Abstract: A board work machine includes a board holding portion configured to hold a board, a work head configured to hold a lead component having a lead wire and insert the lead wire into a through-hole formed in the board, a lead wire cutting device configured to cut the lead wire inserted into the board by relatively reciprocally moving a first blade portion and a second blade portion, a distortion sensor configured to detect distortion of at least one of the first blade portion or the second blade portion, and a control device configured to drive the lead wire cutting device to acquire a value from the distortion sensor when the lead wire is not inserted into the board.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for deforming a U-shaped electric conductor into a hairpin which can be used to produce a bar winding of an electric machine. Prior to the deforming process, the electric conductor has two parallel limbs which are integrally connected together by means of a connection limb, and the three limbs are arranged on an imaginary plane. According to the invention, the two parallel limbs are first clamped in a respective clamping device, the first limb together with the first clamping device is then held in place, the second limb is then moved away from the first limb on a circular path, thereby stretching the connection limb, and a deformation section of the electric conductor is simultaneously or subsequently moved on a guide surface of a twisting guide element, wherein the guide surface protrudes radially beyond the circular path.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for forming a woven coil assembly (100), the coil assembly having adjacent superimposed linear portions (LI-L6, AL7-ALI2) extending parallel to each other in a first area (Al) of the coil assembly, and adjacent superimposed linear portions (L7-L12, AL13-AL18) extending parallel to each other in a second area (A2) of the coil assembly, wherein a plurality of head portions (T) connect the linear portions of the first area (AI) to the linear portions of the second area (A2).

Abstract: A method for forming the heads of coils made of rectangular wire so that it fits within the slots of the stator of an electric machine. The method includes receiving a coil having unformed first and second heads separated by first and second legs and applying controlled deformation to yield properly shaped heads. Actuators are provided for causing sequential actuated movements of one of the first and second legs to force the head-forming elements into contact with different portions of the first and second heads while allowing selective free movements of the other leg in response to the actuated movements.

Abstract: A guide member includes a first diametrically directed side guide section and a second diametrically directed side guide section formed by bending a single member at a bent portion. The first diametrically directed side guide section guides predetermined portions of electric conductors on a diametrically directed side of a slot. Further, the second diametrically directed side guide section guides predetermined portions of the electric conductors on a diametrically directed side of another slot adjacent to the slot. The bent portion is supported by a supporting body.

Abstract: A system is provided for wire processing. The wire processing system may include a wire transport, a processing station that may provide wire to the wire transport, a processing station that may move an electrical component threaded onto the wire, and a processing station that may move the electrical component to a position on the wire for further processing.

Abstract: Battery parts, such as battery terminals, and associated systems and methods for making the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a battery part includes a body having a base portion and a lug portion extending from the base portion. The battery part can further include a light-curable sealing material at least partially covering an exterior surface of the base portion. The sealing material is configured to seal an interface between the battery part and the material of a battery container when the base portion is embedded in the battery container material.

Abstract: The alignment method of the electrical conductors includes an aligning step of aligning a plurality of electrical conductors 40 in an annular shape while being overlapped in a circumferential direction of the annular shape by moving gripping devices 230 inward in a radial direction of the annular shape, in which the gripping device 230 has a pair of claws 232g1 and 232g2 capable of pinching one leg portions 41 of the substantially U-shaped electrical conductors 40 one by one, one claw 232g1 has a length capable of gripping one leg portion 41, and the other claw 232g2 has a length capable of gripping one leg portion 41 of one substantially U-shaped electrical conductor 40-1 and gripping the other leg portion 44 of the other substantially U-shaped electrical conductor 40-2.

Abstract: The invention relates to a housing for a cell stack of a battery, comprising: an integral frame from accommodating the cell stack, wherein the frame surrounds at least three end faces of a cell stack which is accommodated in the housing, and at least one electrically conductive connecting element for establishing an electrical connection between an external connection and a cell stack which is accommodated in the housing is integrated in the frame; and a cover for covering sides, in particular all sides, of a cell stack which is received in the housing, which sides are not surrounded by the frame.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a welded section examining device. In order to examine whether welding is good or bad of a welded section joining tip portions of electrical conductors projecting from slots of a stator core, a welded section examining device includes a camera, a discriminating unit, a wavelength-converting sheet, and a masking member. The camera images the welded section. The discriminating unit performs discrimination of whether welding is good or bad based on an outline of the welded section recognized from an image of the welded section imaged by the camera. The wavelength-converting sheet irradiates the welded section with a light, from a rear surface side of an imaging target surface. The masking member is interposed between the wavelength-converting sheet and the rear surface of the welded section, such that the outline of the welded section is imaged in the camera in an emphasized state.

