SANDING SYSTEM

• US 20070184754A1
• Filed: 12/22/2006
• Published: 08/09/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Holtzmann, Violaine, Guertler, Karla
• Application Number:
  US11/615,560
• Publication Number:
  US 20070184754A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 451/5
• CPC Class Codes: B24B 51/00 Arrangements for automatic control of a series of individual steps in grinding a workpiece if applicable to other machine tools, G05B takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B24B 7/00 Machines or devices designed for grinding plane surfaces on work, including polishing plane glass surfaces; Accessories therefor B24B21/00 takes precedence; honing of plane surfaces on work B24B33/055
• CPC Class Codes: B24B 7/186 with disc-type tools
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/43124 Adapt speed as function of material, thickness, depth, volume, width, uniform surface quality
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/45082 Sanding robot, to clean surfaces

Abstract

A sanding system has a sanding device with a carriage, and a control unit configured so that it carries out unmanned steering of the sanding device by controlling the carriages

Claims

1. A sanding system, comprising a sanding device with a carriage;

and a control unit configured so that it carries out unmanned steering of said sanding device by controlling said carriage.

2. A sanding system as defined in claim 1;

and further comprising a station which is separate from said sanding device, said control unit being located in said separate station and configured for remotely controlling said carriage.

3. A sanding system as defined in claim 2, wherein said separate station has a power supply unit, said control unit being configured for providing a power supply connection between said sanding device and said power supply unit.

4. A sanding system as defined in claim 1, wherein said sanding device has a dust holder, said control unit being configured for controlling an evacuation of said dust holder.

5. A sanding system as defined in claim 1;

and further comprising a limiting transducer which specifies a barrier of a sanding region; and

a signal transducer for outputting the signal if the barrier is crossed.

6. A sanding system as defined in claim 1, wherein said control unit has a memory in which various sanding modes are stored, said control unit being configured for an automatic selection of a respective one of said sanding modes.

7. A sanding system as defined in claim 1, wherein said control unit is configured for an automatic shutoff of a sanding unit upon lifting of said sanding device.

8. A sanding system as defined in claim 1;

and further comprising a measuring means for measuring a removal of material attained by a sanding operation.

9. A sanding system as defined in claim 1;

and further comprising a measuring means for measuring a depth.

10. A sanding system as defined in claim 1;

and further comprising measuring means for measuring a surface quality of a workpiece to be machined by said sanding device.

11. A sanding system as defined in claim 1, wherein said carriage has rollers for moving said sanding device.