A locking device is described for a horizontal machining center with three or more axes comprising a locking member having a suction cup end for attaching to, and detaching from, a slab-like object which comprises a support surface of the machining center, a suction device operably connectable to the locking member for mutually engaging the suction cup end and the slab-like object, and an air supply arrangement operably connectable to the locking member to release air from the suction end to mutually disengage the suction end and the slab-like object and permit relative air-cushioned movement and desired positioning between the locking member and the slab-like object; a method for performing relative positioning between a locking member and a slab-like object is also described.
The present invention relates to a machine for disposing solid plastic sacks containing liquid, for example sacks with bladder catheters or other flexible tubes used in hospital departments. The machine comprises a shredder placed inside a first hopper comprising a first shaft provided with a first plurality of discs, each of them provided with sharp protuberances suitable for breaking the sacks to drain the liquid contained therein. The machine further comprises at least one element for separating the solid parts from the liquid parts of said plastic sacks coming from said shredder (5).
B02C 18/14 - Disintegrating by knives or other cutting or tearing members which chop material into fragmentsMincing machines or similar apparatus using worms or the like with rotating knives within horizontal containers
A machining apparatus is disclosed including a workbench to support at least one article to be machined; at least one machining device to perform machining on said article by removing material, the machining device being movable with respect to the workbench, in which the workbench includes a base including two or more plate-like elements arranged vertically and spaced apart from each other, each plate-like element extending in length along a horizontal longitudinal axis and including a jagged upper edge; support member arranged on the base, in contact with the jagged upper edges of the plate-like elements, the support member being sacrificial, i.e. configured to undergo material removal together with the article, defining a support horizontal martyr plane for the article.
The invention relates to a microwave device able to trigger the labelling of gallium-68 radiopharmaceuticals in kit in order to provide the completion of the complexation reaction in a few seconds. The invention also relates, more in general, to a microwave device able to enhance the labelling conditions of gallium-68 labelled radiopharmaceuticals most commonly used in positron emission tomography (PET) application.
B01J 19/12 - Processes employing the direct application of electric or wave energy, or particle radiationApparatus therefor employing electromagnetic waves
G21H 5/02 - Applications of radiation from radioactive sources or arrangements therefor, not otherwise provided for as tracers
G21G 1/00 - Arrangements for converting chemical elements by electromagnetic radiation, corpuscular radiation, or particle bombardment, e.g. producing radioactive isotopes
A machining centre is disclosed for cutting an object in the form of a slab including a support plane arranged to support the object, a machining unit provided with a cutting tool that is rotatable to cut the object, and with a fluid jet cutting device that is also drivable to cut the object; the machining unit is movable with respect to the support plane along a first axis, a second axis and a third axis of a triad of orthogonal axes to move the cutting tool and the fluid jet cutting device to/from said support plane, the machining unit is further rotatable about a first rotation axis to rotate the cutting tool and the fluid jet cutting device with respect to the support plane; the machining unit is provided with a handling device arranged to support and to move the fluid jet cutting device with respect to the fluid jet cutting device at least along a direction that is transverse to the first axis of rotation.
B28D 7/00 - Accessories specially adapted for use with machines or devices of the other groups of this subclass
B28D 1/04 - Working stone or stone-like materials, e.g. brick, concrete, not provided for elsewhereMachines, devices, tools therefor by sawing with circular saw blades or saw discs
A CNC machining centre is disclosed, with an additive unit that forms an unmachined workpiece by additive production and that comprises an operating member with a rotation axis, and with a subtractive unit that removes material from the unmachined workpiece formed by the additive unit and that comprises a tool-holding spindle with a motorized spindle axis, with a subtractive configuration, in which the spindle axis of the subtractive unit carries a tool for removing material, and with an additive configuration, in which the spindle axis of the subtractive unit is connected to the rotation axis to drive the operating member of the additive unit and in which a prevalent part of the tool-holding spindle is situated next to at least one part of the operating member, where “next to” means in a horizontal direction.
