Title:
RING-LIKE GREEN COMPACT ARRANGING METHOD, AND ITS APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3639169
Kind Code:
B
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of picking up a ring-like green compact discharged from a powder molding machine and stacking and arranging it on a sintering port in a manufacturing step of sintered machine parts.
SOLUTION: The green compacts from a conveyor are changed in posture by a rotary actuator, and arranged in a V-shaped groove 51 in an upright position. Since the axes of the green compacts are automatically arranged, the green compacts are collectively lifted by a robot hand provided with a pair of metallic clamping tools 21 and 22 when the number of the green compacts reaches a predetermined value, and transferred to a predetermined position of the port, and arranged there.
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Inventors:
Matsumaru, Yasuhisa
Application Number:
JP2000000008043
Publication Date:
January 21, 2005
Filing Date:
January 17, 2000
Export Citation:
Assignee:
HITACHI POWDERED METALS CO LTD
International Classes:
B22F3/10; B22F3/035; B22F5/10; B65G57/28; B22F3/10; B22F3/03; B22F5/10; B65G57/00; (IPC1-7): B65G57/28; B22F3/035