Glass ribbon engagement system which includes a robot tooling device and a guidance device

• Main Authors: Brown James William, Zhou Naiyue, Markham Shawn Rachelle, Zhu Zepei
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 11.10.2016
• Subjects: CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES; CHEMISTRY; GLASS; HAND TOOLS; MANIPULATORS; MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES; METALLURGY; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; TRANSPORTING

A glass ribbon engagement system is described herein that includes a robot tooling device with suction cups configured to engage a first side of a glass ribbon, and a guidance device with one or more devices (e.g., air nozzles, cylinder-wheel units) which are configured to apply one or more local fo...