Patent ID: 9095944
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: B23Q,B25B,B29C,B32B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A work setting apparatus comprising: a first table on which a first work is set; a second table movable toward and away from the first table and positioned with respect to the first table; a table positioning unit configured to move and position the first table with respect to the second table in directions orthogonal to the moving directions of the second table; a work holding unit comprising a plurality of work holders, each of the work holders comprising a cylindrical main body and an adhesive arranged at an opening of the main body, the adhesive of each of the work holders facing the first table, the work holders holding a second work with the use of either the adhesive or the adhesive plus vacuum suction and being movable toward and away from the first table in a direction parallel to the moving directions of the second table and positioned with respect to the first table; and a control unit configured to control the first table, second table, work holding unit, and table positioning unit, and in a state wherein the second table is separated away from the first table, the work holders are positioned between the first and second tables, the first work is set on the first table, and the second work is held by the work holders: