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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2012
Sonnax Industries, Inc., Bellows Falls, VT (US);
William M. DeRoche, Westmoreland, NH (US);
Garry J. Emge, Keene, NH (US);
Sonnax Industries, Inc., Belllows Falls, VT (US);
Abstract
A device, system, and method for generating low clearance slidably mated parts. In an exemplary embodiment, the system includes a measurement device having a non-contact micrometer capable of coincidentally indicating opposing edge data, rotational and linear air bearing slides, and a holding device. The non-contact micrometer allows for measurement of a plurality of parameters of a first part including the diameter and the difference between an edge of the first part and a reference point. The coincidental measurements are used to determine the size and geometric errors associated with the first part after suitable error elimination. In an exemplary system, a processing machine may be instructed by the measurement device to remove material from a second part so that the first part and the second part when mated together have a very low clearance tolerance level, e.g., as little as 0.00005 inches or less.