Systems and methods for conditioning blades
AssigneeWolff Industries, Inc.
InventorsDavid Vogel, Walker Newell
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Abstract
Systems and methods for conditioning blades are provided. A method may include, for example, obtaining a cutting device, measuring various characteristics of the cutting edge of the cutting device, creating a current edge profile based on the characteristics, creating a modified edge profile, and/or conditioning the blade. Conditioning may include grinding, buffing and/or polishing. One or more of the conditioning steps may be based on the modified edge profile.
Claims20
A system for conditioning blades, the system defining an orthogonal coordinate system comprising an X-axis, a Y-axis and a Z-axis, the system comprising:
- a gripper assembly for gripping a cutting device comprising a blade, the gripper assembly movable along and about the X-axis, the Y-axis and the Z-axis;
- a first measuring device operable to measure a width and a thickness of the blade, wherein the gripper assembly orients the blade for measurement by the first measuring device;
- a second measuring device operable to measure the width and a length of the blade, wherein the gripper assembly orients the blade for measurement by the second measuring device;
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- a processor, the processor configured for:
- creating a current edge profile based on the width, thickness and length measurements;
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- adjusting the current edge profile to a modified edge profile.
A method for conditioning blades, the method comprising:
- measuring a width, thickness and length of the blade;
- creating, using a processor, a current edge profile for the entire blade based on the width, thickness and length measurements, the current edge profile comprising X-axis, Y-axis and Z-axis data points for the blade;
- adjusting, using a processor, the current edge profile to a modified edge profile;
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- conditioning the blade based on the modified edge profile.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.