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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 05, 1996
Shunzo Hirose, La Mirada, CA (US);
Amada MFG America Inc., La Mirada, CA (US);
Abstract
A staking press equipped with a component parts selecting apparatus. The staking press is equipped with a component parts supplying unit (17) that has a plurality of component parts storage sections (19, 23) each for storing a plurality of the same component parts. The component parts selecting apparatus includes a device (11) for picking up an image of a mark (m) provided on a surface of a workpiece (W), a parts identifying device (13) for identifying a component part to be installed on the workpiece on the basis of image data from the picking up device (11), a controller (15) for identifying the component parts storage section (19,23) that stores the component parts to be installed in a workpiece on the basis of data from the parts identifying device.