Workpiece processing system
US4982827A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 30, 1989 |
| Grant date | Jan 8, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 30, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB23Q7/035
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Workpieces are conveyed from an incoming load station to a plurality of processing machines utilizing an endless conveyor having plural cradles for carrying the workpieces. A seat memory tracks each of the cradles and designates them as either work-to-be-performed cradles or work-finished cradles. The cradles are filled at a load station in accordance with an algorithm by which there is a predetermined ratio between those of the cradles being conveyed from the load station to the first of the processing machines designated as work-to-be-performed cradles and those of the cradles designated as work-finished cradles.
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