System for removing material from components
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsRobert Allan Ahti, David Donald Genest, George Michael Archer, Benjamin John Kortz, Brian Daniel Rohm, Michael Anthony Umney
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Abstract
A system for performing a polishing operation on a component is disclosed, the system comprising a robot, a fixture, a mount system for attaching the fixture to a robotic arm and a drive system mounted on the fixture for driving a polishing tool such that the location of the point of contact of the polishing tool with respect to the component is maintained constant during the polishing operation.
Claims20
A system for performing a polishing operation on a component, the system comprising:
- a robot having a robotic arm;
- a fixture;
- a mount system for attaching the fixture to the robotic arm;
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- a drive system mounted on the fixture for driving a polishing tool such that the location of the point of contact of the polishing tool with respect to the component is maintained constant during the polishing operation.
A device for polishing a component, the device comprising:
- a fixture;
- a contact arm mounted on the fixture, the contact arm having a contact roller;
- a motor for driving a polishing belt around the contact roller, wherein the motor is mounted on the fixture such that the location of the point of contact of the polishing belt is maintained constant during the polishing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.