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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2021
Amada Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
AMADA CO., LTD., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A skid state determination device is a skid state determination device for determining a state of a plurality of skids for supporting a workpiece to be processed by a laser processing machine, with a supporting surface formed by top points of a plurality of protrusions, and includes: imaging means configured to be able to image at least a part of a skid table provided with the plurality of skids; and state determination means configured to determine the state of the skids based on image information obtained by imaging the skid table with the imaging means, and the state determination means executes: first determination processing for determining the state of the skids based on the image information obtained by imaging the skid table with the imaging means, before the workpiece is carried onto the skid table; and second determination processing for determining the state of the skids based on the image information obtained by imaging the skid table with the imaging means, after the workpiece is carried out from the laser processing machine but before a product obtained by processing the workpiece is carried out from the skid table.