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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2006
Applicants:
Matthias Hoebel, Windisch, CH;
Bernd Fehrmann, Baden, CH;
Andreas Boegli, Vogelsang-Turgi, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
ALSTOM Technology Ltd., Baden, CH;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/38 (2006.01); B23K 26/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An automated machining process for machining of an obstructed passage () of an article () includes the steps of deriving the position and orientation of the passage () from automated processing of images of the passage () and additional information from a distance measurement device and saving positions and orientations of the passage () as local coordinates with respect to a reference coordinate system attached to the material that surrounds the passage (). The saved positions and orientations of the passage () are used for subsequent removal of unwanted material from the obstructed passage ().