A slicing apparatus including at least one pusher head and at least one blade. The pusher head is movable from a first position, wherein an object to be sliced is capable of being placed between the pusher head and the blade, and a second position, wherein the pusher head contacts and/or pushes the object to be sliced against the at least one blade.

A slicing apparatus including at least one pusher head and at least one blade. The pusher head is movable from a first position, wherein an object to be sliced is capable of being placed between the pusher head and the blade, and a second position, wherein the pusher head contacts and/or pushes the object to be sliced against the at least one blade.

In conventional machining process, it is sometimes desirable to cut internal features with sharp corners. But normal machining process using end mills fail to achieve sharp corners, as they leave a fillet material equal to tool radius unmachined. In this invention, it is proposed to design a special tool and a 4-axis robotic handling system, to achieve sharp corner radius even for internal features, at the same time achieving high material removal rates. An intelligent cutting method is proposed in this invention for cutting big blocks of materials using multiple wires. The proposed method provides several benefits like achieving high dimensional accuracies, sharp corners, easy to handle shredded scrap materials etc. A method for automatically generating the cutting tool path for single and multiple nested pipes is also proposed.

In conventional machining process, it is sometimes desirable to cut internal features with sharp corners. But normal machining process using end mills fail to achieve sharp corners, as they leave a fillet material equal to tool radius unmachined. In this invention, it is proposed to design a special tool and a 4-axis robotic handling system, to achieve sharp corner radius even for internal features, at the same time achieving high material removal rates. An intelligent cutting method is proposed in this invention for cutting big blocks of materials using multiple wires. The proposed method provides several benefits like achieving high dimensional accuracies, sharp corners, easy to handle shredded scrap materials etc. A method for automatically generating the cutting tool path for single and multiple nested pipes is also proposed.

A device for slitting a tubular workpiece into strips includes radially disposed cutting members. The device may include a tapered infeed mandrel for maintaining tension on the tubular workpiece being slit and optionally an exit mandrel. In embodiments, the position of the radially disposed cutting members may be adjustable.

A device for slitting a tubular workpiece into strips includes radially disposed cutting members. The device may include a tapered infeed mandrel for maintaining tension on the tubular workpiece being slit and optionally an exit mandrel. In embodiments, the position of the radially disposed cutting members may be adjustable.

Rigid bars to be placed upstanding at the opposite sides of a windshield and a plurality of flexible strands connected between the bars in laterally spaced apart relationship.

Rigid bars to be placed upstanding at the opposite sides of a windshield and a plurality of flexible strands connected between the bars in laterally spaced apart relationship.

A food processing system includes a base and an actuator that is releasably mounted to the base. The actuator may have an unactuated position and an actuated position. Numerous accessories each may be individually and interchangeably mountable to and releasable from at least one of the base and the actuator. Each attachment may perform a food processing function when the actuator is moved from the unactuated position to the actuated position.

A food processing system includes a base and an actuator that is releasably mounted to the base. The actuator may have an unactuated position and an actuated position. Numerous accessories each may be individually and interchangeably mountable to and releasable from at least one of the base and the actuator. Each attachment may perform a food processing function when the actuator is moved from the unactuated position to the actuated position.