Trumpf Werkzeugmaschinen Gmbh + Co. Kg

Sick Ag

J. Schmalz Gmbh

Jens Ottnad

Manuel Kiefer

Korbinian Weiss

Benjamin Schwarz

Ulrich Schneider

Magnus Deiss

Willi Poenitz

Leonie Felica Tatzel

Frank Schmauder

Eberhard Wahl

Peter Epperlein

Dennis Wolf

Marc Teschner

Frederick Struckmeier

Carina Mieth

Christoph Bloemker

Thomas Eisele

Walter Dunkmann

Uwe Mienhardt

Stefan Kienzler

Harald Mathias

Günter Hirt

Philipp Springer

Carsten Krenz

Hermann Reinisch

Rainer Hoehn

Heinz-Juergen Prokop

Stefan Krause

Stefan Stroebel

Kevin Lutz

Willi Pönitz

Christoph Blömker

Daniel Gebhard

Raphael Rahaeuser

Daniel Selzam

Peter Steurer

Fabian Gaeckle

Dirk Plaueln

Matthias Denecke

Michael Burger

David Schoene

Falko Keimel

Johannes Schuhmacher

Rainer Höhn

Alexandru Rinciog

Andreas Heller

David SCHÖNE

Knut Wantzen

Katja Saumer

Sebastian Distler

Julian Autenrieth

Johannes Herzog

Stefan Schneider

Fabian Matter

Raphael RAHÄUSER

Frederick KÖPP

Fabian GÄCKLE

Stefan STRÖBEL

Joachim Wipper

A method for ascertaining and correcting the defective machine state and/or at least one defective component state of a machine tool includes ascertaining the state using imaging and analysis of a cut edge produced and comparing with selected machine parameters and making the correction by way of a maintenance instruction based on the machine state for maintaining the machine tool.

Method for determining and correcting the machine state of a machine tool, and diagnostic system

A method determines an actual state of a supporting bar for supporting a plate-like workpiece on a machine tool for a cutting the workpiece. The method includes: determining a geometry of supporting projections on the supporting bar by a light section method, which includes: projecting a longitudinal line of light onto a longitudinal side of the supporting bar; with the line of light, scanning the longitudinal side over a height region assigned to the supporting projections in the direction of the height of the supporting bar, detecting the scanned extent of the longitudinal side of the supporting bar to generate an image of the longitudinal side of the supporting bar, and determining the geometry of the supporting projections based on the generated image; and comparing the determined geometry of the supporting projections with the defined intended geometry of the supporting projections.

Method and device for determining an actual state of supporting bars of a workpiece support, and machine tool having a device of this type

A method for processing a workpiece with a laser cutting machine includes reading out a machine parameter and a material parameter and outputting a process parameter recommendation. The process parameter recommendation is created by a process parameter algorithm with at least one data aggregation routine based on a plurality of cut edge quality features. The method further includes generating a cut edge by laser processing the workpiece.

Method and device for processing a workpiece

The disclosure relates to digital models of a production apparatus. The digital models can generate simulations of production sequences of the production apparatus, and a controller can access the simulation to improve operations of the production apparatus. The digital model uses data of a locating system to create the simulation. The locating system monitors carriers for transporting components. The controller can compare parameters of the simulation results with corresponding parameters of earlier simulation results and/or actually obtained parameters of earlier production sequences, which can be stored in a model library. The disclosure further relates to corresponding production control methods.

Production systems and production control methods with locating system-based simulations of production sequences

A method for evaluating a laser cut edge of a workpiece includes capturing image data of the laser cut edge and its surroundings, segmenting the image data, and identifying a segment of interest of the image data. The segment of interest comprises image data of the laser cut edge. The method further includes carrying out an image quality detection for the segment of interest and generating, based on the image quality detection, an output for a user.

Method for evaluating a laser cut edge, mobile terminal and system

Disclosed is a method for loading a sheet placement device of a flat bed machine tool with a material sheet, wherein the material sheet is supplied to the machining operation carried out by the flat bed machine tool, starting from a target position assigned to the machining operation in a machine coordinate system, and the flat bed machine tool comprises a camera system having at least one camera. The camera system is designed to produce captured images of the sheet placement device, which are calibrated three-dimensionally in relation to the machine coordinate system of the flat bed machine tool. The method comprises the steps: producing a captured image of the material sheet in the region of the sheet placement device; evaluating the captured image to determine an actual sheet position in the machine coordinate system; measuring a deviation of the determined actual sheet position from the target position; and using the measured deviation to align and position the material sheet.

Method for loading a panel depositing device of a flatbed machine tool and flatbed machine tool

A method for linking information with a workpiece data record of a workpiece includes registering a selection time relating to a first action of a user that has a spatial relationship with a workpiece, determining a position of a hand of the user in a space at the selection time using a locating system, deriving a selection position in a support plane from the determined position of the hand, selecting a workpiece data record from the workpiece data records by comparing the selection position with relative positions and contours of the workpieces, registering a second action in which the user carries out a gesture movement, wherein an information item to be logged in a database is assigned to the gesture movement, reading the information item from the database, and linking the information item with the selected workpiece data record.