Abstract: An air tool monitoring apparatus includes a housing having a hollow chamber formed therein, and also having an inlet and an outlet formed therein, each of the inlet and an outlet in fluid communication with the chamber. The apparatus also includes a first sensor for sensing a condition indicative of tool usage, a battery disposed in the housing, and a microprocessor operatively connected to the housing and including a timer, a memory storage module, and a unique identifier. The apparatus further includes a switch for starting and stopping the timer, and a communication device for sending data from the microprocessor to a data collection device. The apparatus may additionally include a second sensor for sensing a condition indicative of tool wear. Methods of using the apparatus, along with systems for monitoring and reporting on usage of multiple air tools equipped with the apparatus, are also described.

Abstract: A rotary lamination apparatus has a die assembly rotatable about an axis and a mounting table received in an axial hole extending through the die assembly. Through rotation of the die assembly, punched core pieces are mounted on the mounting table while being rotatively offset. A drive portion is employed to rotate the mounting table integrally with the die assembly about the axis of the die assembly.

Abstract: A production apparatus for producing a component assembly by sequentially performing predetermined processes in a plurality of processing areas (A1 to A6) arranged in a ring formation and then, by separating a jig. The apparatus includes a rotational table main body (20), a plurality of holding/transfer units (30) rotatable integrally with the rotational table main body and capable of holding an object and transferring the same onto processing tables in the plurality of processing areas, a plurality of loading portions (40) provided on the rotational table main body corresponding to the plurality of holding/transfer units and capable of loading the jig, and a plurality of processing units (60 to 110) provided for performing predetermined processes in the plurality of processing areas.

Abstract: A method for maintenance, in particular repair, of gas turbines, in particular aeroengines. Gas turbines are disassembled, with modules and/or assemblies and/or individual parts of the gas turbines then being inspected and/or repaired, and then assembled from inspected and/or repaired and/or new modules and/or assemblies and/or individual parts. The maintenance is subdivided into at least two repair steps, wherein modules and/or assemblies and/or individual parts to be repaired are moved through repair stations in order to move the modules and/or assemblies and/or individual parts of the or each gas turbine to repair stations adapted for this purpose in order to carry out the repair steps. The repair stations may be arranged in repair lines, with gas turbine modules, assemblies and/or individual parts being directed to different repair lines after inspection. The method permits gas turbine maintenance to be performed in a conveyer belt manner.

Abstract: Doors D (collectively representing doors D1 and D2) are removed from a vehicle body W, and are mounted to door holders 4 which are put laterally outside a base 2. While a carrier 1 is conveyed downstream with the door holders 4 kept holding the doors D and put outside the base 2 in the lateral directions, and, components are assembled to the doors D. Thereafter, the doors D to which the components are assembled are removed from the door holders 4, and are mounted to the vehicle body W.

Abstract: It is described a method for producing and stacking lamina elements in an aligned manner, in particular lamina elements for a stator of an electrical generator. The method cutting out a first lamina element from a foil, transferring the first lamina element to a container by utilizing the gravitational force, cutting out a second lamina element from the foil or from a further foil, and transferring the second lamina element to the container on top of the first lamina element by utilizing the gravitational force. It is further described a cutting machine for producing lamina elements, a container for stacking lamina elements in an aligned manner and a system for producing and stacking lamina elements in an aligned manner.

Abstract: A system for molding and fitting together a first part and a second part. Two guide rails are parallel to a first direction and, for each guide rail, a carriage moves in translation on the guide rail. For each carriage, a cam carrier moves in translation parallel to the first direction and has a cam, the two ends of which are distant in a fitting-together direction. An assembly bar carries a series of first cavities, each end of which is mounted in one of the two cams. A series of second cavities are provided. An activation device moves the cam carriers and, for each carriage, a locking device locks the carriage alternatively with the cam carrier and the guide rail.

