Abstract: In a laser processing method, laser lights of fiber lasers or direct diode lasers is irradiated onto an iron-based plate material from a nozzle, a nozzle with a nozzle opening whose opening diameter is preliminarily set according to a thickness of the plate material is selected from plural nozzles whose nozzle openings have different opening diameters from each other, and the plate material is cut while irradiating the laser lights onto the plate material and injecting assist gas from the nozzle opening toward the plate material.

Abstract: A forming system includes a femtosecond laser and a control unit that includes one or more processors operatively connected to the femtosecond laser. The femtosecond laser is configured to emit laser pulses onto an inner surface of a face sheet of an acoustic inner barrel. The acoustic inner barrel includes an acoustic core comprising an array of hexagonal cells attached to an outer surface of the face sheet that is opposite the inner surface. The control unit is configured to control the femtosecond laser to laser drill a plurality of perforations in the face sheet via emitting laser pulses at pulse durations between about 100 femtoseconds and about 10,000 femtoseconds and at frequencies over 100,000 Hz such that the perforations are formed without burning portions of the face sheet or the acoustic core surrounding the perforations.

Abstract: A galvano scanner that irradiates an object with a laser beam to perform machining, the galvano scanner comprising: an emission unit that emits the laser beam; a protective glass that protects the emission unit from a scattered matter generated in machining; and a glass holding mechanism that holds the protective glass, the protective glass at least including a triple structure in a vertical direction, the glass holding mechanism holding the protective glass that is the lowermost layer in the protective glass having the triple structure so that the protective glass that is the lowermost layer can be fallen off downward.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an alloy as a brazing alloy for an electric switch braze joint, an electric switch braze joint, an electric switch and a method of producing an electric switch braze joint. The alloy composition of said the alloy consists of at least one element selected from each of group I and group II listed below, and a balance of impurities, Ag, and at least one of Cu, and Zn. Group I encompasses Cd, Mn, Ni, P, Sb, Si, Sn, Ti, and oxides thereof in a total amount of 0.5 to 45.0 wt. %. Group II encompasses Bi, Mo, Te, W, and oxides thereof, oxides of Cu and Zn in a total amount of 0.1 to 15.0 wt. %.

Abstract: The invention relates generally to welding and, more specifically, to corrosion resistant weld deposits created during arc welding, such as Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) or Flux Core Arc Welding (FCAW). A disclosed corrosion resistant weld deposit comprises nickel, chromium, and copper, and has a low porosity.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for semi-automated tack welding of plies of a thermoplastic composite layup are described. An example welding tool includes a stabilization foot, a housing, a compaction foot, and a welder. The stabilization foot has a stabilization surface. The housing has a central axis. The housing is movable relative to the stabilization surface along the central axis of the housing. The compaction foot has a central axis and a compaction surface. The compaction surface is movable relative to the stabilization surface and to the housing along the central axis of the compaction surface. The welder has a central axis and a welding surface. The welding surface is movable relative to the stabilization surface, to the housing, and to the compaction surface along the central axis of the welder.

Abstract: A tool for positioning a block on a milling drum having a plurality of welded blocks thereon is provided. The tool includes a longitudinal body. The tool also includes a plurality of arm members extending from the longitudinal body. Each of the plurality of arm members includes a fixture body provided at a distal end thereof. The tool further includes a plurality of fixture assemblies coupled to the fixture body of the corresponding arm member. The plurality of fixture assemblies are adapted to be coupled with corresponding welded blocks of the plurality of welded blocks. Further, at least one of the plurality of arm members and the corresponding fixture assembly coupled to the at least one of the plurality of arm members are adapted to position the block at a desired position on the milling drum relative to the plurality of welded blocks.

Abstract: A backing plate for includes a synthetic diamond portion configured to abut a joint region during a welding operation. A welding clamp includes a plurality of clamping blocks, each including a synthetic diamond portion configured to abut a pipe joint region during a welding operation. Because the backing plate and clamping block each include a synthetic diamond portion, the backing plate and clamping block can withstand high welding temperatures without damaging or diminishing the quality of the weld.

Abstract: A method and system for automatic assembly of a curved surface part are provided. First, a space coordinate system is established, and a first unit normal vector of the space coordinate system is determined. Then, coordinates of three measurement points on the surface of a curved surface part in the space coordinate system are acquired; and a second unit normal vector to the surface of the curved surface part are determined according to the coordinates of the measurement points. Finally, a rotation angle of the end effector is calculated according to the first unit normal vector and the second unit normal vector; and the end effector is adjusted according to the rotation angle, such that a third unit normal vector of the end effector after adjustment coincides with the second unit normal vector. The method and system enhance the automatic assembly quality of the curved surface part.

