a distance dx; and adjustment of the distance between the first zone and the second zone in such a way as to initiate a straight micro-fracture oriented between the first zone and the second zone.

Abstract: A laser processing system includes: a wavelength-variable laser device configured to output each of a laser beam at an absorption line as a wavelength at which light is absorbed by oxygen and a laser beam at a non-absorption line as a wavelength at which the amount of light absorption by oxygen is smaller than at the absorption line; an optical system configured to irradiate a workpiece with the laser beam; and a laser control unit configured to control the wavelength-variable laser device, set the wavelength of the laser beam output from the wavelength-variable laser device to be the non-absorption line when laser processing is performed on the surface of the workpiece in gas containing oxygen, and set the wavelength of the laser beam output from the wavelength-variable laser device to be the absorption line when ozone cleaning is performed on the surface of the workpiece in gas containing oxygen.

Abstract: A laser scanning device for marking objects includes an optical port configured and arranged to receive a laser beam; a lens configured and arranged to focus the laser beam to modify a surface of a material to be marked; and an electrically controlled linear actuator coupled with the lens. The electrically controlled linear actuator is configured to move the lens linearly, thereby causing the laser beam to scan across the surface of the material to be marked as a result of changes in a refraction angle, of the laser beam passing through the lens, caused by the linear movement.

Abstract: A conveyor system for rapidly moving and simultaneously processing material sheets through several processing stations, the conveyor system including a chain that moves in an endless loop, and noncontiguous operational and standby skid sections for supporting material sheets and moving with the chain in the endless loop; wherein the conveyor indexes through the processing stations, such that, after each indexing, the conveyor has one skid section that is in operational position associated with each of the processing stations, thus allowing each of the processing stations to operate simultaneously on the associated skid section, during each time period when the conveyor is stopped, after each indexing.

Abstract: An additive manufacture apparatus comprising a laser beam and wire supply system, wherein the laser beam and wire supply systems are movable with respect to a surface on which a component is to be built or a preceding weld bead, the laser beam and wire supply system being operable to create a plurality of weld beads and wherein at the end of forming one of said weld beads the weld supply system extends a length of wire and a nozzle forming the end of the wire supply system is simultaneously caused to retract away from the component being formed

Abstract: An additive manufacturing method wherein an object is manufactured by powder being applied layer-by-layer by an application device onto a base along a buildup surface and being bonded in regions to form a matrix. To provide an efficient additive powder bed method, a position of the base is checked by at least one measurement with a sensor device and the position of the base is automatically corrected at least in relation to the application device based on the at least one measurement.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a laser shock forging and laser cutting composite additive manufacturing device and method. The device forms two different light guide systems by splitting an output laser beam of a laser device into two laser beams through a beam splitter system. The first light guide system splits a laser beam into a third laser beam and a fourth laser beam which are respectively applied to laser 3D (3-Dimensional) printing and laser cutting. The second laser beam is applied to laser shock forging. A three dimensional model is built according to individual design requirements of a part. Layer-by-layer slicing treatment is performed to acquire slice contour information, so as to determine a layered contour and internal complex structures such as a cavity, a pipeline and a cold pipe of the part through laser cutting. The third laser beam forms an Nth layer of slice through 3D printing, and the second laser beam performs synchronous laser shock forging in an optimal temperature region.

Abstract: A laser system and method is used to micro-drill a web producing holes of approximately 85 ?m or less. The laser system comprises a laser beam having a wavelength in the range of approximately 2 to 6 microns and the focal point of the laser beam being steered onto a surface of the moving web wherein the web is moving.. The web is a film such as a flexible film or commercial packaging film. The laser beam wavelength and constant laser energy can be used to laser micro-drill the flexible film.

Abstract: A laser processing apparatus and a stack processing apparatus are provided. The laser processing apparatus includes a laser oscillator and an optical system for forming a linear beam and an x-y-? or x-? stage. With use of the x-y-? or x-? stage, the object to be processed can be moved and rotated in the horizontal direction. With this operation, a desired region of the object to be processed can be efficiently irradiated with laser light, and the area occupied by a chamber provided with the x-y-? or x-? stage can be made small.

Abstract: A gas-dispersion apparatus for an additive-manufacturing apparatus includes a pipe defining an axis, an outlet, and a cooling tube coiled about the pipe. The pipe includes a passageway along the axis, and the pipe extends from a first end to a second end. The outlet is positioned to discharge gas into the passageway at the first end. The first end is attachable to a laser so that a beam emitted by the laser travels along the axis.

