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Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020

Filed:

Jan. 19, 2018
Applicant:

Hypertherm, Inc., Hanover, NH (US);

Inventors:

Chahe Bakmazjian, Laval, CA;

Peter V. Brahan, North Sutton, VT (US);

Assignee:

Hypertherm, Inc., Hanover, NH (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/03 (2006.01); B23K 26/38 (2014.01); B05B 15/02 (2006.01); B23K 10/00 (2006.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/032 (2013.01); B23K 10/00 (2013.01); B23K 26/38 (2013.01); G05B 15/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for processing parts from a workpiece is provided. The method may include identifying characteristics of a workpiece to be processed, nesting, by a computer controller, a first nest pattern of a local first part to be cut out of the workpiece, identifying, by a computer controller, an unused portion of the workpiece not occupied by the first nest pattern, querying, by a computer controller, a remote database to identify a remote second part to be cut, wherein the second part comprises material characteristics corresponding to the characteristics of the workpiece and is nestable in the unused portion of the workpiece, and nesting the local first part and the remote second part on the workpiece.


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