Patent ID: 11938558
Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 9:
10. The double-action friction stir joining system of claim 1, wherein the cleaning mechanism further includes an assisting member having an assisting part configured to be insertable into an interior space of the shoulder member, and an operating part configured to reciprocate the assisting part along the axis, and
wherein the control device is adapted in (A) to operate the robot so that the tip-end face of the pin member contacts a tip end of the assisting part, and operate the operating part so as to be synchronized with the tool driver so that the pin member is thrusted into the shoulder member while a movement of the pin member being assisted by the assisting part during thrusting of the pin member into the shoulder member.