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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2011
Applicant:
Tino Oldani, Rockford, IL (US);
Inventor:
Tino Oldani, Rockford, IL (US);
Assignee:
Ingersoll Machine Tools, Inc., Rockford, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 19/00 (2006.01); G05B 19/418 (2006.01); G05B 19/414 (2006.01); B23Q 3/155 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/4141 (2013.01); B23Q 3/15506 (2013.01);
Abstract
A modular manufacturing system and methods of using are provided. The modular manufacturing system includes a plurality of manufacturing heads that perform different manufacturing processes. These heads may include multi-axial machining heads, fiber placement heads including fiber tow and fiber tape lay-up heads. The heads are fixably attachable to a single positioning system that can manipulate the various heads along a plurality of different degrees of freedom relative to a tool or material blank.