Abstract: An invertible part loading system includes a pallet adapted for holding articles for machining, a frame adapted for receiving the pallet, and latching mechanisms adapted for holding the pallet within the frame. A support structure is adapted to support the frame above a machining tool. An axle rotatably couples the frame with the support structure for allowing the pallet to be inverted, enabling the articles to face the machining tool from above, which allows chips of material to fall away from the articles. The axle rotates about a pivot axis aligned centrally through the frame. The pallet is adapted for rapid transfer on and off the part loading system via a compatible loading and storage assembly to reduce machining down time between swapping pallets. A two-sided pallet may be adapted to enable switching between parts, or between two sides of the same part, by inverting the pallet via the axle.

Abstract: A pipe end clamping apparatus includes a first pneumatic cylinder, a second pneumatic cylinder and a clamping component. The first pneumatic cylinder includes a first piston in the first cylinder body, first and second air chambers corresponding to the first and second air inlets respectively, and a first plunger rod installed to the first piston. The second pneumatic cylinder includes a second piston in the second cylinder body, third and fourth air chambers corresponding to the third and fourth air inlets respectively, and, a second plunger rod installed to the second piston. The clamping component has a clamping seat and a clamping component in the housing and pumps air into different air inlets of the first or second pneumatic cylinder to control the first or second piston to displace in the first and second cylinder bodies, so as to control clamping the clamping component or loosening the pipe.

Abstract: A feeding system for feeding workpieces to a device by means of a robot comprises a feeding station and at least one transport carriage, wherein the feeding station comprises a robot fastening section and is designed that a workpiece holder can be held in the feeding station in a holding position defined in relation to the robot fastening section from which a robot attached to the robot fastening section can grasp the workpieces. The transport carriage also has at least one holding device for holding a workpiece holder in a first holding position. The feed system comprises a coupling section wherein the transport carriage can be coupled to the feeding station using a coupling device in such a way that a workpiece holder held in the transport carriage in the first holding position is brought into the receiving position after the transport carriage has been coupled with the coupling section. A method for feeding workpieces to a device and the use of a feed system is provided.

Abstract: In one example, an on-wing apparatus for in-situ cutting on a wing-to-fuselage attachment includes a first linear bearing disposed on a first mount plate to move in a first direction. A second linear bearing is disposed on a second mount plate to move in a second direction. The second mount plate is attached to the first linear bearing. A tool mounting member is attached to the second linear bearing. A cutter is attached to the tool mounting member to be adjustable, relative to the second linear bearing, in a rotational direction around an adjustment axis. One of the first direction and the second direction is a depth direction of the cut parallel to the adjustment axis, and the other is a length direction of the cut. A width position of the cut is determined by rotational adjustment of the cutter with respect to the second linear bearing in the rotational direction.

Abstract: A power-tool cooling apparatus for a portable power tool includes a first fan configured to generate a first cooling fluid flow to cool a drive unit of the portable power tool, and a second fan that generates a further cooling fluid flow to cool an electronics unit of the portable power-tool. A third fan generates a third cooling fluid flow to cool a second electronics unit of the power-tool, and supplies cooling fluid to the first cooling fluid flow.

Abstract: A spindle device includes a spindle housing, a spindle shaft rotatably supported inside the spindle housing, a spindle mount having an insertion cavity into which the spindle housing is inserted along the axial direction of the spindle shaft, and a mount cover covering the spindle mount. A temperature regulator for adjusting the temperature inside the mount cover is provided inside the mount cover.

Abstract: A temperature regulation system and a temperature regulation method are applicable to a machine tool. The temperature regulation system includes a cooling fluid storage tank, a heating fluid storage tank, an internal circulation subsystem, an external circulation subsystem and a computing unit. The internal circulation subsystem includes a first valve. The external circulation subsystem includes a plurality of flow channels and a second valve and a third valve disposed on the plurality of the flow channels. The computing unit controls the first valve, the second valve and the third valve to switch flow directions of the plurality of the flow channels among the cooling fluid storage tank, the heating fluid storage tank and machine tool. Therefore, a thermal balance of the machine tool can be effectively maintained.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a method for sharpening a worn removable machining tip (3) and the corresponding sharpened tip. The tip having a first cutting edge (7) damaged after a first use (u1), said tip having, in the state prior to the use of same, specific dimensional and geometrical parameters within a defined tolerance range and said first undamaged cutting edge (7) having a defined sharpness, the method involves sharpening the cutting face (9) by removing material from said cutting face on said first damaged edge (7), in order to make said tip (3) match said specific dimensional and geometrical parameters within said defined tolerance range, having a second cutting edge (7?) of said defined sharpness.

