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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2005
Brice Harmand, San Diego, CA (US);
Pierre Harmand, Annecy, FR;
Brice Harmand, San Diego, CA (US);
Pierre Harmand, Annecy, FR;
Harmand Family Limited Partnership, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
The single point machining head includes a probe that is removably mounted on a carriage that moves radially relative to a central axis of the machining head. A system controller moves the carriage in a radial direction while the machining head is fed in a vertical direction so that the probe contacts the surface of a workpiece. Each point of contact on the workpiece becomes a datapoint including the radial position and the vertical position when contact occurred. The surface of the workpiece is scanned with the probe and a profile is generated using the points of contact. A system controller calculates a difference between the measured profile and a desired profile to be machined to determine the amount of material to remove.