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US 2013/0174708 A1Published application
Cutting anvil and method
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorRichard B. Evans
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Abstract
A cutting system includes a cutting assembly and an anvil. The cutting assembly includes an ultrasonic cutting tool having a stylus with a tip and an actuator to move the tip along a path. The path is oriented in a transverse manner relative to movement of a backed ply material. The anvil includes a rigid base for securing the anvil to the cutting assembly and a surface coinciding with the path. The system is configured to drive the tip into the surface and draw the tip along the path to generate a groove disposed upon the surface. The groove being in cooperative alignment with the tip.
Claims11
1-11. (canceled)
A system comprising:
- a cutting assembly comprising:
- an ultrasonic cutting tool having a stylus with a tip;
- and
- an actuator to move the tip along a path, the path being oriented in a transverse manner relative to movement of a backed ply material;
- and
- an anvil comprising:
- a rigid base for securing the anvil to the cutting assembly;
- and
- a surface coinciding with the path, wherein the system is configured to drive the tip into the surface and draw the tip along the path to generate a groove disposed upon the surface, the groove being in cooperative alignment with the tip.
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