A method for inspecting and post-processing a workpiece having a laser-cut, closed inner contour, in which method a gripper moves a workpiece picked up in a defined manner, between a previously stored pre-defined pick-up position AP and a pre-defined first gripper position GP1, delivering the workpiece to an inspection unit, and if post-processing is required, a pre-defined second gripper position GP2, delivering the workpiece to an ejector unit.

The technology as disclosed herein includes a method and apparatus for deboning a meat item, and more particular for deboning a poultry item including performing an initial shoulder cut for removing boneless breast meat from the poultry carcass or frame. The method and apparatus disclosed and claimed herein is a combination of a robotic arm including an ultrasonic knife implement and a vision system for varying the cut path based on the shape and size of the poultry item. The combination as claimed including the ultrasonic knife can perform a meat cut while penetrating the meat with less force than the typical penetration that occurs when using a traditional knife.

Electrode and electrode assembly manufacturing apparatuses include an electrode transfer unit for transferring an electrode with electrode coating layer on surface of the electrode, a cutter for cutting the electrode transferred by the electrode transfer unit to form a unit electrode, a separator transfer unit disposed at one surface of the electrode transfer unit and configured to transfer a separator, a sensor unit for sensing the position of the unit electrode and an alignment unit for adjusting transfer speeds of outer peripheries of the unit electrode parallel to a unit electrode transfer direction to adjust the interval between unit electrodes seated on a separator surface . Whether positive and negative electrodes are aligned before stacking and laminating electrodes having different polarities is determined. The positive and negative electrodes are then stacked, whereby the occurrence of a defective electrode due to misalignment between the positive and negative electrodes is preventable.

The calibrating system 100 includes a conveyance system 102 for carrying work products 104 arranged in multiple lanes extending along the conveyor to be trimmed and/or cut into portions P. A scanner 110 scans the work product and a cutter system 120 consisting of one or more cutters are arranged in an array or series of cutter assemblies for cutting the work products into end pieces P of desired sizes or other physical parameters. A processor/computer 150, using a scanning program or portioning program, determines how the work product may be portioned into one or more end piece product sets. The processor/computer using the portioning software then functions as a controller to control the cutter system 120 to portion the workpiece 104 according to the selected end product/pieces P.

A method and an apparatus for correcting a feeding distance of a strip or cutting, involves feeding the strip over the feeding distance in a feeding direction towards a cutting line that extends at an oblique cutting angle to the feeding direction; detecting a lateral position of a first longitudinal edge of the strip in a lateral direction perpendicular to the feeding direction; wherein, when the detected lateral position is offset over an offset distance in the lateral direction with respect to a reference position for the first longitudinal edge at the measuring line, and adjusting the feeding distance with a correction distance that is related to the offset distance in a ratio that is defined by the cutting angle.

A sheet-processing machine has a shaping device for processing sheets. The shaping device has at least one shaping point. The sheet-processing machine comprises at least one separating device. The at least one separating device is designed to remove at least one remaining piece from at least one sheet of the sheets. The at least one separating device is arranged downstream of the at least one shaping point along a transport path provided for transporting the sheets. At least one inspection device is arranged, downstream of the separating device in the transport direction of the sheets, to determine an actual state of the at least one sheet of the sheets. The invention additionally relates to a method for inspecting at least one remaining part of at least one sheet of sheets, which part has been processed by a shaping device, and to a method for inspecting at least one sheet of sheets.

A cutter device including a transport unit for transporting a medium, a round blade configured to move, while rotating, in a width direction intersecting a transport direction in which the medium is transported, a fixed blade provided along the width direction, and a controller configured to control driving of the transport unit and a movement in the width direction of the round blade, in which the controller is configured, when the medium is cut by causing the round blade to move to a first direction of the width direction, to cause the round blade to move to a second direction being a direction opposite to the first direction while causing the round blade to rotate without causing the medium to move in the transport direction.

A processing apparatus includes a chuck table, a first and second image capturing units, a display device, and a controller. The first image capturing unit obtains a first image group of images captured of a processed groove in the workpiece at different positions along a thicknesswise direction, each including a piece of first image information representing a shape of the processed groove. The second image capturing unit obtains a second image group of images captured of the processed groove at different positions along the thicknesswise direction of the workpiece, each including a piece of second image information representing a shape of the processed groove. The controller orders the pieces of at least either the first or the second image information into a sequence along the thicknesswise direction, thereby generating a three-dimensional image of the processed groove, and displays the three-dimensional image on the display device.

A carton sizing system that has a frame, a controller, one or more cutters movably mounted to the frame and operatively connected to the controller, one or more markers movably mounted to the frame and operatively connected to the controller. The carton sizing system also has a measuring means that is operatively connected to the controller and configured to determine, in use, the footprint of an open top carton and to determine the height of one or more objects contained within the carton. The controller is configured to position the one or more cutters based on the determined footprint and to cut vertical edges of the carton based on the determined height and also to position the one or more markers based on the determined footprint and height and to score or crease vertical walls of the carton between the vertical edges to at least partially define foldable panels.

A feed and cutting unit for selectively cutting and dispensing individual weight material segments from a common strip of backing material is disclosed. The feed and cutting unit comprises a feed assembly, a sensor and a cutter member. The feed assembly includes a drive roller and a follower roller that frictionally engages first and second surfaces of a strip of weight material to selectively move the strip of weight material to a cutter member. The sensor is connected to a controller and measures an amount of segmented weight material on the backing material as the strip of weight material moves past the sensor. The cutter member is actuated to separate weight material segments from the backing material by cutting at least a portion of the backing material in a gap disposed between adjacent segments. Weight apply devices that receive the segments for application to an imbalanced member, are also disclosed.