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US 2014/0230965 A1Published application
System and method for the reconditioning of barrels including a robotic arm with a removable laser module
AssigneeDiverse Barrel Solutions Pty Ltd
InventorBreck Donald Waterman
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Abstract
A system for reconditioning barrels comprising: a robot arm; a router assembly for routing the inside surface of a barrel; and a laser assembly for measuring the inside profile of a barrel, wherein: the router assembly is fixedly attached to the robot arm; and the laser assembly is removably attached to the router assembly thus allowing the laser assembly to be removed whilst the barrel is being routed in order to protect the laser from airborne particles and vibrations from the router.
Claims8
A system for reconditioning barrels comprising:
- a robot arm;
- a router assembly for routing the inside surface of a barrel;
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- a laser assembly for measuring the inside profile of a barrel, wherein:
- the router assembly is fixedly attached to the robot arm;
- and the laser assembly is removably attached to the router assembly.
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A method for reconditioning of barrels, comprising the steps of:
- removably attaching a laser scanner to a robotic arm with a router attached;
- scanning the inside profile of a barrel with the laser scanner;
- detaching the laser assembly from the robotic arm;
- and routing the inside of the barrel with the router according to a path determined from the scanned inside profile of the barrel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.