Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Matthias Dürr

Michael Dallmann

Sören Burmeister

Bernhard Schenk

A powder bed machine including a distribution device, which is configured to be charged with process material. The powder bed machine has a residual powder tank within the manufacturing process, wherein the residual powder tank holds a surplus of the process material. The powder bed machine is positioned on feet and weighing cells are located in the feet.

Powder bed machine and method for acquiring the process data of a manufacturing process in a powder bed machine

The invention relates to a gripping finger () for an adaptive gripping device (), comprising a first strip element () and a second strip element (), which are flexible, and a plurality of spacing elements (), which are arranged between the first strip element () and the second strip element (). A first end () of each of the spacing elements () is movably connected to the first strip element () and an opposite second end () of each of the spacing elements () is movably connected to the second strip element (). At least one of the spacing elements () is designed as a curved spacing element (), the curved spacing element () having a predefined curvature.

Gripping finger having curved spacing elements, and adaptive gripping device

A method and a control device for deflection of a laser beam for laser-based additive manufacturing processes includes first and second orthogonally rotatable mirrors designed to reflect the laser beam and guide the laser beam to an irradiation field. The first mirror and the second mirror are secured on respective first and second shafts, with the first mirror performing a continuous first vibration with a first frequency, and the second mirror performing a continuous second vibration with a second frequency different from the first frequency and/or with a phase difference with respect to the first vibration. Each of the two shafts has a known position such that the first vibration is synchronous with the second vibration. The laser is activated/deactivated upon reaching/leaving an irradiation point. The generated vibrations of the mirrors describe a continuous Lissajous curve.

Control device and method for controlling the laser beam deflection

The invention relates to a method for operating a processing and/or production installation having at least two engineering systems producing a respective output file including an operating variable for at least one component of the installation. The first output file of a first engineering system is transmitted from the first engineering system to a second engineering system. A second output file is provided by a second engineering system using the first output file, and the processing and/or production installation being operated using the second output file. first origin data describing an origin of the first output file of the first engineering system, and second origin data describing an origin of the second output file from the second engineering system.

Method and apparatus for operating a processing and/or production installation

A method for controlling a robot, which is designed to be operated in a working mode, in which a part of the robot is moved at a speed at which there is a risk of injury to a person. The working mode is deactivated if a safety device detects that the person has entered an action region of the displaceable part. The aim is to make close cooperation possible between the person and the robot. A sensor unit determines a position and a posture of the person while the person is outside the action region of the part. A prediction unit determines an action region of the person. A collision monitoring unit monitors whether the two action regions overlap. The robot can optionally be switched from the working mode into a safety mode.

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Nuremberg, Germany

Matthias Dürr