Method and system for creating additive parts
AssigneeThermwood Corporation
InventorsKenneth J. Susnjara, Lawrence S. Epplin
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing a part with a plurality of cut segments includes receiving a sheet of material with a machining apparatus and removing material during one or more first passes with the machining apparatus to form a plurality of segments in the sheet of material. The method also includes forming a tab by removing material during the one or more first passes with the machining apparatus for forming the segments, the tab connecting two segments within the sheet of material to each other and removing material with the machining apparatus to form joints on the segments.
Claims15
A method of manufacturing a part with a plurality of cut segments, the method comprising:
- receiving a sheet of material with a machining apparatus;
- removing material during one or more first passes with the machining apparatus to form a plurality of segments in the sheet of material, wherein each segment of the plurality of segments includes two planar surfaces, a first side surface, a second side surface, and a third side surface, the first side surface, the second side surface, and the third side surface extending between the two planar surfaces;
- forming a tab on the first side surface of a first segment of the plurality of segments by removing material during the one or more first passes with the machining apparatus for forming the segments, the tab connecting the first segment and a second segment to each other;
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- removing material with the machining apparatus to form a joint on the second side surface of the first segment;
- during one or more second passes with the machining apparatus, removing the tab from the first segment and removing material from the joint formed on the second side surface of the first segment;
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- forming indicia on the plurality of segments, the indicia identifying one or more of a layer, a segment, or a part.
A method of manufacturing a part, the method comprising:
- receiving a sheet of material with a machining apparatus;
- removing material from the sheet with the machining apparatus to form a plurality of segments, wherein each segment of the plurality of segments includes two planar surfaces, a first side surface a second side surface and a third side surface, the first side surface, the second side surface, and the third side surface extending between the two planar surfaces;
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- forming joints on two of the three side surfaces of the plurality of segments by:
- removing material from the side surfaces of the plurality of segments during one or more first passes of the machining apparatus to form oversized joints that are larger than final dimensions;
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- removing additional material from the two side surfaces of the plurality of segments during one or more second passes with the machining apparatus to form joints having the final dimensions, wherein the joints include tab and socket joints.
A method of manufacturing a part, the method comprising:
- receiving a sheet of material with a machining apparatus;
- removing material from the sheet with the machining apparatus to form a plurality of segments;
- removing material from the sheet with the machining apparatus from ends of the plurality of segments;
- forming joints in ends of the plurality of segments during one or more first passes of the machining apparatus;
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- removing additional material from the joints formed in the ends of the plurality of segments during one or more second passes with the machining apparatus, wherein widths of the joints are reduced by about 0.005 inch (about 0.13 mm) during the one or more second passes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.