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Patent No.:

US 10974307 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021

Filed:

Dec. 15, 2017

System, method and apparatus for manipulating a workpiece

Applicant:

General Electric Technology Gmbh, Baden, CH;

Inventors:

Ronald Francis Konopacki, Suffield, CT (US);

Allan Ferry, Windsor, CT (US);

Assignee:

GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH, Baden, CH;

Attorney:

Grogan, Tuccillo & Vanderleeden, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Christopher J Besler

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 31/10 (2006.01); B23K 37/053 (2006.01); B21D 53/06 (2006.01); B23Q 17/22 (2006.01); G05B 19/402 (2006.01); B23B 5/16 (2006.01); B23Q 3/18 (2006.01); B23K 9/028 (2006.01); B23K 9/095 (2006.01); B23K 9/235 (2006.01); B23K 31/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 53/06 (2013.01); B23B 5/162 (2013.01); B23B 5/168 (2013.01); B23K 9/028 (2013.01); B23K 9/0956 (2013.01); B23K 9/235 (2013.01); B23K 31/027 (2013.01); B23K 31/10 (2013.01); B23K 37/053 (2013.01); B23Q 3/183 (2013.01); B23Q 17/2275 (2013.01); G05B 19/402 (2013.01); B23B 2260/128 (2013.01); G05B 2219/37199 (2013.01); G05B 2219/45135 (2013.01); G05B 2219/49112 (2013.01); G05B 2219/49113 (2013.01);
Abstract

An automated system for manipulating a workpiece includes a machining device, a locating device configured to determine a position of a workpiece, and a positioning system operatively connected to the machining device and being configured to adjust a position of the machining device to align a centerline of the machining device with a longitudinal axis of the workpiece, based upon the determined position of the workpiece. The machining device includes a stabilizing mechanism to engage the workpiece to maintain the workpiece in the determined position, and a cutting element for performing a machining operation on the workpiece.

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