公开(公告)号：US20170106552A1

公开(公告)日：2017-04-20

申请号：US15392439

申请日：2016-12-28

Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.

Inventor： Kouichi SHIBAYAMA ,  Masayoshi SHINOHARA

IPC: B26D5/00 ,  B26D3/16 ,  B29D23/18 ,  B26D5/34 ,  B26D7/06 ,  B23D21/00 ,  B26D3/00

CPC classification number: B26D5/007 ,  B23D21/00 ,  B26D3/003 ,  B26D3/16 ,  B26D5/34 ,  B26D7/0625 ,  B29D23/18 ,  Y10T83/0596 ,  Y10T83/543

Abstract: A purpose of the present invention is to provide a technology that allows corrugated tubes of various diameter sizes to be easily and reliably cut at a convex portion. In order to achieve the purpose, a cutting device is provided with a feeder feeding a corrugated tube such that an axial direction of the corrugated tube lies along a feeding path; a cutter cutting along a circumferential direction of the corrugated tube being fed along the feeding path; and an imager capturing an image of a planned cutting position of the corrugated tube. A controller performs image analysis of the captured image of the planned cutting position to determine whether the planned cutting position is a convex portion of the corrugated tube and, when a positive determination result is obtained, causes the cutter to cut the corrugated tube at the planned cutting position.