System for feeding and positioning articles being processed

摘要

A system for feeding and positioning articles being processed comprises: a conveying device for driving and conveying the articles; a passage detecting component for detecting the passage of a part to be detected of one part of an article, which is being thus conveyed and driven, past a forward mark point which has been set at a position spaced apart by a specific distance immediately in front of an ultimate objective stopping position; a position pulse counter for counting the timing of the passage of the part to be detected past the forward mark point; an additional feed quantity setting component for setting the quantity of feeding of an article up to the ultimate objective stopping position in accordance with the timing of passage of the part to be detected past the forward mark point; and a feed quantity control component for controlling the driving quantity of the conveying device in accordance with the said quantity feeding thus set.