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US 12,530,509 B2Granted
Apparatus, method and system for automatically forming pipe
AssigneeK.C.Enc Co.,Ltd.
InventorKwan Koo Yeom
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Abstract
Provided is a method of automatically forming a pipe, the method including inputting a design file to a program for automatically extracting information for forming a pipe, automatically extracting, from the design file, information about a cutting point for dividing a pipe included in the design file into a plurality of pipes and information about a bending point of each of the plurality of pipes, and transmitting, to a forming device for forming the pipe, pipe forming information including the cutting point and the bending point.
Claims5
A method of automatically forming a pipe, the method comprising:
- inputting a design file to a program for automatically extracting information for forming a pipe;
- automatically extracting, from the design file, information about a plurality of cutting points for dividing a pipe included in the design file into a plurality of pipes and information about a plurality of bending points of each of the plurality of pipes;
- and
- transmitting, to a forming device for forming the pipe, pipe forming information comprising the plurality of cutting points and the plurality of bending points,
- wherein the automatically extracting the information about the plurality of cutting points and the information about the plurality of bending points from the design file comprises:
- generating, from the design file, a three-dimensional (3D) model comprising a center line of the pipe included in the design file;
- determining a start point of formation and an end point of formation in the 3D model;
- automatically extracting the information about the plurality of bending points from the 3D model;
- determining a cutting-excluded section within a cutting-excluded distance from the plurality of bending points;
- determining a point moved by a designated length from a first cutting point among the plurality of cutting points;
- determining a second cutting point among the plurality of cutting points as the point excluded from the cutting-excluded section, or as one of the boundary points of the cutting-excluded section that includes the point,
- wherein the pipe is bent according to 3D coordinates of the plurality of bending points,
- wherein the pipe is further cut according to 3D coordinates of the plurality of cutting points.
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An electronic device comprising:
- a memory storing a program for automatically extracting information about a plurality of cutting points for dividing a pipe included in the design file into a plurality of pipes and information about a plurality of bending points of each of the plurality of pipes;
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- a processor operating the program,
- wherein the processor is configured to:
- input a design file to the program;
- generate from the design file, a three-dimensional (3D) model comprising a center line of the pipe included in the design file;
- determine a start point of formation and an end point of formation in the 3D model;
- automatically extract the information about the plurality of bending points from the 3D model;
- determine a cutting-excluded section within a cutting-excluded distance from the plurality of bending points;
- determine a point moved by a designated length from a first cutting point;
- determine a second cutting point as the point excluded from the cutting-excluded section, or as one of the boundary points of the cutting-excluded section that includes the point;
- and
- transmit, to a forming device for forming the pipe, pipe forming information comprising a plurality of cutting points and the plurality of bending points,
- wherein the pipe is bent according to 3D coordinates of the plurality of bending points,
- wherein the pipe is further cut according to 3D coordinates of the plurality of cutting points.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.