B33Y 40/20 - Post-treatment, e.g. curing, coating or polishing
B23C 1/12 - Milling machines not designed for particular work or special operations with spindle adjustable to different angles, e.g. either horizontally or vertically
B22F 12/00 - Apparatus or devices specially adapted for additive manufacturingAuxiliary means for additive manufacturingCombinations of additive manufacturing apparatus or devices with other processing apparatus or devices
B22F 12/82 - Combination of additive manufacturing apparatus or devices with other processing apparatus or devices
B22F 10/66 - Treatment of workpieces or articles after build-up by mechanical means
B29C 64/188 - Processes of additive manufacturing involving additional operations performed on the added layers, e.g. smoothing, grinding or thickness control
B23Q 37/00 - Metal-working machines, or constructional combinations thereof, built-up from units designed so that at least some of the units can form parts of different machines or combinationsUnits therefor in so far as the feature of interchangeability is important
B23Q 3/12 - Devices holding, supporting, or positioning, work or tools, of a kind normally removable from the machine for securing to a spindle in general
B33Y 40/00 - Auxiliary operations or equipment, e.g. for material handling
B23K 28/02 - Combined welding or cutting procedures or apparatus
B23P 23/04 - Machines or arrangements of machines for performing specified combinations of different metal-working operations not covered by a single other subclass for both machining and other metal-working operations
A machining centre comprising a machining plane; a subtractive unit for performing chip removal on a workpiece positioned on the machining plane; the subtractive unit comprising a first carriage that is slidable parallel to an operating axis; an additive unit arranged to perform machining by additive production techniques on the machining plane; the additive unit comprising a second carriage that is slidable along the operating axis. The additive unit is provided with a first coupling portion and said subtractive unit is provided with a second coupling portion couplable with the first coupling portion. In one step, the subtractive unit adopts a pick-up configuration in which the first coupling portion is coupled with the second coupling portion to connect the subtractive unit to the additive unit at least along the operating axis. In the pick-up configuration, the subtractive unit, connected to the additive unit, is configured to move the additive unit.
B33Y 40/20 - Post-treatment, e.g. curing, coating or polishing
B22F 10/66 - Treatment of workpieces or articles after build-up by mechanical means
B22F 12/00 - Apparatus or devices specially adapted for additive manufacturingAuxiliary means for additive manufacturingCombinations of additive manufacturing apparatus or devices with other processing apparatus or devices
A method for holding a workpiece to be machined including the steps of: includes manufacturing a locking jig for locking the workpiece on a support base by additive production techniques wherein the locking jig includes a wall defining a loop. Irregularities present on at least one end of the wall arrangement are eliminated to define a support surface for the workpiece to be machined. A seat is formed in at least one end of the wall for housing a seal. At least one opening is formed on the support base and connected to at least one inner space of the loop on one side and with a suction device on the other side. A vacuum is supplied through the opening and the inner space which enables the workpiece to stick to and remain stationary with respect to the support surface during machining of the workpiece.
12 - Land, air and water vehicles; parts of land vehicles
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
Parts for machines and machinery in particular for use in the packaging, textile and tobacco sectors. mechanical parts for land vehicles. Industrial engineering design; Engineering services relating to machine tool design.
12 - Land, air and water vehicles; parts of land vehicles
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
Parts for machines and machinery in particular for use in the packaging, textile and tobacco sectors. mechanical parts for land vehicles. Industrial engineering design; Engineering services relating to machine tool design.
An abrasive fluid jet cutting device is disclosed comprising a rotating joint that includes a first path for abrasive and a second path for fluid, a mixing chamber where the first and second paths meet, a first expanding volume arranged above the first path to accumulate abrasive, and a second expanding volume arranged below the first path to accumulate abrasive between the first volume and the mixing chamber, in which the second volume forms a barrier against the return flow of humidity along the first path.