Abstract: A double-head grinding machine includes a disc-shaped carrier ring having a support hole for supporting a silicon wafer, a rotation mechanism rotating the carrier ring around a center of the carrier ring, and a grinding wheel including a grinding stone for grinding the silicon wafer. The support hole is circular and has a center eccentric to the center of the carrier ring.

Abstract: An auxiliary positioning device is secured on a pedestal grinder which contains a transmission seat including a rotatable fixing block, an output shaft, and multiple grinding units. The auxiliary positioning device includes a support unit and at least one movable holding unit, wherein the support unit has a fitting orifice, a locking portion, and at least one coupling orifice. The locking portion has a slot and a locating portion, and a first of multiple screws is inserted through the slot from the locating portion to force the support unit relative to the rotatable fixing block, thus adjusting a tilting angle of the support unit relative to the rotatable fixing block. Two second of the multiple screws are inserted through the at least one coupling orifice so as to lock the at least one movable holding unit, thus positioning a workpiece auxiliarily.

Abstract: When a work W rotates counterclockwise about an axis Ow and is subjected to infeed grinding by a regulating wheel (1) which rotates clockwise about an axis O1 and a grinding wheel (2) which rotates clockwise about an axis O2, a load F acting on a blade (4), a load acting on the work W supported by the blade (4), and a load operating position y in the blade (4) at any given time are measured by a controller (20) based on the outputs of a first stress sensor S1 and a second stress sensor S2 and according to the correlation information stored in a storage device. If the component of a specified frequency extracted by performing frequency analysis of the time series of the load exceeds a threshold value, then designation processing is carried out to reduce the component of the designated frequency to the threshold value or less.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a face seal may generally include positioning a machining device relative to the face seal such that the face seal is compressed between a machining surface of the machining device and a support member on which the face seal is supported. In addition, the method may include removing material from a seal flange of the face seal using the machining device while the face seal remains compressed between the machining device and the support member and monitoring a compressive load applied through the face seal as material is being removed from the seal flange. Moreover, the method may include adjusting the operation of the machining device to prevent further removal of material from the seal flange when the monitored compressive load is equal to a predetermined load setting.

Abstract: The present invention is an imprint device for imprinting a unique identification mark on a surface of an object with imprinting particles of different sizes that increase uniqueness and without the need for electric power. The imprint device includes a vertical member, a hammer member, a trigger assembly, a charging unit, a barrel and at least one pocket. In the operative configuration, a trigger of trigger assembly is activated such that hammer member impacts a cartridge filled with at least one munition of imprinting particles and releases imprinting particles. The imprinting particles travel through the barrel where acceleration is increased and impact on surface is made to form microcraters and unique identification marks. The imprinting particles can be of same size, material and shape or they can be of different sizes, material and shapes or the combination thereof for increasing uniqueness.

Abstract: An outer blade cutting wheel is provided comprising an annular thin disc base and a blade section of bonded abrasive grains on the periphery of the base. Provided that an imaginary range is delineated by two imaginary planes extending parallel to the planar surfaces of the base and tangent to widthwise side portions of the blade section and two imaginary circumferences defined about the rotational axis and extending tangent to inner and outer perimeters of the blade section, the blade section occupies 10-40% by volume of the imaginary range minus the region of the base, and the widthwise side portions of the blade section have a dented shape relative to the imaginary planes. The cutting wheel is capable of cutoff machining at a high feed speed while maintaining a high accuracy and a low cutting load.

Abstract: A clamping apparatus has first and second clamping members extending in an opposed, spaced-apart relation along a central axis from proximal end portions to distal end portions with inside surfaces of the clamping members facing each other. A gap between the proximal end portions is adjustable to releasably secure an object between the distal end portions. A clamp actuator has a handle and a wedge, moving the handle to a first handle position moves the wedge linearly along the clamp central axis in engagement with the inside surfaces of the proximal end portions to increase the gap. Moving the handle to the second handle position moves the wedge in an opposite direction along the central clamp axis, thereby permitting the gap to decrease. In embodiments, the clamping force is adjustable.

