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Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026

Filed:

Jun. 05, 2020
Applicant:

Renishaw Plc, Wotton-under-Edge, GB;

Inventor:

Colin Ray Bulled, Crediton, GB;

Assignee:

RENISHAW PLC, Wotton-under-Edge, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 5/016 (2006.01); B23P 21/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 13/08 (2006.01); G01B 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 5/016 (2013.01); B23P 21/002 (2013.01); B25J 9/0057 (2013.01); B25J 9/1623 (2013.01); B25J 9/1694 (2013.01); B25J 13/089 (2013.01); G01B 11/005 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of manufacturing an article, including using coordinate measuring machine both to obtain three-dimensional point coordinate measurements of first part of article in place and to position a second part of article in predetermined spatial relationship relative to first part in dependence upon measurements of first part. Predetermined spatial relationship is defined in more than three degrees of freedom. Positioning second part relative to first part includes controlling machine to move second part relative to first part in more than three degrees of freedom. Machine is controlled to hold first and second parts in predetermined spatial relationship while performing an operation to fix both parts in predetermined spatial relationship. Second part is not in direct contact with any other part of article when first and second parts are in predetermined spatial relationship, at least not in a manner which would interfere with or influence or affect predetermined spatial relationship.


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