Abstract: A manufacturing method for a wind turbine blade is described which utilises a post-moulding station in the manufacturing process. A blade shell forming part of a wind turbine blade is initially moulded in a blade mould, the blade shell subsequently transferred to a post-moulding station which allows for various post-moulding operations to be carried out on the blade shell away from the mould, thereby increasing the productivity of the blade mould in the manufacturing process. The post-moulding station may be operable to perform the closing of first and second blade shells to form a wind turbine blade, and may be formed from an adjustable structure which can provide relatively easy access to the contained blade shell for working thereon. Accordingly, the manufacturing equipment may be of reduced cost, combined with an increase in the overall productivity of the manufacturing system.

Abstract: Various embodiments include a service apparatus for a turbomachine. The service apparatus can include: a frame for coupling to an opening in the turbomachine; a bridge member operably coupled to the frame and spanning a width of the frame, the bridge member being substantially movable along a length of the frame; and a crane member operably coupled to the bridge member, the crane member being substantially movable along the width of the frame, wherein the crane member includes at least one attachment device for attaching to an object within the turbomachine.

Abstract: A remote manufacturing yard configured to build a cryogenic distillation column for use in an air separation unit (“ASU”) is provided. the remote manufacturing yard can include a fabrication facility comprising an enclosure. The fabrication facility further can also include a vertical plate roller; a lifting device, an assembly table configured to support two or more partial shells simultaneously; a first weld machine configured to weld the two or more partial shells together to form a course while keeping the two or more partial shells stationary; a column section assembly area having a second weld machine disposed therein, a distributor installation area configured to receive at least one column section and install a distributor within the column section to form a distributor column section; and a packing installation area configured to receive the distributor column section and install packing within the distributor column section to form a packed column section.

Abstract: A method to fit a contact portion in a plug housing by a robot is presented. Steps in the method include attaching a plug housing to a holder and gripping the contact portion by a gripping device of the robot. Other steps in the method include taking at least one spatially resolved picture by at least one optical detection device such that the plug housing and the contact portion are contained in the picture, determining a respective position of the plug housing and the contact portion in the picture by a control unit of the moveable robot, calculating a robot movement by the control unit that is a function of the determined positions, and performing the calculated movement by the robot to fit the contact portion in the plug housing. An apparatus to perform the method and another method to calibrate the control unit of the robot are also presented.

Abstract: The object of the invention is a method for manufacturing cellular board, a cellular board, a method for producing cellular board element of steel plate strip, and a production line. A cellular board according to the invention comprises a number of originally separate profiles of plate-like material, which have been fastened to each other. A single profile is intended to form in a finished cellular board a substantially planar first surface projection, a substantially planar second surface projection, a core, which is arranged to interconnect the first and second surface projections. In the cellular board the profiles are fastened to each other so that in the adjacent lamellae the first surface projections are located side by side and form thus a first surface plate of the cellular board, the second surface projections are located side by side and form thus a second surface plate of the cellular board, the profile cores form the core structure of the cellular board.

Abstract: Implementations and techniques for removing and segregating components from printed circuit boards are generally disclosed.

Abstract: This invention describes a process flow and method to assemble triple IG units without contaminating the center glass lite. A noncontact vacuum pad is used to lift a glass lite off from a horizontal or vertical support that conveys it from a glass washer to an assembly station. Each of multiple pads has a capacity to lift approximately seven to ten pounds. Use of multiple pads per glass sheet or lite allows lites having dimensions up to 70 by 100 inches (assuming glass thickness of one quarter inch) to be assembled.

Abstract: Stripping apparatus (4) for an electrical bar conductor (8) having a metal core with two longer sides (12) and two shorter sides (16) coated with an electrically insulating coating (20). The apparatus (4) comprises a first stripping portion (24) that at least partly houses the conductor (8) arranged along a prevailing extension (X-X), so as to rest on one of said longer sides (12) cantilevered relative to a pair of supports (28). The first stripping station (24) houses a first pair of broaches (40), opposite to one another and arranged at opposite sides relative to the conductor (8), said broaches (40) being axially movable relative to a cross working direction (Y-Y) perpendicular to the prevailing extension (X-X). The broaches (40) are aligned with said stripping portion (36) relative to the prevailing extension (X-X), so as to carry out the removal of the insulating coating (20) at the stripping portion (36) comprised cantilevered between the supports (28).