Abstract: A pneumatic-fixation connecting having a body, a movable part, a plurality of spheres, a plurality of elastic units, and a plurality of stop units is disclosed, wherein each of the elastic units is disposed between the body and the movable part via each of the stop units, respectively. When an external force is applied on the movable part, the distance between the movable part and the body is reduced and the sphere does not block the connecting pin in the extension tube inside the body. When the external force disappears, the distance between the movable part and the body increases such that the sphere affixes the connecting pin and the body. The stop unit can be used, not only to adjust the length and elastic force of the elastic unit so as to extend the life cycle of the elastic unit, but also to help in changing the elastic unit which in turn enhances the efficiency of the replacement work.

Abstract: An adjustable clamping assembly for securing an object (such as, for example, a board or other workpiece) to a work surface (such as, for example, a work bench or work table). A rigid rod member has a bent base section, as well as a clamping shoulder surface disposed at its distal end. A clamping head is slidably disposed along a portion of the length of the rigid rod member, and can be selectively secured in a place.

Abstract: The 90 Degrees utilizes dual ratio constant mesh gears which provides suitable use for ratchets in hard to access spaces, and particularly well suited for automotive use. The mesh gears are configured to be used either with manual or pneumatic tools. A female socket element recedes into the housing having gears therein and a male socket element meshes with the female socket element and is shaped to accommodate a female socket element at 90 degrees or the adapter element of a drive ratchet. You can use an elongated drive shaft to accommodate distance. Positioned within the housing of the adapter body are gears secured to mesh within the housing of the adapter. Rotation of the female socket element by a drive ratchet in one direction will rotate the male socket element in the opposite direction without any change in direction is governed by the ratchet use.

Abstract: A folding flex ratchet having a handle that is joined to a ratchet head by an offset hinge that allows the handle to be selectively folded between an extended position for applying greater torque and a folded position in which the ratchet operates in spaces where access is minimal, somewhat like a palm ratchet. The ratchet head may include a generally L-shaped neck that provides an offset handle connection point that is offset in two directions from the ratchet head, both rearwardly and longitudinally. The handle, ratchet head and offset hinge are configured so that, when in the folded position, the handle is approximately centered over the ratchet head and the handle extends substantially parallel to the ratchet head.

Abstract: A torque tool for identifying locking state of torque adjustment mechanism includes: a tubular body; a tool head having a stem body fitted in the tubular body, a torque adjustment mechanism being used to adjust the torque of the torque tool, a handle with at least one display window being fitted around the tubular body; a locking mechanism for selectively locking the torque adjustment mechanism; a push unit positioned behind the locking mechanism; and a first identification area and a second identification area respectively formed on the locking mechanism and the push unit. When the locking mechanism is not pushed by the push unit, the first identification area is displayed through the display window. When the push unit pushes the locking mechanism to lock the torque adjustment mechanism, it is impossible to adjust the torque of the torque tool and the second identification area is displayed through the display window.

Abstract: A liner 7 is provided with a cylinder portion 14a is formed in parallel to the rotation axis, and also a hydraulic fluid flow path 14c is formed which opens to a cylinder portion 14a to communicate with the interior of the liner serving as a high-pressure chamber and a low pressure chamber at the time of occurrence of the striking torque, and an automatic relief mechanism 14 is provided in which a cylindrical valve element 14b having a cutout portion 14b? serving as a flow path for hydraulic oil formed on the outer peripheral surface portion is disposed inside the cylinder portion 14a so as to be freely rotatable.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an insert and system of installing the same. The insert includes a tapered core and a cylinder. The core releasably secures to an installation device which includes a depth stop or a depth control to control the installation depth of the insert. The insert may be provided in a tray that allows for easier handling of the inserts and installation thereof in installation holes, for example in a hydraulic manifold. In some cases, the core includes a threaded hole to releasably secure the insert to the installation device, thus allowing the installation device to pull the core into the cylinder. The core and cylinder may be made of metallic materials such as steels, steel alloys and others. In some cases the insert can withstand blow out pressures of 40,000 psi or higher.

Abstract: A method of installing a seal in a bore of a component includes securing a base plate to a component. The method includes arranging the seal onto a pusher. The method also includes inserting the pusher into a hole in the base plate. The method further includes installing a hub onto the base plate and over the pusher. The method further includes rotating a rod relative to the hub to advance the pusher and seat the seal in the bore.

Abstract: A crimping device includes a housing defining a bore and at least three extendable mechanisms angularly equispaced about the axis of the bore. Each of the extendable mechanisms include: (i) a first elongate arm hingedly connected at or near a first axial end of the first arm to the housing; (ii) a second elongate arm hingedly connected at or near a first axial end of the second arm to the housing, wherein: the first axial ends of the first and second arms are displaceable relative to each other; and the first and second arms are hingedly connected at or near their second axial ends to each other.

Abstract: A driving tool having a trigger, such that after the trigger is on-operated, a contact restriction member starts to rotate to a lock side while rotation resistance is applied thereto by a rotation resistance applying member. A lock portion enters a lock receiving portion to prohibit an on-operation of a contact arm after a reference time has passed after the on-operation of the trigger. As a result, an inadvertent driving operation can be prevented. A mechanical timer mechanism allows for a timer control to be effected under an environment where electric power cannot be supplied.

Abstract: The present invention is an improved framing hammer. In one embodiment, the improved framing hammer has two opposing heads. One head being flat and the other head being waffle faced. Each head has a slot running horizontally that is able to hold a nail by a magnet in the slot. The slot further acts as a fulcrum point. On opposite sides of the head, there is a mini-claw and on the other side is a v-slotted extractor mounted to the cheek.

Abstract: Hammering power of a hydraulic hammering device is improved by shortening a piston stroke, while keeping hammering energy. The device includes a cylinder, a piston slidingly fitted in the cylinder, and a piston front chamber and a piston rear chamber defined between an outer circumferential surface of the piston and an inner circumferential surface of the cylinder and disposed separately from each other at front and rear, respectively, in an axial direction. The device also includes a switching-valve mechanism driving the piston by switching at least one of the piston front or rear chamber into communication with at least one of a high pressure circuit or a low pressure circuit, and an acceleration piston disposed behind the piston and coming in contact with the piston during a retreat stroke of the piston to urge the piston forward in cooperation with braking force by pressurized oil acting on the piston.

Abstract: A hammer drill includes a housing, a tool holder, a hammering member, a gear, and a conversion member. The gear is switched to a first state where a rotation of the intermediate shaft is transmitted and a second state where the rotation of the intermediate shaft is not transmitted, and a mode switching member is configured to perform a switching operation of the state of the gear from an outside of the housing. The switching of the state of the gear by the mode switching member provides at least two operation modes of a hammer drill mode where the gear integrally rotates with the intermediate shaft to generate the rotation and a reciprocation of the hammering member on the tool holder and a hammer mode where the gear is separated from the rotation of the intermediate shaft to generate only the reciprocation of the hammering member.

Abstract: A hand-held power tool device, in particular a hammer drill and/or chisel hammer device, includes at least one operating element and at least one locking unit. The at least one locking unit includes at least one locking element and at least one controllable actuator element. The at least one locking element can be moved from at least one storage position into at least one locking position, and vice versa, and locks the operating element in at least one operating state in the locking position. The at least one controllable actuator element influences motion of the locking element.

Abstract: A tool includes a switch. The switch is configured to cause an electric component to operate. The switch includes a switch manipulation part, a load sensor and a load adjusting mechanism. The switch manipulation part is configured to manipulate the switch. The load sensor is configured to detect a load corresponding to a pressing force according to a manipulation of the switch manipulation part. The load adjusting mechanism is configured to move the load sensor relative to the switch manipulation part along a direction where the switch manipulation part and the load sensor are separated from each other, according to a magnitude of the pressing force applied to the load sensor.

Abstract: A power tool including a drive, and a planetary gear speed reducer reducing the speed of rotation transmitted from the drive. The planetary gear speed reducer has a positioning ball between a first sun gear and a second sun gear. The first sun gear has an annular engagement portion smaller in diameter than the positioning ball, and the second sun gear has a ball-retaining recess accommodating at least half of the positioning ball and retaining the positioning ball at a position on a rotation axis of the second sun gear. The ball-retaining recess has a bottom surface substantially perpendicular to the rotation axis and a cylindrical inner surface to retain the positioning ball at a point on the rotation axis. A gap is formed between the first sun gear and the second sun gear when the positioning ball is sandwiched between the annular engagement portion and the bottom surface.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical work apparatus including an apparatus housing having an electric motor for driving a work tool, a control unit for putting the electric motor into operation, a handle housing having at least one handle for guiding the work apparatus, and a receiving cavity, realized in the handle housing, having an insertion opening for a battery pack for operating the electric motor. For the purpose of decoupling the battery pack in respect of vibration, the handle housing, together with the receiving cavity for the battery pack, is decoupled from the apparatus housing via one and the same antivibration element. A vibration gap is realized between the apparatus housing and the handle housing, wherein the antivibration element at least partly bridges the vibration gap.

