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OT-2026-000002612

Positioning apparatus and system

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Manufacturing & Assembly Equipment › Machining Systems
Inventors
SVOBODA PETR
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ABB SCHWEIZ AG
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US-12558749-B2, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, 24 February 2026
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Abstract

A positioning apparatus including a base structure; a first workpiece support; a second workpiece support; a support member supporting the first workpiece support and the second workpiece support; and a drive arrangement arranged to drive the support member relative to the base structure from a first position, where the first workpiece support is positioned on a processing side of the base structure and the second workpiece support is positioned on an opposite loading side of the base structure, to a second position, where the first workpiece support is positioned on the loading side and the second workpiece support is positioned on the processing side; wherein the drive arrangement is arranged to drive the first workpiece support along a first path and the second workpiece support along a second path when driving the support member from the first position to the second position, the first and second paths being non-circular.

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OpenTechnical Publication OT-2026-000002612, “Positioning apparatus and system,” published September 15, 2026 at 19:14:11 UTC, https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000002612.

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