An assembly includes a CNC machining center for machining a board-shaped workpiece, in particular made of wood or of at least one wood substitute, a workpiece support, and a workpiece and/or clamping means to be positioned on the workpiece support at least partially manually for securing the at least one workpiece. An augmented reality display device is formed to superimpose a real image of the workpiece support or of a part thereof with information on a specifiable target position and/or target machining contour of the workpiece and/or on a specifiable target position of the clamping means. The augmented reality display device can be worn on the body by a user, who positions the workpiece and/or clamping means on the workpiece support at least partially manually.

Apparatus (101) for supporting a workpiece (201), comprising a frame structure (102) for holding a workpiece (201), a base element (103) for supporting the frame structure (102), and a tool support element (110) for holding a tool. The frame structure (102) comprises lower and upper frame elements (107, 108) between which a workpiece (201) is receivable, and the upper frame element (108) is movable with respect to the lower frame element (107) in a Z-axis direction (106), for clamping a workpiece (102) therebetween. The tool support element (110) is movable with respect to the upper frame element (108) in an X-axis direction (104). The frame structure (102) is movable with respect to the base element (103), and with respect to a workpiece held between the lower and upper frame elements (107, 108), in a Y-axis direction (105). A CNC machine comprising the apparatus (101).

A broaching unit for rules of die cutters which comprises a supporting structure, for example a frame, a guide of a die cutter rule, and a tool-holding arm equipped with at least one broaching tool is described. The guide defines a sliding surface on which the rule is fed intermittently. The tool-holding arm is mounted on the supporting structure and is susceptible to reciprocating movements with respect to it and with respect to the guide, preferably forward and backwards movements along a transversal direction of the rule, just to intercept the die cutter rule with the broaching tool when the rule is stopped. Advantageously, the tool-holding arm is equipped with at least two broaching tools, for example four tools, and can be oriented with respect to the guide, for example can rotate on itself, to selectively activate one of the broaching tools, i.e. to bring one of the tools into contact with the rule.

An inverter manufacturing cell includes a table including a base, a frame configured to receive a work piece, and at least one pivotable lift arm attached to the base and to the frame. The pivotable lift arm is configured to pivot relative to the base about at least one axis such that the frame and work piece rotate from a first, generally horizontal position to a second, generally vertical position. After rotating to the second, vertical position, the frame is configured to slide such that the frame and work piece further rotate to a third, generally horizontal position wherein the frame and work piece are inverted relative to the first, generally horizontal position.

A drive mechanism of a transfer tool configured to drive a swing axis and tilts the workpiece includes: a motor; a speed reducer including an output shaft arranged in parallel to the swing axis and configured to reduce speed of rotation of the motor; and a link mechanism configured to couple the swing axis with the output shaft, in which the link mechanism includes a first link portion fixed to the output shaft at a middle portion in a length direction thereof; a second link portion fixed to the swing axis at a middle portion in a length direction thereof; a third link portion that couples one end portions of the first link portion and the second link portion with each other in a rotatable manner; and a fourth link portion that couples other end portions of the first link portion and the second link portion with each other in a rotatable manner, in which the first link portion and the second link portion are arranged in parallel to each other, and in which the third link portion and the fourth link portion are arranged in parallel to a line segment linking a central axis of the output shaft with a central axis of the swing axis.

An embodiment of the present invention simplifies the configuration of a suction positioning device. An embodiment of the present invention includes: an output rod (3) having an air discharge passage (11); a sleeve (4) which has a tapered outer circumferential surface (12) and is elastically deformable so as to have a reduced diameter; a transmission member (5) having a tapered inner circumferential surface (13); a plurality of balls (B) which are inserted between the tapered inner circumferential surface (13) and the tapered outer circumferential surface (12); and a suction pad (7) attached to the output rod (3) so as to communicate with the air discharge passage (11).

An autonomous processing station, in particular for machining a plate-shaped workpiece, for example, including a roller conveyor and a suction table disposed beneath the roller conveyor for clamping the workpiece. The roller conveyor includes movable rollers, in a longitudinal center region of the roller conveyor, so as to be movable to the side beneath stationary rollers at ends of the roller conveyor, so that the workpiece can be lowered through the resulting opening onto the suction table.

A suction cup unit for gripping workpieces comprises a suction cup member carried by a support body within which a device is arranged for autonomously generating a vacuum to be applied to the suction cup member. The vacuum generator device includes an ejector-effect device, configured to generate a vacuum by supplying a flow of pressurized air through a nozzle, a reservoir of pressurized air connected to the nozzle, at least one electrically-operated valve for controlling the connection between the pressurized air reservoir and the nozzle, and a connecting line between the nozzle and the suction cup member, for transmitting a vacuum to the suction cup member when pressurized air is made to flow through the nozzle.

A machining system includes a machining unit and a moving apparatus configured to move the machining unit. The machining unit includes a rotating tool for rotating about an axis in a vertical direction, an upper surface abutting member configured to be abutted against an upper surface of a work, an end face abutting member configured to be abutted against an end face of the work between an upper edge and an lower edge of the work, and a vertical moving unit configured to change a position of the upper surface abutting member in the vertical direction with respect to the rotating tool. The rotating tool includes a machining portion main body, a first machining portion provided on a lower side of the machining portion main body, and a second machining portion provided on an upper side of the machining portion main body.

An autonomous processing station, in particular for machining a plate-shaped workpiece, for example, including a roller conveyor and a suction table disposed beneath the roller conveyor for clamping the workpiece. The roller conveyor includes movable rollers, in a longitudinal center region of the roller conveyor, so as to be movable to the side beneath stationary rollers at ends of the roller conveyor, so that the workpiece can be lowered through the resulting opening onto the suction table.