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a component mounting apparatus which includes a plurality of substrate conveying lanes and which efficiently controls the order of carrying in of substrates, thereby capable of improving productivity, and also is to provide a substrate conveyance method in the component mounting apparatus. In a configuration which includes: component supplying units (20A, 20B) positioned lateral to conveyor lines including conveyors (10A, 10B, 10C, 10D) arranged in parallel; and a substrate distributing unit (M3B) configured to distribute substrates (13) delivered from an upstream apparatus, in the case where a substrate request signal (R) is output for a plurality of conveyors, a new substrate (13) is carried in from the substrate distributing unit (M3B) into conveyors (10A, 10D) which are closest to the component supplying units (20A, 20B) among the conveyors (10A, 10B, 10C, 10D).

Abstract: A workshop for preparing aeroengines for shipping, the workshop including a station for fitting test and measurement mechanism on an engine, a mechanism for transporting the engine to test premises and for returning the engine to the workshop, a station for removing the test and measurement mechanism, a station for endoscopic inspection, a finishing station, and a shipping station. The engines are transported from one station to another by spreaders fastened on the engines and attached to hoists that are movable in translation along an overhead structure arranged in the workshop, each station being fitted with computer terminals for displaying and tracking the tasks to be performed on the engine in the corresponding station.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for fitting and equipping motor vehicle battery housings as a compact system, which comprises individual production stations and associated transport devices, wherein the battery plate packs to be processed are arranged in clamping cassettes and are provided to the device in the necessary pack width for the intended battery cells by a feeding station arranged upstream.

Abstract: A method and system is provided to join the wire ends of a stator by placing a crimpable element on a wire end pair such that the wire ends of the wire end pair are surrounded by the crimpable element, and deforming the crimpable element using a crimping tool to form a crimped joint. The crimped joint is configured to provide an electrical connection between the wire ends of the wire end pair. The wire ends may be retained in substantial contact with each other by the crimpable element. The wire end portion of the stator may be immersed in a molten solder bath to form a solder joint joining the wire end pair comprising a crimped joint. The stator may be configured as a bar pin stator including a plurality of bar pins defining the wire ends.

Abstract: An apparatus for stripping metal from a cathode plate, the apparatus comprising stripping means adapted for positioning between the metal and the cathode plate in order to separate the metal from the cathode plate, and wherein movement of the stripping means is achieved through movement of a robotic arm.

Abstract: Work line module comprises a plurality of machines (103-106) having a plurality of working functions and non-work facility (107, 108) such as a conveying machine can cooperate so as to produce a necessary amount even if the necessary amount is varied. A plurality of work machines (103-106) for mechanically working a workpiece (124) and non-work facility (107, 108) for processing the workpiece (124). One work machine (106) is a multifunction furnishing machine having a function of measuring the workpiece (124) in addition to a function of mechanically working the workpiece (124). A conveying machine (109) having robots (185-187) for conveying the workpiece (124) between the work machines (103-106), and between the work machines (103-106) and the non-work facility (107, 108).

Abstract: A method for manufacturing and preparing for assembly a stator core of a generator, the stator core having a central cylindrical bore along a longitudinal axis of the stator core, the method including in a first step, mounting a first press plate onto a tooling device and concomitantly and/or subsequently positioning at least one key bar to be manufactured in an axial direction with respect to the longitudinal axis in a spaced manner along a peripheral circumference of the first press plate. The method includes in a second step, stacking a plurality of generator laminations onto the first press plate and mechanically coupling the plurality of generator laminations with the at least one key bar and, in a third step, mounting a second press plate onto the plurality of generator laminations, fixing the second press plate to at least one of the at least one key bar and at least one axial fixing device and concomitantly and/or subsequently exerting axial stress on the first and the second press plates.

Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus for a backlight unit includes a feed mechanism, a testing mechanism, and an attachment mechanism. The feed mechanism arranges a plurality of light-emitting diodes in a row. The testing mechanism tests the light-emitting diodes. The attachment mechanism positions the light-emitting diodes to a circuit board. The attachment mechanism comprises a support assembly and a laminating device, in which the support assembly receives the light-emitting diodes tested by the at least one testing unit, the support assembly is opposite to the circuit board, and the laminating device laminates the light-emitting diodes to the circuit board. A method for manufacturing the backlight unit is also provided.

Abstract: A substrate conveyor track is provided with first to fourth conveyors. Two conveyors situated on both sides of the substrate conveyor track, and the other two conveyors situated at the center of the same. There is enabled selection of any one from a small substrate mounting mode for giving a single substrate conveyance width to the four conveyors and mounting electronic components on four small substrates having the single width; a large substrate mounting mode for actuating all movable conveyors to the center of the substrate conveyor track and mounting electronic components on two large substrates by the two conveyors; and a large-small-substrates mounting mode for bringing the two conveyors on one side of the substrate conveyor track, among the four conveyors, into the small substrate mounting mode and bringing one of the conveyors on the other side of the track into the large substrate mounting mode.

Abstract: Implementations and techniques for removing and segregating components from printed circuit boards are generally disclosed.

Abstract: In an electronic component mounting apparatus that is used in an electronic component mounting line for producing a mounted substrate by mounting electronic components on a substrate and that subjects the substrate to predetermined operation, a working unit attachment section 30 is provided within a range of movement of a working head, such as a loading head and a paste coating head, wherein a nozzle stocker 9 and a paste trial coating unit 10 can be removably attached as a working unit for performing specific additional operation appropriate for working function of the working head. The nozzle stoker 9 and the paste trial coating unit 10 are attached to the working unit attachment section 30 according to the type of working head.

Abstract: Equipment for manufacturing a stator comprises a coil conduction mechanism which can supply a current to input terminals of a stator, and a heater mechanism having first and second panel heaters which are provided to face the stator. Heat is generated from a coil by supplying a current to the coil from the coil conduction mechanism and sealants filling the stator are heated. On the other hand, the first and second panel heaters are heated by supplying a current and the sealants are heated from the outside. The operation is controlled such that the heating temperature for the sealants by heat generated from the coil and the heating temperature for the sealants by the heater mechanism are uniform.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a laminated core includes (1) blanking a rotor core sheet 15 and a stator core sheet 14 from a thin strip material 27 and (2) laminating the stator core sheet 14 inside a die. The stator core sheet 14 includes a ring-shaped yoke piece 18 and plural magnetic pole pieces 19 integrally connecting to a radially inside of the yoke piece 18. Each of the magnetic pole pieces 19 includes a magnetic pole shaft piece 20 and a magnetic pole tooth piece 21. The magnetic pole pieces 19 are formed by blanking preparatory slots 29; coining a part or a whole of the magnetic pole shaft pieces 20 to elongate the same in a radially inward direction; and thereafter, blanking the finishing slots 30 and shaping the magnetic pole tooth pieces 21.

Abstract: A die detachment apparatus for detaching a die from an adhesive tape on which the die is mounted includes a pick-and-place tool movable along a pick-up axis for picking up the die from the adhesive tape and a die ejector comprising an ejector shaft including an ejector pin. The ejector pin is movable parallel to the pick-up axis to raise the die from the adhesive tape to facilitate pick-up of the die by the pick-and-place tool. At least one movable table to which the ejector shaft is operatively coupled is actuable by at least one piezoelectric actuator which is connected to the movable table via a flexure. Actuation by the piezoelectric actuator forces the movable table and ejector shaft to move in directions which are perpendicular to the pick-up axis for alignment of the ejector pin with the die pick-up tool along the pick-up axis.

