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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2022
Hypertherm, Inc., Hanover, NH (US);
Yu Zhang, Hanover, NH (US);
Steven Moody, Charlestown, NH (US);
Hypertherm, Inc., Hanover, NH (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method is provided for shaping an edge of a part to be cut from a workpiece using a material processing system comprising a processing head configured to deliver a processing stream. The method includes calculating a start point and an end point of a shaping path proximate to the edge of the part based on a desired edge profile and determining a set of operating parameters to controllably impinge the processing stream about the edge of the part to execute the shaping path from the start point to the end point. The method further includes positioning the processing head normal to a surface of the part and controllably impinging the processing stream at the edge of the part, by the processing head, to shape the desired edge profile.