System, method and apparatus for manipulating a workpiece
AssigneeGeneral Electric Technology GmbH
InventorsRonald Francis Konopacki, Allan Ferry
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Abstract
An automated system for manipulating a workpiece includes a machining device, a locating device configured to determine a position of a workpiece, and a positioning system operatively connected to the machining device and being configured to adjust a position of the machining device to align a centerline of the machining device with a longitudinal axis of the workpiece, based upon the determined position of the workpiece. The machining device includes a stabilizing mechanism to engage the workpiece to maintain the workpiece in the determined position, and a cutting element for performing a machining operation on the workpiece.
Claims13
An automated system for manipulating a workpiece, comprising:
- a machining device;
- a locating device configured to determine a position of a workpiece;
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- a positioning system operatively connected to the machining device and being configured to adjust a position of the machining device to align a centerline of the machining device with a longitudinal axis of the workpiece, based upon the determined position of the workpiece;
- wherein the machining device includes a stabilizing mechanism to engage the workpiece to maintain the workpiece in the determined position, and a cutting element for performing a machining operation on the workpiece.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.