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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2007
John A. Baumann, St. Charles, MO (US);
Herb Bommer, Sr. Peters, MO (US);
Kurt A. Burton, Wildwood, MO (US);
Mike P. Matlack, St. Charles, MO (US);
John A. Baumann, St. Charles, MO (US);
Herb Bommer, Sr. Peters, MO (US);
Kurt A. Burton, Wildwood, MO (US);
Mike P. Matlack, St. Charles, MO (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A process control system for a friction stir welding machine employs a master set of parameters and subroutines to control multiple machine processes, including welding, drilling, milling and probing. Sub-sets of the master set comprising command parameters, limits parameters and measurement parameters are used to control the operation of a weld tip, a clamping system and a motion head that cooperate under computer control to carry out the multiple processes.