A method and a system for machining a work piece by a machining tool are provided. The method includes relatively moving the machining tool against the work piece to apply machining feeds therebetween. The contact points at the work piece are arranged on the area of the work piece to be machined, and the contact points at the machining tool form a curve on the machining tool surface. The system includes a manipulator, a machining tool and a controller being adapted for controlling the manipulator to operate the machining tool according to the method as above. With this solution, the system can generate wave paths of a machining tool, so as to extend the life of the tool and ensure the processing quality.

A machine tool system includes: a machine tool that machines a workpiece by using a tool attached to a spindle; and a plurality of robots installed inside a machining space of the machine tool and adapted to grip the workpiece and move the workpiece in conformity with the machining performed by the machine tool.

The invention relates to a robot cell (1) provided for use on machine tools and/or assembly machines. The robot cell (1) includes a handling device, e.g. an industrial robot (2). By means of the robot cell (1), a workpiece (4) to be processed on the machine tool or the assembly machine can be removed from an incoming transport container, pre-processed, orientated, inserted into the machine tool or assembly machine, removed from the machine tool or the assembly machine, measured and placed or stacked in an outgoing transport container. The robot cell (1) can be used on different machine tools or assembly machines. In order to facilitate operation of a robot cell (1) of this kind, the robot cell (1) can be used on the machine tool or the assembly machine without being linked or connected to the machine tool or the assembly machine, the robot cell (1) has an optics device (5), by means of which, in conjunction with reference markings on the machine tool or assembly machine, the robot cell (1) can be positioned in its operating position on the machine tool or the assembly machine, wherein by means of a control apparatus (6) and the handling device connected thereto or the industrial robot (2) connected thereto of the robot cell (1), operating elements on the machine tool or assembly machine can be contacted, operated and controlled.

A deburring tool includes a nav. tool 9 in which a cutting tool 7 is inserted and fitted and that has an opening 41 exposing a blade portion of the cutting tool 7, opening edge portions 42 and 43 of the opening 41 each include a profiling guide portion 45 expanding, in the circumferential direction of the profiling guide member, in a sector shape that is centered on the center axis of the nav. tool 9, and the profiling guide portion 45 is formed to have a conical shape in side view.

System for removing material from a plastic part, comprising a rotating spindle provided with abrasive means. The rotating spindle includes a non-abrasive section, which can form a radial stop for the system on a guide edge. The system includes driving means for rotating the abrasive means connected to the rotating spindle; and a mechanical means for linking to a robot, the mechanical linkage being of type ball joint with pin.

Method of trimming weld flash from a weld joint formed between a first component and a second component. The method provides a rotary shear tool having a rotary blade and a second blade. The second blade may be a fixed blade. The method further includes shearing the weld flash from the weld joint by passing the weld flash between the rotary blade and second blade of the rotary shear tool. Also provides a rotary shear tool for trimming weld flash from a weld joint formed between a first component and a second component. The rotary shear tool includes: a rotary blade; a second blade; and a mounting portion for mounting the rotary shear tool on a robotic arm.

A machining apparatus capable of performing chamfering with high precision is provided. A machining unit 13 is provided at a distal end portion 12a of an arm 12 of an articulated robot 11, and the machining unit 13 includes a profiling roller 57, which serves as a roller that abuts against a part to be profiled Wd of a workpiece W, and a rotatable tool 41 having an axis line 41a having a distance between the rotatable tool 41 and the profiling roller 57 in conformity with a width of the workpiece W (width of a band-like portion Wc) and extending in parallel with an axis line 57a corresponding to a support axis of the profiling roller 57, and the rotatable tool 41 includes cutting blades 41b or blade portions 73 and 73 as chamfering blades.

A deburring apparatus including: a robot that uses a deburring tool to deburr an object supported by a support in a machine tool, a visual sensor, a relative movement mechanism for causing relative movement between the visual sensor and the object supported by the support; and a controller, wherein the controller is configured to conduct: an operation process that operates the relative movement mechanism based on a visual sensor relative movement program for controlling an operation of the relative movement mechanism so that a ridge of the object supported by the support is detected by the visual sensor during the relative movement; and a deburring operation program generation process which generates a deburring operation program by using the detected ridge obtained by the visual sensor when the relative movement mechanism is operated based on the visual sensor relative movement program.

A deburring device includes a robot program creating unit that creates a program from data of an object, a deburring part detecting unit that detects a position for a deburring part on the object, and a robot program updating unit that updates the program by the detected position of the deburring part. The deburring device also includes a force control unit that controls to yield a predetermined pressing force, an actual path acquiring unit that acquires an actual path of a robot when controlled at the predetermined pressing force by the updated program, and a path correction parameter calculating unit that calculates a correction parameter for the position for the deburring part on the object from the path of the robot from the visual sensor and the actual path.

An object burr processing machine for trimming object burr, comprises a machine base, a positioning seat erected on the machine base, a processing arm provided on the positioning seat, an object stage coupled with the machine base for placing object, and control device. The control device comprises an object sensing unit, a processing path setting unit, and a process control unit. The object sensing unit is able to sense the shape of the object. The processing path setting unit is able to define a processing path based on the shape of the object. The process control unit communicates and links to the processing arm, the object stage, the object sensing unit, and the processing path setting unit. During the burr trimming process, the process control unit can use the established processing path to control other devices to conduct the burr trimming process to the object, which greatly increases the convenience and efficiency of the processing.