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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2016
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Bennett M. Moriarty, Bothell, WA (US);
Phillip J. Crothers, Hampton East, AU;
Shane E. Arthur, Kirkland, WA (US);
Brian W. Smith, Mercer Island, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A finishing apparatus for performing an automated finishing operation on a surface of a workpiece is disclosed. The finishing apparatus may include a platen fabricated from a magnetic material and having a platen surface, and a finishing module disposed on the platen surface and having a finishing operation end effector. The finishing module may generate a magnetic field that biases the finishing module toward the platen, and may be operable to generate a magnetic flux to control movement of the finishing module over the platen surface to perform the automated finishing operation on the surface of the workpiece.