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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2019
Filed:
May. 18, 2017
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
James Albert DeLand, Bothell, WA (US);
Darrell Darwin Jones, Mill Creek, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23Q 5/08 (2006.01); B23B 35/00 (2006.01); B23B 45/04 (2006.01); B23B 23/00 (2006.01); B25B 23/145 (2006.01); B25B 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23Q 5/08 (2013.01); B23B 35/00 (2013.01); B23B 45/044 (2013.01); B25B 23/0085 (2013.01); B25B 23/1456 (2013.01); B23B 2215/04 (2013.01); B23B 2260/128 (2013.01); B23P 2700/01 (2013.01); Y10T 408/03 (2015.01);
Abstract
A method of processing a workpiece comprises identifying processing locations on the workpiece, drilling a first hole at one of the processing locations using a rotary drive, sensing a flow of fluid while drilling, generating an operation signal based on the flow, comparing the duration interval of the operation signal to a predetermined temporal value, and drilling a different hole at a different processing location based on the duration interval and the temporal value.