B24C 7/00 - Equipment for feeding abrasive materialControlling the flowability, constitution, or other physical characteristics of abrasive blasts
B24C 5/02 - Blast guns, e.g. for generating high velocity abrasive fluid jets for cutting materials
B24C 1/04 - Methods for use of abrasive blasting for producing particular effectsUse of auxiliary equipment in connection with such methods for treating only selected parts of a surface, e.g. for carving stone or glass
A system for supporting a workpiece is disclosed, wherein several heads with a suction cup define an engaging and supporting surface that is at least partially shaped like the workpiece. Each head with suction cup is coupled by a ball joint with a first movable element of a vertical linear actuator and is couplable by a removable fitting with a fork carried by a second movable element that rotates around a rotation axis that is coaxial with the axis of the linear actuator. The second movable element carries an abutment, spaced from the center of the ball joint against which the suction cup head abuts and moved by the linear actuator to perform the adjustment of the orientation thereof around the ball joint.
B25B 11/00 - Work holders or positioners not covered by groups , e.g. magnetic work holders, vacuum work holders
B23Q 3/08 - Work-clamping means other than mechanically-actuated
F16M 11/14 - Means for attachment of apparatusMeans allowing adjustment of the apparatus relatively to the stand allowing pivoting in more than one direction with ball-joint
An apparatus is disclosed for supporting a workpiece, wherein a carriage carries a linear actuator with a vertical axis, which in turn carries a head that is orientable in space to engage and support a portion of the workpiece; the carriage further carries a second element that can rotate the head to adjust a panning angle of the head, the second element being integral with a solid surface that gives rise to action means that can engage selectively on a solid counter-surface that gives rise to reaction means outside the carriage, so that the carriage is movable by rotating the action means engaged on the reaction means.
A system for supporting a workpiece is disclosed, wherein several heads with a suction cup define an engaging and supporting surface that is at least partially shaped like the workpiece, wherein each head with suction cup is coupled, by a ball joint, with a first movable element of a vertical linear actuator and is couplable, by a removable fitting, with a fork carried by a second movable element that rotates around a rotation axis that is coaxial with the axis of the linear actuator; the second movable element carries an abutment, spaced apart from the centre of the ball joint, against which the suction cup head abuts moved by the linear actuator to perform the adjustment of the orientation thereof around the ball joint.
Machine for filling bags, wherein the mouth of the first bag (S) is gripped on the larger, transverse sides by two parallel suction bars (9 and 9') that are subsequently moved along an upward path of progressive reciprocal separation, to raise and simultaneously open the bag and to bring its mouth underneath the feed mouth of filling means (14). When filling of the bag is complete, the two suction bars (9 and 9') are made to perform a movement of at least reciprocal approach and preferably also of rising up to be opportunely arranged above the product filling level, to close the bag's mouth, which has already been returned to the original gusseted shape by suitable means (33, 33'), to prepare it for sealing by the opposed heat-sealing bars (11 and 11'), after which the top of the bag is left free and the filled and sealed bag (S') offloaded, while its bottom heat-sealed portion (W) is separated by tearing it off from the mouth of the next bag below, which is placed in an area such that when said filled and closed bag (S') has been removed, the mouth of the new bag (S) can be gripped by said two said suction bars (9 and 9') that, with an opposite movement to the previous one, are returned to the cycle start position to grip the mouth of the new bag and repeat a new work cycle. Said heat-sealing bars, which apply the top heat seal (W) to seal the filled bag, can be advantageously associated with said two suction bars (9 and 9'), to exploit the work movements.