Abstract: A workpiece composite and a method for producing the workpiece composite having at least two workpieces are provided. A first workpiece and a second workpiece are positioned relative to each other, and an integral connection between the end face of the first workpiece and the second workpiece is formed in a joint section by way of a thermal joining method. Prior to forming the integral connection, the first workpiece is provided with an indentation or embossing, which adjoins the end face, at least in the joint section, whereby the thickness of the first workpiece is reduced in the region of the end face.

Abstract: Provided is a stainless steel material for a diffusion bonding jig in which deformation of bonding members is suppressed while maintaining diffusion bonding properties of the bonding members, and in which releasability (detachability of a bonding member from a release member) after diffusion bonding treatment is excellent. An embodiment of the present invention provides a stainless steel material for a diffusion bonding jig having excellent deformation suppressibility and releasability, the material being a stainless steel material including 1.5 mass % or more of Si, and a ratio (Fr/Fp) of the high-temperature strength (Fr) of the stainless steel material at 1000° C. to the high-temperature strength (Fp) of a bonding member at 1000° C. being 0.9 or more, the bonding member to be bonded by diffusion bonding. The stainless steel material preferably includes C: 0.1 mass % or less, Si: 1.5 to 5.0 mass %, Mn: 2.5 mass % or less, P: 0.06 mass % or less, S: 0.02 mass % or less, Ni: 8.0 to 15.0 mass %, Cr: 13.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a soldering method of a soldering jig. The soldering method comprises the steps of providing a substrate having a soldering area and at least one positioning area in which a positioning part is disposed in the positioning area, placing a workpiece on the substrate, positioning the workpiece through the positioning part, using a heating method to remove an isolating film on the workpiece, and placing a piece of solder in the soldering area of the substrate and then melting the piece of solder such that the workpiece is soldered to the soldering area through the piece of solder.

Abstract: A vertical bundle air-cooled heat exchanger. In one embodiment, the invention can be a vertical bundle air-cooled condenser comprising: at least one tube bundle assembly comprising: a tube bundle comprising a plurality of finned tubes arranged in a substantially vertical and side-by-side orientation, each of the plurality of finned tubes comprising a cavity; a top header pipe comprising an inlet header cavity operably coupled to a source of steam; a bottom header pipe comprising an outlet header cavity for collecting condensate; top ends of the plurality of finned tubes coupled to the top header pipe and the bottom ends of the plurality of finned tubes coupled to the bottom header pipe; and a shell having an open top end and open bottom end, the at least one tube bundle assembly positioned within the shell.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an assembly machine for a medicine mixer, comprising a rack, a medicine mixing cup mounting device, a rubber plug mounting device, an elastic clip mounting device, a puncture needle mounting device, a coverplate mounting device, a soldering device and an output device. The medicine mixing cup mounting device, the rubber plug mounting device, the elastic clip mounting device, the puncture needle mounting device, the coverplate mounting device, the soldering device and the output device are arranged annularly along an outer circumference of the dividing table successively. The assembly machine for a medicine mixer according to the present invention is controlled by PLC. A feeding system consisting of a plurality of groups of oscillating disks and tracks conveys each part at an interface of the medicine mixer to given positions of the equipment.

Abstract: The invention relates to a transport device comprising a rotary object carrier which comprises object carrier elements arranged so as to be distributed around the circumference, on which carrier elements objects are arranged which are transported on a circular movement path from work station to work station of a production facility. Furthermore, the invention relates to a production facility for making products, in particular containers filled with a medical product, comprising a transport device of this kind, as well as to a method for transporting objects from work station to work station of a production facility. The transport device according to the invention is characterised in that one or more actuator units 18.1, 18.2; 12.1, 12.2 are assigned to one object carrier element 6 or to a plurality of object carrier elements 6, which units can move together with the object carrier element 6 or the object carrier elements 6. Since the actuator units 18.1, 18.2; 12.1, 12.

Abstract: A machine tool bed (1) is configured by integrally connecting element beds (2, 3) in a horizontal direction, the element beds (2, 3) to be connected each have a joint surface arranged to intersect with a horizontal plane, at least one element bed of the element beds (2, 3) to be connected to each other has a seal groove in the joint surface thereof, and the seal groove is filled with a sealant in a state where the element beds (2, 3) to be connected to each other are connected to each other.

Abstract: A cutting apparatus includes a blade changing apparatus. The blade changing apparatus includes a blade mounting and removal portion, which in turn includes: a holding portion that removably holds a circular base of a cutting blade; a moving support portion that supports the holding portion and moves the holding portion to a removal and mounting position at which an insertion hole in the blade faces a boss of a blade mount; and a coupling mechanism that couples the holding portion with the moving support portion such that the holding portion is freely tiltable with respect to the moving support portion. The coupling mechanism includes a plurality of elastic member pairs, each pair, while tensioning the holding portion in opposite directions, fixing the holding portion to the moving support portion. Forces acting from the elastic member pairs balance each other to thereby support the holding portion tiltably and aerially.

