A device for determining a location on an elongated workpiece, characterized in that the device comprises:a frame movable in a first direction, preferably in a longitudinal direction of the workpiece, positioning means to position the frame in relation to the sides of the workpiece, movable means movable in a second direction, preferably in a transverse direction with respect to the frame, a measuring point, the movement in first direction and second direction used to move measuring point in said directions, measuring equipment for determining the location of the measuring point in transverse and longitudinal respect to the workpiece.

A machine tool system includes a machine tool main body for machining a workpiece supported on a table by using a tool detachably attached to a spindle, and an information processing apparatus. The machine tool main body includes a rotary tool magazine in which multiple grips each capable of holding the tool to be attached to the spindle are provided along the circumferential direction, and an image pickup device that is arranged in the tool magazine and configured to take an image of multiple members in a machining area of the machine tool main body. The information processing apparatus includes a geometric feature calculating unit configured to calculate the shapes and the arrangement state of the multiple members in the machining area, based on image data of the image taken by the image pickup device.

There is provided a processing apparatus including a holding table having a holding surface for holding thereon a workpiece with a plurality of devices formed in respective areas demarcated on a face side of the workpiece by a plurality of projected dicing lines, a processing unit that processes the workpiece held on the holding table, an image capturing unit that captures an image of the workpiece held on the holding table, a moving unit that moves the holding table relatively to the processing unit and the image capturing unit in horizontal directions along the holding surface, a touch panel that displays thereon the image captured by the image capturing unit, and a control unit. The control unit detects a line in an image positioned within an allowable region based on a contact line traced on the image displayed on the touch panel and registers the detected line.

A method for determining locations of supporting points for a machine tool is proposed. Multiple test coordinate sets in relation to the machine tool are used in cooperation with corresponding deformation index values for multiple components of the machine tool to obtain a deformation index equation that relates to assessed deformation of the components in response to different coordinates for the supporting points. The deformation index equation is used to acquire an optimal coordinate set for the supporting points.

An augmented reality simulation device includes: extension information display means for displaying a virtual object; relation information acquisition means for acquiring first relation information which is information that specifies relation between the virtual object and control axes of a numerical controller and second relation information which is information that specifies settings of the control axes and relation between the control axes; conversion means for converting a movement amount in a first coordinate system which is a coordinate system of the control axis to movement information in a second coordinate system which is a coordinate system for allowing the extension information display means to display the virtual object on the basis of the first relation information and the second relation information; and calculation means for calculating a display position and a display angle of the virtual object based on the movement information in the second coordinate system after the conversion.

A hand-held tool system comprises a hand-held tool and a positioning device matching the hand-held tool. The hand-held tool comprises an output shaft and a working head coupled to the output shaft. The positioning device comprises a detecting module configured to detect a positional feature and/or a movement feature of the positioning device and output a parameter indicative of the positional feature and/or the movement feature, the detecting module and the working head having a preset distance therebetween; a storage module configured at least to record reference position information about the working head; a control module configured to acquire real-time position information about the working head based on the parameter, the preset distance and the reference position information; and an output module configured to output the real-time position information in a way that can be perceived.

A method for determining locations of supporting points for a machine tool is proposed. Multiple test coordinate sets in relation to the machine tool are used in cooperation with corresponding deformation index values for multiple components of the machine tool to obtain a deformation index equation that relates to assessed deformation of the components in response to different coordinates for the supporting points. The deformation index equation is used to acquire an optimal coordinate set for the supporting points.

Apparatus for the homing and subsequent positioning of the axes of a numerical control machine. The apparatus includes motion actuators operatively connected to a motor for moving a machine worktable of the apparatus, a control unit, an input/output unit operatively connected to the control unit for the definition of at least one working axis, at least one switching sensor, either of inductive or capacitive type, and at least one switching bar for the definition of at least one switching point identified on the at least one worktable using the at least one switching sensor. The switching sensors and switching points are fixed or mobile, and the at least one switching bar includes a detection area for the at least one switching sensor, the area being shared into a first detection section, a second detection section, and a plurality of protection and fastening areas. The apparatus also includes a sensor housing for the insertion, protection and sliding of one or more switching sensors.

The invention relates to a method for determining a position of a work piece and of a tool in a machine tool, in which a work piece is clamped at the machine tool, in which the tool is subsequently inserted into a rotatable spindle shaft by means of a tool holder and the spindle shaft is set into rotation, in which an electrical voltage is applied between the work piece and the tool, in which the tool and the work piece are displaced with respect to one another, and in which a variation in the applied voltage is determined in the event of a contact between the tool and the work piece, and the respective position of the work piece and/or of the tool is determined and recorded in a computing program for control/regulation of the machining of the work piece.

An adaptive workpiece support system comprising a wear plate comprising a precision datum face and a plurality of tool holes, and accessories interactive with the plurality of tool holes of the wear plate to support, locate, and hold a workpiece against the wear plate for machining the workpiece. The plurality of tool holes is laid out in a grid and extending through the precision datum face, a thickness of the wear plate, and a backside face of the wear plate. The wear plate is configured to locate a workpiece relative to three axes of a machine.