A workpiece clamping systems for a measuring machine includes a rotary table disposed in a workpiece rotation axis and includes a chuck for the concentric accommodation of a workpiece, a rotary drive for the rotary table, an upper centering tip mountable or mounted on the measuring machine in the workpiece rotation axis vertically opposed to the rotary table and a lower centering tip mountable or mounted on the rotary table in addition to the chuck for accommodating a workpiece between the centering tips instead of in the chuck, wherein the lower centering tip is provided and formed to be concentrically clamped in the chuck instead of a workpiece, and in that the workpiece clamping system is provided with a conveying device for vertically or vertically and chuck.

Examples of a method for teaching a transportation position includes correcting the position of an alignment jig having a plurality of sloping surfaces relative to a susceptor pin projecting upwards from an upper surface of a susceptor by lowering a robot hand to bring one of the sloping surfaces into contact with the susceptor pin and causing the susceptor pin to slide on the sloping surfaces by virtue of an own weight of the aliment jig, detecting a position of the alignment jig before and after the positional correction of the alignment jig, and correcting a movement destination information by an amount corresponding to a difference between an initial position and a corrected position of the alignment jig.

A device (100) for capturing, centring, gripping and/or securing an object (140) is disclosed. The device comprises a hub (101) and a ring (102) which are concentric and arranged rotatably relative to each other. On the hub there is at least one first control point (111, 111′, 111″), and on the ring there is at least one second control point (112, 112′, 112″), which control points are arranged at different axial levels (151,152). At least one tensioning member (121,122,123) is arranged to interact with the at least one first control point and with the at least one second control point during the rotation, such that the at least one tensioning member is stretched across the air gap (130) in the device. The different axial levels for the at least one first control point and the at least one second control point mean that the at least one tensioning member can freely pass over the at least one first control point during the rotation and can be stretched across the air gap towards the object. Substantially any desired angle of rotation between the hub and the ring can be obtained in this way.

The invention relates to a chuck having a sleeve, a chuck body, a plurality of chuck jaws, an adjusting mechanism configured to adjust relative movement between the chuck jaws and the chuck body, at least one locating member and a pushing mechanism. The locating member is disposed on the chuck body between the adjacent chuck jaws. When the adjusting mechanism drives the chuck jaws to approach to each other relative to the longitudinal axis, the pushing mechanism pushes the locating member to move towards the longitudinal axis. When the adjusting mechanism drives the chuck jaws to move away from each other relative to the longitudinal axis, the pushing mechanism pushes the locating member to move away from the longitudinal axis. Therefore, the operation is more convenient and safer; the aligning effect is precise and reliable, and the pre-tightening force is stable.

Examples of a method for teaching a transportation position includes correcting the position of an alignment jig having a plurality of sloping surfaces relative to a susceptor pin projecting upwards from an upper surface of a susceptor by lowering a robot hand to bring one of the sloping surfaces into contact with the susceptor pin and causing the susceptor pin to slide on the sloping surfaces by virtue of an own weight of the aliment jig, detecting a position of the alignment jig before and after the positional correction of the alignment jig, and correcting a movement destination information by an amount corresponding to a difference between an initial position and a corrected position of the alignment jig.

A workholding chuck that allows for a sizable gripping range by utilizing a rotary clamping method with dual stage motion. The dual stage rotary gripping chuck allows small diameter parts to be clamped, as well as parts that are larger than the main chuck body diameter. The dual stage motion allows resistance to be first achieved by lightly clamping on a workpiece, which is then converted to a high force-to-movement ratio. The workholding chuck employs two helical connections that allow for a large gripping diameter variation with a short amount of axial travel.

A workpiece clamping system for a measuring machine includes a rotary table disposed in a workpiece rotation axis and includes a chuck for the concentric accommodation of a workpiece, a rotary drive for the rotary table, an upper centering tip mountable or mounted on the measuring machine in the workpiece rotation axis vertically opposed to the rotary table, and a lower centering tip mountable or mounted on the rotary table in addition to the chuck for accommodating a workpiece between the centering tips instead of in the chuck, wherein the lower centering tip is provided and formed to be concentrically clamped in the chuck instead of a workpiece, and in that the workpiece clamping system is provided with a conveying device for vertically or vertically and horizontally conveying the lower centering tip into and from its clamping position in the chuck.

A work holder includes: a first holding part having three attracting members that are arranged circumferentially apart from each other to attract an axial end face of an annular work; and a second holding part having a contacting member that is held in contact with an inner periphery or outer periphery of the work and restricts radial movement of the work.

The invention relates to a chuck having a sleeve, a chuck body, a plurality of chuck jaws, an adjusting mechanism configured to adjust relative movement between the chuck jaws and the chuck body, at least one locating member and a pushing mechanism. The locating member is disposed on the chuck body between the adjacent chuck jaws. When the adjusting mechanism drives the chuck jaws to approach to each other relative to the longitudinal axis, the pushing mechanism pushes the locating member to move towards the longitudinal axis. When the adjusting mechanism drives the chuck jaws to move away from each other relative to the longitudinal axis, the pushing mechanism pushes the locating member to move away from the longitudinal axis. Therefore, the operation is more convenient and safer; the aligning effect is precise and reliable, and the pre-tightening force is stable.

What is shown and described is a clamping device (1) with hub centering for attachment of an automobile wheel to the shaft of a balancing machine, with a contact flange (2) with several centering elements (3) guided in a radially moveable manner on the contact flange (2) for centering engagement in a centering hole of the rim, and with a clamping sleeve (4) guided in a moveable manner axially to the contact flange (2), wherein the clamping sleeve (4) and the centering elements (3) are kinematically coupled such that an axial movement of the clamping sleeve (4) leads to a radial movement of the centering elements (3). According to the invention, a provision is made that at least one tension lever (16) connected in an articulated manner to the clamping sleeve (4) and a centering element (3) is provided for the kinematic coupling of clamping sleeve (4) and centering element (3).