Abstract: Provided is an electric work machine that can suppress a temperature increase of a component controlling an electric motor. The electric work machine including a brushless motor that operates a tip tool includes a rectification circuit that converts a voltage to be applied to the brushless motor from an alternating current voltage to a direct current voltage, and a switching circuit that controls the brushless motor, and the rectification circuit is arranged upstream of the switching circuit in a circulation path of the air that cools the rectification circuit and the switching circuit.

Abstract: A device for accommodating at least one battery on a power tool, in particular a circular saw, including a receiving plate for detachably holding the at least one battery, including at least one contact device for connecting the battery to the power tool, and a double hinge device having a first and a second rotation axis, the first rotation axis being positioned on a housing of the power tool, and the second rotation axis being positioned on the receiving plate, so that the receiving plate is reversibly pivotable around the first and the second rotation axis relative to the housing between a first and a second position.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to powered hand tools and, in particular, their combination with a laser measuring system to measure a distance between a tool and a reference surface such as a wall, floor, or ceiling.

Abstract: The assembly stand comprises two parallel posts (1), a horizontal girder (6) which connects the tops of the posts and is vertically movable, and a suspension frame (17) which can be displaced along the movable girder in a lateral direction and is further suitable for turning the engine (M) mounted thereon about the main axes. A lifting block (10) is provided with a lifted load sensor to record the total weight of the engine (M). The device advantageously comprises a trajectory calculating control system integrating the structural deformations caused by the lifted weight, in order to correct the docking trajectories of the modules and ensure their utmost precision.

Abstract: A tile-cutting measurement device includes a telescoping elongated body. The telescoping elongated body has a first distal end and a second distal end. A tile marker holder is disposed on the second distal end substantially parallel to the elongated body. The tile marker holder holds a tile marker. The first distal end of the tile-cutting measurement device is placed against a vertical surface such as a wall. When the tile-cutting measurement device travels along the wall, the marker traces a line along a loose tile to be cut that corresponds to the contours of the vertical surface. After the tile is measured in this manner, it will be cut along the line. The cut side of the tile is then fitted along the vertical surface. Advantageously, the tile-cutting measurement device is a portable and easy-to-use tool that allows for precise tile cutting measurements.

Abstract: Provided is a robot for retrieving objects with different sizes, shapes, weights, placements, configurations, and/or other characteristics from a floor or raised height. The robot may include a motorized base, a lift that raises to a plurality of heights from the base, an upper platform attached over the lift, a vertical extension extending downwards from a frontside of the upper platform and in front of the lift, a lower platform with a proximal end coupled to the vertical extension and a distal end extending in front of the robot and directly over a ground surface on which the motorized base moves when the lift is in a lowered position, and a retriever for retrieving an object onto the lower platform.

Abstract: The machining station can include a table; at least three robots each having a multi-axis mover secured to the table, and a gripper opposite the table, the robots being interspaced from one another on the table; and a controller. The controller controls the robots to hold a workpiece in a coordinated manner. The computer numerical command (CNC) machine-tool system machines the workpiece while the workpiece is held by the robots. The workpiece can be moved into and out from the machining station with a trolley which slidingly engages a trolley path formed within the table.

Abstract: A robot operation evaluation device includes: an operational state calculator for calculating an operational state of an evaluation region that is a movable region of a robot, based on an operational state of the robot; a shape-feature quantity calculator for calculating a shape-feature quantity depending on an operation direction of the evaluation region corresponding to the operational state calculated; and an evaluation value calculator for calculating an evaluation value representing a risk degree of the operational state of the evaluation region with respect to the operation direction, based on the shape-feature quantity.

Abstract: The self-movement robot includes a robot body and a control center disposed on the body. The body includes a first distance sensor disposed in a horizontal direction used to collect two-dimensional map information and a second distance sensor disposed in a vertical direction used to collect spatial height information. While obtaining the two-dimensional map information of a working surface, the control center overlays the spatial height information to the two-dimensional map information and obtains three-dimensional map information of a working region. Through the distance sensors disposed on the self-movement robot, based on the generated two-dimensional map, the spatial height information is overlaid and the three-dimensional map information is generated. In a combined state, the robot invokes and plans a walking path in the working region based on the three-dimensional map, thereby helping to ensure smooth, safe and efficient operation of the combined robot in a complex environment.