Installation comprising automatic machine tooling and sorting apparatus
US4571810A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 27, 1984 |
| Grant date | Feb 25, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 27, 2004 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/49789
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A machine tool installation enables the production of a variety of parts from a workpiece, and sorting of the parts so produced, on a fully automated basis. The machine tool has a numerical control system by which its cutting tool is caused to act upon the workpiece to selectively produce any of a number of different parts. The same control system is concurrently utilized to operate a sorting unit to position the designated one of several receptacles provided thereon to a point adjacent a common discharge location from the machine tool. The different parts produced are thereby segregated into substantially homogenous batches within the several receptacles provided.
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