Method and apparatus for the creation of a tool
OwnerMark Manuel, Christopher Kirkum +1inventors
InventorsMark Manuel, Christopher Kirkum, Robert Racklyeft
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Abstract
An apparatus 10 and a method 50 for the creation of a tool 40. The apparatus 10 and the method 50 allow for dynamic measurement of the tool 40 as it is being created and further allows for the use of positive feedback to increase the likelihood that the produced tool will be structurally similar to a certain model. The apparatus 10 and method 50 further allow sections of varying thicknesses to be used and provide a technique to create surfaces which further increase the likelihood that the produced tool will be structurally equivalent to a desired and modeled tool.
Claims19
1) A method for creating a tool, said method comprising the steps of creating a model of the tool;
- creating a first partition of the model;
- creating a first section from the first partition;
- measuring the first section;
- using the measurement to create a second partition of the model;
- creating a second section from the second partition;
- and attaching the second section to the first section, thereby forming said tool.
7) A method for creating a tool, said method comprising the steps of creating a model of the tool;
- creating a first partition of the model;
- creating a first section having a first width from the first partition;
- creating a second partition of the model;
- creating a second section having a second width from the second partition;
- and attaching the second section to the first section, thereby forming the tool.
13) A method for forming a tool, said method comprising steps of creating a model of the tool;
- creating a plurality of partitions from the model, each of the plurality of partitions having respective first and second ends of a certain and respective height;
- and creating a section for each of the plurality of partitions, each section having first and second ends and each of the first and second ends having a substantially similar and respective height which is equal to the height of the first end of the partition to which that section pertains only when the height of the first end of the partition to which that section pertains is larger than or equal to the height of the second end of the partition to which that section pertains to which that section pertains, and wherein each section has surface which resides between the respective first and second ends.
14) An apparatus which selectively forms a tool, said apparatus comprising a tool model forming portion;
- a press which is coupled to the tool forming portion;
- a section forming portion which is coupled to the tool model forming portion, and to the press and which forms sections by use of the tool model and which selectively stacks the formed sections within the press;
- and a measurement portion which measures the thickness of the stacked sections and which generates a signal based on the thickness measurement to the model forming portion.
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