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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2015
Applicant:
Fanuc Corporation, Yamanashi, JP;
Inventor:
Kiwamu Saitou, Yamanashi, JP;
Assignee:
FANUC CORPORATION, Yamanashi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23Q 17/24 (2006.01); B23Q 7/16 (2006.01); B23Q 7/04 (2006.01); B23Q 7/14 (2006.01); B23Q 11/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B25J 13/08 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B23Q 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23Q 7/04 (2013.01); B23Q 7/1431 (2013.01); B23Q 11/0042 (2013.01); B23Q 17/2452 (2013.01); B23Q 17/2471 (2013.01); B23Q 17/2476 (2013.01); B25J 9/1697 (2013.01); B25J 13/08 (2013.01); B23Q 17/005 (2013.01); Y02P 70/171 (2015.11); Y10S 901/47 (2013.01); Y10T 29/5196 (2015.01); Y10T 409/304088 (2015.01);
Abstract
A machining device is provided with a machine tool, a pallet to which a workpiece is secured, a pallet changer configured to move and change the pallet, and a workpiece attaching unit configured to attach and detach the workpiece to and from the pallet. Further, the machining device is provided with a visual sensor configured to capture an image of the pallet, and contaminants that may possibly cause jamming as the workpiece is supplied to the pallet are detected from the image captured by the visual sensor. A workpiece supply operation for the pallet is suspended if the contaminants are detected.