B65B 43/12 - Feeding flexible bags or carton blanks in flat or collapsed stateFeeding flat bags connected to form a series or chain
B65B 43/26 - Opening or distending bagsOpening, erecting, or setting-up boxes, cartons, or carton blanks
B65B 43/30 - Opening or distending bagsOpening, erecting, or setting-up boxes, cartons, or carton blanks by grippers engaging opposed walls, e.g. suction-operated
B65B 51/14 - Applying or generating heat or pressure or combinations thereof by reciprocating or oscillating members
B65B 61/12 - Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for severing webs, or for separating joined packages by tearing along perforations or lines of weakness
B65B 61/28 - Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for discharging completed packages from machines
A variable gear ratio device (1) is provided for comprising a planet gear (10) defining a rotation axis (10a), suitable to continuously vary the gear ratio and comprising at least one rocker gear (11); a spider (12) suitable to support the rocker gear (11) and defining a spider axis (12a) inclined in relation to the axis (10a); a sun gear (13) and a crown (14) defining, respectively, an inner (13a) and outer contact area (14a) for the rocker gear (11); wherein the inner contact area (13a) and the outer contact area (14a) are tapered in the same direction along the rotation axis (10a); and respectively define, at the points of contact with the rocker gear (11) and in relation to the rotation axis (10a), a first angle of inclination and a second angle of inclination different from each other; and wherein, on account of said torque variation, the rocker gear (11) is apt to passively translate in relation to said spider (12) along said spider axis (12a) varying its distance from said rotation axis (10a) and said contact points with said contact area (13a, 14a) and thus, the gear ratio of the variable gear ratio device (1); a torque regulator (16) suitable to command a reciprocal translation of said contact areas (13a, 14a) depending on such translation of the rocker gear (11).
B62M 11/12 - Transmissions characterised by use of interengaging toothed wheels or frictionally-engaging wheels of changeable ratio with frictionally-engaging wheels
B62M 11/16 - Transmissions characterised by use of interengaging toothed wheels or frictionally-engaging wheels of changeable ratio with planetary gears built in, or adjacent to, the ground-wheel hub
F16H 15/52 - Gearings providing a continuous range of gear ratios in which a member of uniform effective diameter mounted on a shaft may co-operate with different parts of another member
An apparatus is disclosed for holding a workpiece in machining position, wherein a plurality of linear actuators is arranged for defining an engaging and supporting surface at least partially shaped like the workpiece, wherein each linear actuator carries a gripping device that is orientable in space; each actuator is further associated with a respective positionable reference element, each linear actuator being driven in such a manner as to bring the gripping device into contact against the reference element and then to lodge in a desired orientation, the lodging being achieved by the effect of the contact of the gripping device against the reference element located in a preset reference position.
A safety device for the oscillating box door with assisted rotation (5) for feeding machines for the treatment of waste, positioned at the loading mouth (1) of these machines to abut against this with its mouth (108) to enable it to be loaded with waste and arranged to close this mouth (108) progressively upwards and to orient it downwards to discharge the waste into treatment means (2, 3, 104, 4) below, while said loading mouth (1) is closed by the lateral wall of the same door (5), characterized in that this mouth (1) is provided with an upper opening (16) which houses a barrier (17) projecting from this opening with a rounded portion thereof, which is mounted on guide means that enable a movement parallel to itself and tangential to the door (5), to enter and to exit from said opening (16), which is connected to elastic return means (25, 25') that maintain it normally projecting from said opening (16) and cooperating with end of stroke stops (26, 26') and which if pushed inside said opening (16) by an obstacle (H) that projects from the mouth (108) of the door (5) during closing and which is interposed between said barrier and the lower side (305) of the same mouth (108) of the door, operates a sensor (27) connected to means (14) that stop the rotation means (9) of the door (5) and control reversal of the direction of opening rotation of the mouth of this door.
The invention concerns an apparatus for lightening of thin, flexible and shaped workpieces, such as panels or sheet metals, by removal machining of material from surfaces thereof, on a machining unit having a worktable and a counterthrust means designed to rest against a part of the surface of the workpiece opposed to the one on which said tool must work from time to time. The worktable (13) comprises supporting means (23) of the workpiece to be machined, and gripping means (28) designed to support the workpiece during its machining independently from said supporting means. The counterthrust means consist of a board (14) movable according to several axes and carrying a plurality of supporting elements (33). The supporting elements (33) can be individually translated or in groups between a draw-in position and an extended position to define a supporting plane depending on the shape of the surface of the workpiece against which the counterthrust means must rest. The invention further concerns a method for mapping the workpiece surface by means of the supporting elements.
