A system for producing parts from a strip of sheet material wound in a coil may have a plurality of stations, including a preliminary station for holding the coil, a first leveling station for receiving the unwound portion of the strip from the preliminary station to manipulate the strip in a manner to reduce an initial curvature of the strip, a cleaning station for cleaning at least a region of one of the strip, and a cutting station positioned along the material path and configured to cut the strip of sheet material, the cutting station being configured to cut the strip of sheet material to form the parts.

A process for separating, collecting and storing pieces cut from one or more metal sheets and resulting from at least one cutting step, during which one or more pieces, variously arranged and configured, have been cut on the metal sheet. The present invention concerns also the system implementing this process.

A mechanical arrangement for processing a sheet-metal strip unwound from a coil has a separating device disposed between the coil and a processing device in a feed direction (5). When a comparison device determines that a current strip length with which the sheet metal-strip has passed the separating point in the direction of the processing device coincides with a defined processing length of the sheet metal-strip over which the sheet-metal strip is to be processed by the processing device, the separating device is actuated and the sheet-metal strip is thereby separated at the separating point.

A covering panel comprising at least one embossed line and a process for manufacturing the same are provided. The process includes unrolling continuously a covering material sheet from a supply roll, continuously conveying the covering material sheet along a conveying line towards an embossing apparatus having at least one embossing tool translatable in both directions along an axis perpendicular to the conveyance direction, translating the at least one embossing tool in the both directions along the axis and substantially parallel to covering material sheet, contacting the at least one embossing tool with a surface of the covering material sheet as the covering material sheet traverses the embossing apparatus with a pressure sufficient to create at least one embossing line on the covering material sheet, and cutting the covering material sheet to obtain a covering panel.

A die for a blanking device, a blanking accumulation device, and a blanking method are provided with which blanks having a length that is greater than a width of a metal coil can be blanked and accumulated in an accumulating device (piler), with a target orientation. The method includes a continuous metal coil that is received and is subjected to blanking using a die. The die has a shearing portion for blanking a blank. The shearing portion has an inclination angle relative to a line direction in which the blank is discharged. The die further includes, downstream of the shearing portion, a discharge means including an orientation changing means for changing an orientation of the blank from an inclined state having a first inclination angle, at the time at which shearing is complete, to a second larger inclination angle.

A suction cup gripping system has suction cup gripping devices each provided with a gripping suction cup having an internal cavity, a Venturi vacuum generator connectable to a compressed air line and connected to the internal cavity to generate therein a partial vacuum, a release valve connected to the internal cavity and operable to connect the internal cavity to an external environment or the compressed air line to eliminate the partial vacuum in the internal cavity, and a check valve interposed between Venturi vacuum generator and internal cavity. The gripping system includes a valve system connected to the Venturi vacuum generators and the release valves, a manifold connected to the internal cavities, a vacuum sensor connected to the manifold, and a control unit configured to control the valve system.

An object of the present disclosure is to provide a system for cutting an electrode 10 (negative/positive) delivered in reel form at a constant pitch during a notching process of a secondary battery manufacturing process, and a configuration of the present disclosure includes an electrode supply unit 120 that supplies an electrode 10 of a secondary battery, an electrode feeder 130 that feeds the electrode 10 supplied from the electrode supply unit 120 for cutting, a primary cutting unit 140 that primarily cuts the electrode 10 supplied by the electrode feeder 130, and a secondary cutting unit 150 that secondarily cuts the electrode 10 supplied from the primary cutting unit 140.

An effect of the present disclosure is that equipment that cuts the electrode 10 supplied in reel form at an ultra-high speed with a constant pitch suited to product specifications, performs external inspection, and loads acceptable and defective products into magazines enables production at more than twice the throughput of conventionally used equipment.

A strip material cutting device and a stacking apparatus are disclosed. The strip material cutting device includes a die-cutting module and a first temporary storage module, the die-cutting module is capable of moving in a reciprocating manner along a conveying line of a strip material, and the die-cutting module includes a first upper cutting die and a first lower cutting die capable of moving close to each other so as to cut the strip material. The first temporary storage module is located upstream of the die-cutting module. The first temporary storage module includes a first temporary storage roller that is capable of moving to temporarily store or release the strip material and is configured for enabling, during cutting, the die-cutting module and the strip material to be relatively stationary in a conveying direction of the strip material.

A workpiece transport device capable of improving a workpiece transport speed to increase productivity is provided. The workpiece transport device transports a workpiece pressed by a press machine. The workpiece transport device includes a base portion, a crossbar that holds the workpiece, a parallel mechanism, and a motor. The parallel mechanism is supported on the base portion. The parallel mechanism is configured to change a position of the crossbar relative to the base portion by operating in a plane defined by a transport direction in which the workpiece is transported and an up-down direction. The motor generates a driving force for driving the parallel mechanism. The motor is mounted on the base portion.