Provided is a processing apparatus where the exchange of an operating program for an apparatus body is not required each time a jig unit is exchanged. The processing apparatus includes an apparatus body and a jig unit. A master control device is mounted on the jig unit. Operations of the jig unit and the apparatus body are controlled by an operating program in the master control device.

A method and system for monitoring a mandrel. A first plurality of transmitting devices is positioned with respect to the mandrel. Signals from a portion of the first plurality of transmitting devices are received at a receiving device. The signals are processed to determine a configuration of the mandrel.

Disclosed is a method of producing an assembly tool for assembling a first system comprising one or more components. The method comprises: for each component, determining, when the first system is attached to a second system, a position and orientation of that component relative to the second system and positions and orientations relative to the second system at which that component is to be supported; providing a frame; attaching, to the frame, a reference structure; providing a plurality of pickup devices each having a receiving element for receiving a component; and securing each pickup device to the frame such that a position and orientation relative to the reference structure of each receiving element is the same as a position and orientation at which a component is to be supported.

A terminal device for assisting operation of a plurality of eyeglass manufacturing apparatuses which are used for performing different processes in manufacturing eyeglasses includes: a communicating device configured to communicate with the plurality of eyeglass manufacturing apparatuses; a processor; and memory storing computer readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the terminal device to execute: a setting instruction for setting, according to a process, a specific eyeglass manufacturing apparatus from the plurality of eyeglass manufacturing apparatuses as an eyeglass manufacturing apparatus of which the operation is assisted; and a controlling instruction for controlling the communicating device to send an operating signal input in the terminal device to the specific eyeglass manufacturing apparatus set by the setting instruction or controlling the communicating device to receive an input signal input in the specific eyeglass manufacturing apparatus set by the setting instruction.

A measurement system includes: a measurement apparatus measuring a position of a first member attached to at least one of a processing target and a jig and a position of a second member attached to a movable part of a processing apparatus in a measurement coordinate system; and a measurement control apparatus controlling the measurement apparatus. The measurement control apparatus includes: an arithmetic unit transforming the position of the second member in the measurement coordinate system to a position of the second member in a processing coordinate system based on first position information indicating the position of the first member in the measurement coordinate system and second position information indicating the position of the first member in the processing coordinate system; and a transmission unit transmitting third position information indicating the transformed position of the second member in the processing coordinate system, to a processing control apparatus.

An automatic jig replacement system includes a detection device, a robot, a bolt tightening/loosening device, and a control device. The detection device is configured to be capable of detecting a predetermined part of a jig. The robot is configured to be capable of conveying the jig. The bolt tightening/loosening device is configured to be capable of tightening/loosening a bolt for securing the jig. The control device determines a bolt tightening/loosening position, on the basis of a result of detecting the predetermined part by the detection device. The robot is caused to unload the jig from the mounting position, or to load the jig to the mounting position. The bolt tightening/loosening device is moved to the bolt tightening/loosening position, and is caused to tighten or loosen the bolt.