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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2020
Fives Cinetic Corp., Farmington Hills, MI (US);
David L. Stockert, New Boston, MI (US);
Scott A. Miller, Davison, MI (US);
Kenneth Carmack, Howell, MI (US);
Fives Cinetic Corp., Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A method of operating a part cleaning machine includes removably attaching a part to a part holder. A selected first one of a plurality of tools is transferred from a tool holder to a tool chuck to perform a desired cleaning operation. The selected first one of the tools is positioned in a pre-defined tool cleaning position by moving a chuck holder along an axis on a tool positioning plane. The part is positioned in a pre-defined part cleaning position by at least one of moving a cradle along an X axis, rotating the cradle about a first cradle axis, or rotating the part holder about a second cradle axis. The desired cleaning operation is performed on the part with the selected first one of the tools, with the part in the pre-defined part cleaning position and the selected first one of the tools in the pre-defined tool cleaning position.