Beneficial Photonics, Inc.

Surinder Badyal

George Benedict

Frank Iorio

Peter Thuesen

A computer system and method for the assisted setup of an instrumented computer-controlled machine tool table, which in principle manufactures only good parts, is disclosed. The invention allows a plurality of users, such as machinists, designers, administrators, and showroom operators, to access and share data related to computer-assisted setup (CAS) of an instrumented computer-controlled machine tool table in a manner that is interactive in real time and internal to the CAS infrastructure architecture.

Computer system and method for assisted setup of instrumented machine tool tables

An apparatus to assist a machinist in the setup of a remote computer controlled machine tool table has an X-axis electronic gauge block assembly, a Y-axis electronic gauge block assembly, and a Z-axis electronic gauge block assembly each positioned on the machine tool table, to respectively collect X-axis probe position values, Y-axis probe position values, and Z-axis probe position values. Environmental sensors collect environmental values. An electronics processing system establishes a raw X-axis probe position, a raw Y-axis probe position, and a raw Z-axis probe position. A wireless interface transmits the environmental values, the raw X-axis probe position value, the raw Y-axis probe position value, and the raw Z-axis probe position value to the remote computer and receives from the remote computer refined probe position values to assist the machinist in the setup of the machine tool table.

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Ridgecrest, CA, United States of America

Surinder Badyal