B64F 5/00 - Designing, manufacturing, assembling, cleaning, maintaining or repairing aircraft, not otherwise provided forHandling, transporting, testing or inspecting aircraft components, not otherwise provided for
20.
WASTE COMPACTOR, OF SIMPLIFIED CONSTRUCTION AND OF SMALL DIMENSIONS, PARTICULARLY FOR BARS, CAFETERIAS AND OTHER SMALL RESTAURANT BUSINESSES
The compactor comprises at least one robust transport screw, helix or spiral (16), which is inclined, of conical shape, downwardly converging, with a downwardly decreasing pitch, and is aligned axially with and fixed to the slow output shaft (117) of a reduction gear unit (17, 217, 317) located above and outside the inclined wall (301) of a loading hopper (1) which has an upper descending portion (101) with at least one hatch (2) for the introduction of the waste to be compacted and a discharge conduit (7) whose outlet opening is shut off by constriction means (8, 108, 208). The lower part (201) of the hopper (1) is shaped in the form of a funnel which is open outwards and is provided with drainage holes (9) and a base area (10) into which any liquid present in the waste tends to flow by gravity, means (13, 14, 114) being provided to collect the liquid and to guide it by gravity towards discharge means (20) a container (18).
B30B 9/12 - Presses specially adapted for particular purposes for squeezing-out liquid from liquid-containing material, e.g. juice from fruits, oil from oil-containing material using pressing worms or screws co-operating with a permeable casing
B30B 9/30 - Presses specially adapted for particular purposes for balingCompression boxes therefor
21.
SMALL-SIZE WASTE COMPACTING APPARATUS, IN PARTICULAR FOR BARS, CAFETERIAS OR OTHER SMALL REFRESHMENT PREMISES
The compactor comprises a horizontal-axis conveying screw or spiral (2) which operates partly inside a loading hopper (1) and partly inside a stator body (201) situated laterally and on the outside of the said hopper. The bottom walls of the hopper which are situated at a short distance from the said spiral and the inner surface of said stator body (201) have longitudinal scoring (401) which, together with the direction of rotation of said spiral (2), has the effect that the waste to be compacted fed in loose form inside the hopper is conveyed by the said screw from the hopper to the stator body (201) which is for example flanged to a gear motor unit (3, 103), the output shaft (203) of which supports in projecting fashion the said screw (2). The said stator body (201) is provided laterally with a window (4) through which the waste conveyed by the spiral (2) is fed to the stator body (5) of a press (P, P1) which is oriented at right angles to the axis of the said feed spiral (2).
Apparatus for disseminating instructions and/or advertising messages, comprising at least one flat- screen colour monitor (2) combined with a compacting machine (1) and installed in any suitable way on the machine or in the vicinity thereof, and means for disseminating through the at least one monitor (2) instructions and/or messages with advertising images of any suitable type and for any suitable purpose.
MACHINE FOR NEUTRALIZING THE BACTERIAL CONTENT OF HOSPITAL WASTE OR OTHER SPECIAL WASTE, SO AS TO BE ABLE TO DISPOSE OF IT AS WASTE SIMILAR TO ORDINARY SOLID WASTE
The microwave sterilization chamber (10) is made in the shape of a downwardly open bell which can be sealed by a base structure (6, 19, 20) which carries means (5) for gripping and rotating the canister (1) filled with waste, which can be moved by suitable means from a low position for the filling and discharge of the canister (1) to a raised position for the closure of said chamber and for the insertion of the full canister (1) into the chamber, each canister being provided with means by which it can be removably supported by said means of gripping and rotating the sterilization chamber (10), and can be gripped by the manipulating means (SM) which transfer said canister between the different operating stations of the machine.
