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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2020
Aida Engineering, Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Keisuke Takeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
AIDA ENGINEERING, LTD., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a workpiece conveying system configured to convey a sheet-like workpiece to a downstream step, including: a workpiece conveyor configured to lift through attraction holding, by a workpiece holding unit, an uppermost workpiece W of a stack, and convey the uppermost workpiece W of the stack to the downstream step one by one; and a conveyed workpiece number detector configured to detect the number of workpieces W held by the workpiece holding unit at a detection timing, at which the workpiece W held and raised by the workpiece holding unit in accordance with a normal workpiece conveying operation performed by the workpiece conveyor reaches an upper limit position of raising the workpiece W, and at which a moving speed component of the workpiece W in a raising direction is 0.