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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2020
Sandvik Intellectual Property Ab, Sandviken, SE;
Saigopal Nelaturi, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Christian Fritz, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Gregory Burton, Mountain View, CA (US);
Tolga Kurtoglu, San Jose, CA (US);
SANDVIK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AB, Sandviken, SE;
Abstract
A Web-based system and method creates one or more qualitatively distinct process plans for machining a part. The surfaces of the part are modeled and parameters for a plurality of CNC machining tools are obtained, including the orientations along which the tool cuts away raw material. A maximal set of translations for each tool is also obtained, where each translation includes a collision-free orientation of the tool and a maximal machinable volume of material removable from the part in that orientation. A search engine navigates through a hierarchically-structured search space that starts at an initial state and transitions to successive states based on actions that satisfy a cost constraint function. Each state and each action includes a tool, orientation of the tool, and a maximal machinable volume. The search ends when a goal condition is satisfied. The actions constitute the process plan.