Abstract: A hand-held tool system comprises a hand-held tool and a positioning device matching the hand-held tool. The hand-held tool comprises an output shaft and a working head coupled to the output shaft. The positioning device comprises a detecting module configured to detect a positional feature and/or a movement feature of the positioning device and output a parameter indicative of the positional feature and/or the movement feature, the detecting module and the working head having a preset distance therebetween; a storage module configured at least to record reference position information about the working head; a control module configured to acquire real-time position information about the working head based on the parameter, the preset distance and the reference position information; and an output module configured to output the real-time position information in a way that can be perceived.

Abstract: A compensation quantity acquisition device acquires vibration of the movement target in a second axis direction, orthogonal to the first axis direction when the movement target is moved in the first axis direction, acquires a positional frequency characteristic by performing Fourier transformation on the acquired vibration in the second axis direction, performs inverse Fourier transformation on the positional frequency characteristic from which the component of position independent frequency in the second axis direction (that occurs independently of a position of the movement target in the first axis direction) has been removed, to recover the vibration of the movement target in the second axial direction as position dependent vibration, and acquires positional compensation quantity of the movement target in the second axis direction that cancels the position dependent vibration.

Abstract: A cross-recess screwdriver sharpening assembly for sharpening a cross-recess screwdriver includes a housing that has a sharpening aperture. A plurality of grinding wheels is rotatably mounted within the housing. Each of the grinding wheels is arranged to define a grinding space. A plurality of sleeves is included wherein each of the sleeves is removably extendable into the interior of the housing to have the cross-recess screwdriver positioned therethrough such that the cross-recess screwdriver extends into the housing. The sharpening aperture receives one of the sleeves therethrough and is centrally aligned with the grinding space such that the cross-recess screwdriver is extendable into the grinding space to sharpen the cross-recess screwdriver. A drive is mounted in the housing and mechanically coupled to each of the grinding wheels. The drive is turned on to rotate each of the grinding wheels.

Abstract: A modular apparatus (10) for machining flat sheets, in particular glass, plate glass, or mirror sheets or sheets made from stone materials or the like, comprising machining moduli consisting of a first store (16) suitable for receiving sheets to be machined (25) and a second store (18) suitable for receiving machined sheets (27), a first grinding machine (12), and a second grinding machine (14) suitable for performing grinding machinings along the peripheral edges of said sheets (25), one or more further moduli for machining said flat sheets, if any, of the corner cutting, drill, or washing machine types, possibly associated with said first and second grinding machines (12, 14), and interface means for transferring said flat sheets between said machining moduli.

Abstract: A wheel grinding device consists of a lower lifting rotary system, spoke grinding units, a center hole grinding system and an upper lifting and clamping rotary system. The wheel grinding device not only can be used for grinding the center hole of a wheel of any size, but also can be used for grinding the back of wheel spokes of different sizes and shapes via the actions of brush belts.

Abstract: Equipment (300) for the surface sanding of plate-shaped bodies (101), in particular of tiles, said equipment (300) comprising support and feeding means (100) for supporting said plate-shaped bodies (101) and feeding said plate-shaped bodies (101) along a given feed direction (D), so that during the movement along said given direction (D) the surface of each said plate-shaped body (101) that shall be sanded can be visible and accessed, said equipment (300) including a sanding module (200) provided with sanding means defining a sanding abrasive surface and with moving means for moving said abrasive surface in contact with the visible surface of said plate-shaped bodies (101) in succession during the movement thereof; wherein said sanding means comprise a closed belt (201) that defines said sanding abrasive surface and is suitable to be driven into rotation by means of said moving means.

Abstract: A power tool includes a grinder, sander or a polisher, which has two working modes. According to an embodiment a dual power tool includes a motor operable in two operational directions, where an operational mode of the dual mode power tool is changeable by changing operational direction of the motor.

Abstract: A device is adapted to be coupled to a conveyor system and recondition at least one chain of the conveyor system. The device includes a base and at least one attachment element coupled to the base. The attachment element is adapted to detachably couple the device to the conveyor system. At least one reconditioning element is coupled to the base, and the reconditioning element is adapted to engage and recondition the chain as the chain moves relative to the reconditioning element. At least one biasing element is coupled to the reconditioning element, and the biasing element urges the reconditioning element away from the base and into engagement with the chain.