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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2014
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Steve William Gallagher, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Jon A. Wilcox, Dearborn, MI (US);
Vladimir Vladimirovich Bogachuk, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Richard Daniel Pastrick, Roseville, MI (US);
Timothy D. Parker, Saline, MI (US);
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Various approaches for forming holes onto a sheet-metal assembly are described. In one implementation, a sheet-metal assembly is received through a conveyor system within a manufacturing cell. Once received, the type of sheet-metal assembly is identified based on associated information. Corresponding to the identified sheet-metal assembly, a set of position coordinates corresponding to one or more points on the sheet-metal assembly are obtained. Subsequently, a work-performing apparatus may be used for forming holes onto the sheet-metal assembly, at one or more points on the sheet-metal assembly.