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US 11,460,294 B2Granted
Adaptive manufacturing system
AssigneePaR Systems, Inc.
InventorsCharles J. Habermann, Dean R. LaValle, Thomas E. Marrinan
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Abstract
A system and method for processing a flexible part comprising holding the flexible part securely in an unconstrained position using a holder; and controlling a positioner to process the flexible part based on a comparison of a shape and/or position of the flexible part in the unconstrained position with design specifications of the part not in the unconstrained position.
Claims23
A method for processing a flexible part comprising:
- holding the flexible part in a secured unconstrained processing position;
- accessing a storage device having specifications of the flexible part not in the secured unconstrained processing position stored on a computer readable medium of the storage device;
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- controlling a positioner to process the flexible part while in the secured unconstrained processing position by comparing a difference in shape due to a flexibility of the flexible part in the secured unconstrained processing position with a shape of the flexible part not in the secured unconstrained processing position when the flexible part has a different shape.
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A method for processing a flexible part with a computer controlled positioner having an end effector, the method comprising:
- holding the flexible part in a secured unconstrained processing position;
- accessing a storage device to obtain information of the flexible part in a shape that is different than the secured unconstrained processing position;
- and processing the flexible part with the end effector in the secured unconstrained processing position by controlling the positioner and the end effector based on a comparison of a difference in shape due to a flexibility of the flexible part in the secured unconstrained processing position with the information of the flexible part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.