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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2018
Applicant:
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Alan B. Campbell, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Dale L. Ehnes, Cotati, CA (US);
Daniel S. Wertz, Sebastopol, CA (US);
Assignee:
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23B 29/12 (2006.01); B23C 3/04 (2006.01); B23C 3/02 (2006.01); G02B 5/18 (2006.01); B23C 3/28 (2006.01); B23B 3/26 (2006.01); B23C 3/34 (2006.01); B23C 5/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23B 29/125 (2013.01); B23B 3/26 (2013.01); B23C 3/02 (2013.01); B23C 3/04 (2013.01); B23C 3/28 (2013.01); B23C 3/34 (2013.01); B23C 5/08 (2013.01); G02B 5/1852 (2013.01); B23B 2220/12 (2013.01); B23B 2260/108 (2013.01); B23C 2226/125 (2013.01); B23C 2226/31 (2013.01); B23C 2226/315 (2013.01); G05B 2219/49334 (2013.01); Y10T 82/10 (2015.01); Y10T 83/0515 (2015.04); Y10T 407/2228 (2015.01); Y10T 408/885 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24479 (2015.01);
Abstract
A fly-cutting system is disclosed, and in particular one that comprises a dynamically-controllable actuator for controlling the position, orientation, or both position and orientation of a cutting element carried by a fly-cutting head. In certain embodiments, the actuator can adjust the position or orientation of a cutting element, or both, hundreds or thousands of times per second, enabling precise control over the shape of features formed by the cutting element in a surface of a workpiece.