Method for linking information with a workpiece data record, and flatbed machine tool

A method for evaluating a position of a selected sub-space of a nesting plan is provided. The nesting plan is provided for controlling a cutting process of a flatbed machine tool for cutting out workpieces from a material sheet and includes an overlap-free arrangement of respective sub-spaces, the respective sub-spaces corresponding to the workpieces. The method includes providing contour data specifying a cutting contour that delimits the selected sub-space in the position to be evaluated within the planning space, and providing position data indicating respective positions in the planning space of spaces to be considered in the evaluation. The spaces include a group of supported spaces and a group of support surrounding spaces. The method includes providing cutting operation data for at least one section and determining an evaluation value for the position to be evaluated of the selected sub-space using the calculated damage rate of the cutting contour.

Evaluating workpiece positions in nested arrangements

A sensor apparatus for detecting a target object influenced by a process or formed in the process includes a sensor unit and an evaluation device. The sensor unit detects the target object in a detection zone of the sensor unit and generates a sensor signal that can be influenced by the target object. The evaluation device processes the sensor signal as a first input variable and generates an output signal, which indicates the detection of the target object, in dependence on the sensor signal. The evaluation device further processes a process parameter of the process, which acts on the target object, or a target object parameter, which characterizes the target object and is influenced by the process, as a respective further input variable and to generate the output signal in dependence on the process parameter and/or the target object parameter.

Sensor apparatus

A method for assigning a processing plan to a mobile unit data set of a mobile unit of an indoor location system of a manufacturing hall is provided. The method includes: providing a manufacturing control system for industrial processing of workpieces with a machine tool in accordance with workpiece-specific processing plans, each processing plan storing order information for a workpiece to be processed, providing a mobile unit with an image acquisition unit for acquiring image data, mobile unit data set belonging to the mobile unit and position data of the mobile unit acquired with the indoor location system being stored in the manufacturing control system, acquiring image data of a processing plan-specific object for identifying the processing plan to be assigned with the manufacturing control system, and assigning the identified processing plan to the mobile unit data set of the mobile unit in the manufacturing control system.

Image-supported assignment of a processing plan to a mobile unit data set of a mobile unit of an indoor location system

A method for optimizing production of sheet-metal parts, the production comprising cutting out and singularizing the sheet-metal parts and bending the sheet-metal parts, wherein the method includes: (A) training a neural network, which is executed on a Monte Carlo tree search framework, by means of supervised learning and self-play with reinforcement learning; (B) recording constraints for the sheet-metal parts, the constraints comprising geometric data of the sheet-metal parts; (C) creating an optimized production schedule by way of the neural network; and (D) outputting the production schedule.

Method and apparatus for optimized production of sheet-metal parts

A machine for separative machining of a plate-shaped workpiece that has: a first movement unit for moving the workpiece in a first direction (X); a second movement unit for moving a machining head for the separative machining in a second direction (Y); and two workpiece bearing faces for bearing the workpiece. A gap that extends along the second direction (Y) is formed between the workpiece bearing faces. The machine has a push-out unit having a push-out element, wherein the push-out element is movable at least in the second direction (Y) within the gap so as to press, at a predefined push-out position (AP), against a workpiece part that was cut free from the workpiece during separative machining. The disclosure further relates to methods for pushing out a workpiece part which, in particular, was cut free on such a machine.

Pushing out a plate-shaped workpiece part that has been cut free

Disclosed is an interior tracking system for manufacturing control. The interior tracking system has multiple, fixedly installed transceivers for determining the position of multiple mobile units, the position being determined in particular by evaluating the propagation time of electromagnetic (radio) signals. The interior tracking system is used to assign one of the mobile units to one or more workpieces in an industrial manufacturing plant that processes steel and/or sheet metal, to determine the position of the assigned workpieces by localizing the assigned mobile unit using the interior tracking system and to integrate the interior tracking system into a manufacturing control system of the industrial manufacturing plant.

Control of manufacturing processes in metal processing industry

A method for assigning a workpiece to be processed to a mobile unit of an indoor location system used in a manufacturing hall in industrial processing of workpieces is provided. The method includes: providing a manufacturing control system for the industrial processing of workpieces with a machine tool in accordance with workpiece-specific processing plans, providing an assistance system for collecting measurement assistance workpiece data sets for the workpieces, detecting a workpiece to be assigned with the assistance system and generating a measurement-assistance-workpiece data set for the workpiece, comparing the measurement-assistance-workpiece data set with a processing plan-assistance-workpiece data set corresponding to the workpiece to identify a processing plan, providing a mobile unit assigned to the identified processing plan, the indoor location system configured to determine a position of the mobile unit, and spatially assigning the workpiece to the mobile unit assigned to the identified processing plan.

Assisted assigning of a workpiece to a mobile unit of an indoor location system

The invention relates to a method for predicting the tilt inclination of a workpiece part that is being cut free from a remaining workpiece using a machine tool during a machining process, and that rests on one or more supports, said method comprising the following steps: determining one or more possible tilt edges about which the workpiece part being cut free might tilt. For at least one potential tilt edge, particularly for each potential tilt edge, determining tilt moments that act on the workpiece part in different states of the machine tool, and on the basis of the determined tilt moments, determining whether the workpiece part would tilt about a tilt edge.

Predicting the tilt inclination of a workpiece portion and separating a plate-like workpiece

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Jens Ottnad