Abstract: An electronic component installation apparatus 4 which constructs an electronic component mounting line 1 and installs an electronic component on a substrate is configured to include substrate conveyance lanes L1, L3 as two conveyance paths for feed which respectively feed the substrate carried from the upstream side to the downstream side, the conveyance paths for feed in which substrate positioning parts for positioning and holding the substrate in installation work positions are disposed between two component installation parts 22A, 22B for taking the electronic components out of component supply parts 23A, 23B and transferring and installing the electronic components to the substrate, and a substrate conveyance lane L2 as a return conveyance path which returns the substrate carried from the downstream side to the upstream side and is disposed in a state of being sandwiched between the substrate conveyance lanes L1, L3.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing wireless communication devices for use in tracking or identifying items comprises cutting techniques that allow the size of antenna elements for the wireless communication device to be adjusted. Rollers cut tabs that form the antenna elements. In one embodiment, a plurality of rollers are used, each one effecting a different cut whose position may be adjusted so as to shorten or lengthen the antenna element. In another embodiment, the rollers are independently positionable to shorten or lengthen the antenna element. A radiator may be configured to assess a capacitance of the antenna elements prior to cutting to determine an appropriate size for the antenna elements.

Abstract: An electronic component mounting apparatus 1 includes a substrate conveyance mechanism 14 for conveying substrates 13 and 13a; a first drawing head 4 for supplying the substrate 13 with paste at a mounting position; a second drawing head 5 for supplying the paste to the substrate 13a at a pre-paste supply position closer to a conveyance starting side rather than to the mounting position; and a bonding head 3 that mounts, at the mounting position, electronic components on the substrate 13a supplied with the paste at the pre-paste supply position.

Abstract: A service providing method for monitoring a mounting tact of a component mounting apparatus includes collecting, from the service receiver, mounting tact information including a mounting tact result value of the component mounting apparatus from the service receiver by use of a service provider via a communication system. The method additionally includes judging whether a mounting operation of the component mounting apparatus has a tact loss corresponding to an amount by which a mounting tact is greater than a standard mounting tact as a result of analysis of the collected mounting tact information and determining and feeding back, to the service receiver via the communication system, NC data for allowing the component mounting apparatus to be operated.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a module and process for forming electrical connections on a solar cell substrate in a solar cell production line. The module generally provides a substrate handling system, a substrate positioning system, a cross-buss attachment assembly, and a side-buss attachment assembly. The module may provide adaptations for automatically adjusting the module to receive and process various sizes of solar cell substrates.

Abstract: A machine and method for punching an aperture through a hangtag and securing a two-piece eyelet to the same is disclosed. The machine has a frame, a table, a platform, a plurality of hangtag holders, a loading station, a punching station, an eyeleting station, and an unloading station.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to an automated solar cell electrical connection device that is positioned within an automated solar cell fabrication system. The automated solar cell electrical connection device includes a module and process for automatically attaching a junction box to a composite solar cell structure during the fabrication of a completed solar cell device.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus are provided for electronic device manufacturing. The invention includes removing a first substrate carrier and a second substrate carrier from a moving conveyor using an end effector assembly and concurrently transferring the first and second substrate carriers from the moving conveyor to a support location via the end effector assembly. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to a processing device for covers (20), wherein processing stations are embodied as individual processing stations (47) provided with, respectively, one tool for one cover. Several of said stations work in parallel for the simultaneous processing of several covers. If need be, stations can also be used wherein several tools form groups which are functionally separate from each other. As a result, the processing precision and production speed of the objects can be increased.

Abstract: A component mounting apparatus mounting a component on a substrate includes a driving unit, a frame structure, a first outputting section, and a compensating section. The driving unit includes a head to hold the component and a driving mechanism to move the head. The frame structure is equipped with the driving unit. The first outputting section detects a vibration of the frame structure and outputs first displacement information as displacement information of the frame structure caused by the detected vibration. The compensating section compensates a position of the head that moves by the driving mechanism based on the first displacement information.

Abstract: A method for the maintenance of gas turbines is provided. According to the method, a gas turbine is dismantled and modules, structural components, or component parts of the aeroplane mechanism are subsequently inspected and/or repaired. Then, an aeroplane mechanism consisting of inspected and/or repaired or new modules, structural components or component parts is mounted. Dismantling and/or mounting is divided into at least two work steps. A work station is provided for each work step and the aeroplane mechanism, modules, structural components or component parts of the aeroplane mechanism are displaced by the work station provided for carrying out one work step.