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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
May. 14, 2021
Applicant:
Element Six Limited, County Clare, IE;
Inventors:
Eric Curry, County Clare, IE;
James Mcnamara, County Clare, IE;
Assignee:
Element Six Limited, County Clare, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/401 (2006.01); G05B 19/408 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/401 (2013.01); G05B 19/4083 (2013.01); G05B 2219/32222 (2013.01); G05B 2219/37269 (2013.01);
Abstract
This disclosure relates to a method of machining articles from a disc comprising superhard material, such as polycrystalline diamond (PCD) or polycrystalline cubic boron nitride (PCBN). The method includes providing a disc having a diameter of no more than 100 mm and a thickness of no more than 10 mm, providing a nesting pattern, scanning the disc to identify and locate any flaws in the disc and subsequently creating a machining program that takes into account said flaws.