Process for multi-layer material removal of a three-dimensional surface by using a raster image describing the surface
OwnerRaul Hessinventor
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Abstract
The application refers to a method for a layer by layer material removal from an arbitrarily shaped three-dimensional surface (1) by removal means, such as a laser, operating on the surface in a point-wise fashion, wherein the removal means is used to produce a surface structure (2) on the three-dimensional surface (1) and can be carried out by mapping the surface (1) on planar layers, whereby the surface structure is represented by raster images (3). These raster images (3a) include gray levels (5). The gray levels (5) correspond to the depth of the surface structure.
Claims15
1-13. (canceled)
A process for removing material from a non-planar three-dimensional surface having an arbitrary shape, comprising the steps of:
- associating a desired surface structure on a three-dimensional surface to at least one raster image which describes the surface structure;
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- producing the surface structure on the three-dimensional surface through point-wise removal by a removal tool to thereby remove material layer-by-layer in correspondence to the raster image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.