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NEUTRALIZING THE BACTERIAL CONTENT IN HOSPITAL WASTE OR OTHER SPECIAL WASTE, SO AS TO BE ABLE TO DISPOSE OF SAID WASTE AS ORDINARY WASTE
The invention relates to a method characterized by the sequence of at least the following working steps: introducing an accumulated mass of waste (V) which has been suitably shredded into a plurality of composite, pressure-resistant, treatment chambers (1, 5, 7, 7') which are screened with respect to the exterior and provided with windows (8) which are arranged suitably staggered with respect to each other and distributed at least along the height of the said accumulated mass and are connected to respective waveguides linked up to magnetrons (9) and are such that the microwaves produced by the latter are forced to strike said waste (V); preparing each said composite chamber, for treatment of the associated accumulated mass of internal waste, with appropriate moisture, pressure and temperature values and with suitable cycle times, preferably with implementation of a prior step involving internal depressuhsation of this composite chamber, which is filled, closed and ready for the sterilisation cycle; activation of the magnetrons (9) of the said composite chamber and rotation of the associated accumulated mass of internal waste (V) in relation to the said magnetrons which remain in a static position, so to obtain the uniformly distributed sterilisation of the said accumulated mass of waste, also using low-power magnetrons; releasing the pressure and the vapours from the said composite chamber so as to be able to open it safely and discharge from said chamber the sterilised waste
Screw press, with small dimensions, particularly suitable for the compaction of solid waste for disposal also using sorted-waste collection. The screw press comprises an initial large-diameter screw section with a wide-pitch helix, communicating laterally with the bottom opening of the loading hopper (1) in order to remove the material from the hopper and feed it to a following small-diameter screw section with a small-pitch helix, surrounded by an internally scored stator body. This produces the feeding and compaction of the material which also occurs in conjunction with the action of a constriction which acts on the discharge mouth of this latter screw section. A press of this type has the two screw sections (3, 4) which are separated and arranged parallel to each other and one above or around each other, so as to form overall a press which no longer has as its length the sum of the lengths of the two screw sections. Instead, it has a length corresponding to the length of the longer of the two screw sections. The two screw sections are operated at different speeds, with the second compacting screw section (4) rotating at a speed greater than that of the first feeder screw section.
B30B 3/00 - Presses characterised by the use of rotary pressing members, e.g. rollers, rings, discs
B30B 9/14 - Presses specially adapted for particular purposes for squeezing-out liquid from liquid-containing material, e.g. juice from fruits, oil from oil-containing material using pressing worms or screws co-operating with a permeable casing operating with only one screw or worm
21 - HouseHold or kitchen utensils, containers and materials; glassware; porcelain; earthenware
37 - Construction and mining; installation and repair services
Goods & Services
Rubbish compactors; waste compacting machines; waste disposal apparatus, instruments and machines. Baskets for waste paper littering. Construction of installations in the waste treatment sector.
Screw press, with small dimensions, particularly suitable for the compaction of solid waste for disposal also by means of sorted-waste collection, of the type which comprises an initial large-diameter screw section witha wide-pitch helix, communicating laterally with the bottom opening of the loading hopper (1) in order to remove the material from it and feed it to a following small-diameter screw section with a small-pitch helix, surrounded by an internally scored stator body so as to produce the feeding and compaction of the material which also occurs in conjunction with the action of constriction means which act on the discharge mouth of this latter screw section, a press of this type being characterized in that the two said aforementioned screw sections (3, 4) are separated and arranged parallel to each other and one above or around each other, so as to form overall a press which no longer has as its length the sum of the lengths of the said two screw sections, but which has a length corresponding to the length of the longer of the two screw sections, means being envisaged for operating said two screw sections at different speeds, with the second compacting screw section (4) which rotates at a speed greater than that of the first feeder screw section (3).
B30B 9/16 - Presses specially adapted for particular purposes for squeezing-out liquid from liquid-containing material, e.g. juice from fruits, oil from oil-containing material using pressing worms or screws co-operating with a permeable casing operating with two or more screws or worms
B30B 9/30 - Presses specially adapted for particular purposes for balingCompression boxes therefor
B30B 11/24 - Extrusion pressesDies therefor using screws or worms
Numerically-controlled machines for the wood, plastic, marble and granite, glass, aluminum and composite materials for use in milling, cutting, shaping, drilling, and sanding workpieces
