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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2020
Technical Manufacturing Corporation, Peabody, MA (US);
Alexander B. V. Moutafis, Salem, MA (US);
Luc Owens Robitaille, Ipswich, MA (US);
Technical Manufacturing Corporation, Peabody, MA (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and methods to automatically inspect precision tabletops used for vibration isolation are described. An inspection head having an imaging device and/or perturbing device can be positioned automatically at a plurality of locations over a precision tabletop. The inspection head can further include a distance sensor that can be used to determine a flatness of a portion or all of a surface of the precision tabletop. The inspection head may further include marking apparatus to automatically mark non-compliant features formed on the precision tabletop.