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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2015
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Kevin Thomas Morris, Hammondsport, NY (US);
Andrew Nathan Nassau, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Michael George Shultz, Lowman, NY (US);
Matthew John Towner, Campbell, NY (US);
Kevin William Uhlig, Horseheads, NY (US);
Ljerka Ukrainczyk, Painted Post, NY (US);
Thomas Achille Yorio, Painted Post, NY (US);
CORNING INCORPORATED, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for locating a preform on a mold includes a preform handling tool and a force sensor coupled to the preform handling tool such that the force sensor is capable of sensing forces applied to the preform during handling of the preform by the preform handling tool. The apparatus includes a control device that is arranged and operable to move the preform handling tool relative to the mold. A method of locating the preform on the mold includes picking up the preform using the preform handling tool and placing the preform in a vicinity of the mold. Positions on the mold are mapped with an edge of the preform with the aid of the force sensor. The preform is paced on the mold according to the mapped positions.