To provide a delivery device and delivery system, which works a continuously carried-in workpiece having a branching point.
The delivery device comprises: a gripping means for gripping the workpiece having the branching point; a turning means for turning the gripping means; a sensor means for detecting the existence of the workpiece on the rotational axis of the gripping means or in the position slightly shifted from the position on the rotational axis; and a turning angle calculating means for detecting the direction of the branching point and for calculating the turning angle for turning the branching point in a required direction. The direction of the workpiece is correctly set by turning the gripping means by means of the turning means by a specified angle and by turning the workpiece gripped by the gripping means by the turning angle calculated by the turning angle calculating means. The delivery system comprises the delivery device.
KONDO KAZUHIRO
HOUDEN DENSAN KK
Akinobu Sudo
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