Scanning bevels in preparation for welding
AssigneeAcergy France SAS
InventorsCesar Atin, Jaques Lacome
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Abstract
A method measures an edge of a workpiece by scanning. The scanning is performed by a scanning tool mounted on a moving head of an edge-facing machine while that moving head is moved along the edge to be measured before, during or after an edge facing tool of the edge-facing machine that faces the edge. The method can be performed by an edge-facing machine that includes at least one edge facing tool and that further includes a scanning tool mounted on a movable head of the machine, which head is movable along an edge of a workpiece.
Claims21
A method of facing an edge of a workpiece to prepare that edge for welding, the method comprising scanning the edge with at least one scanning tool mounted on a moving head of an edge-facing machine while that moving head is moved along said edge, and cutting or grinding the edge using an edge-facing tool of the edge-facing machine to face said edge.
An edge-facing machine comprising at least one edge-facing tool configured to cut or grind an edge of a workpiece to face said edge, and further comprising at least one scanning tool mounted on a movable head of the machine, which head is movable relative to a support frame of the edge-facing machine along the edge of the workpiece, wherein
- at least one edge-facing tool is mounted on the movable head adjacent to the or each scanning tool;
- the or each scanning tool and the or each edge-facing tool are positioned on a distal side of the movable head;
- and the or each scanning tool is oriented to emit an edge-scanning beam distally.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.