Methods and systems for fabricating components
OwnerVernon Benjamin Mountcastle III, Michael Joseph Maloney +2inventors
InventorsVernon Benjamin Mountcastle III, Michael Joseph Maloney, Ronald Clifton Roupe, William Thomas Bowman
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Abstract
A method for fabricating at least one component using a server system is provided. The server system is coupled to a centralized database and at least one client system. The method includes receiving fabrication data for at least one component from a client system, receiving a component order from a client system, storing fabrication data and component order data in the centralized database, creating routing operations for fabricating each ordered component, creating Numerical Control (NC) code for fabricating each ordered component, and fabricating each ordered component.
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A method for fabricating at least one component using a server system coupled to a centralized database and at least one client system, said method comprising:
- receiving fabrication data for at least one component from a client system;
- receiving a component order from a client system;
- storing fabrication data and component order data in the centralized database;
- creating routing operations for fabricating each ordered component;
- creating Numerical Control (NC) code for fabricating each ordered component;
- and
- fabricating each ordered component.
A network based system for fabricating at least one component, said system comprising:
- a client system;
- a centralized database for storing information;
- a server system configured to be coupled to said client system and said database, said server system further configured to:
- receive fabrication data for at least one component from a client system;
- receive a component order from a client system;
- store fabrication data and said component order in said centralized database;
- create routing operations for fabricating each ordered component;
- create Numerical Control (NC) code for fabricating each ordered component;
- and
- fabricate each ordered component.
A computer program embodied on a computer readable medium for fabricating at least one component, said program comprising a code segment that receives fabrication data and then:
- receives a component order from a client system;
- stores fabrication data and component order data in a centralized database;
- creates routing operations for fabricating each ordered component;
- creates Numerical Control (NC) code for fabricating each ordered component;
- transmits routing operations and NC code to at least one NC machine for fabricating each ordered component;
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- tracks the fabrication of each ordered component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.