Feature guided profile restoration grinder apparatus
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsMark Carmine Bellino, Matthew Paul Berkebile, Eunice Delia Reyes
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Abstract
A surface machining mechanism modifies a repair segment of a body having a contoured surface. The surface machining mechanism includes a frame assembly and one or more guide members for supporting the frame assembly on the contoured surface. The guide members mate with the contoured surface and are movable along the contoured surface to guide the frame assembly. A machining apparatus is supported by the frame assembly. The machining apparatus engages the repair segment of the body as the machining apparatus is moved along the contoured surface. A method of modifying a repair segment of a body having a contoured surface with the surface machining mechanism is also provided.
Claims20
A surface machining mechanism for modifying a repair segment of a body having a contoured surface, the surface machining mechanism including:
- a frame assembly;
- one or more guide members for supporting the frame assembly on the contoured surface, the guide members being configured to mate with the contoured surface and being movable along the contoured surface to guide the frame assembly;
- and
- a machining apparatus supported by the frame assembly, the machining apparatus engaging the repair segment of the body as the machining apparatus is moved along the contoured surface.
A surface machining mechanism for modifying a repair segment of a body having a contoured surface, the surface machining mechanism including:
- one or more guide members being configured to mate with the contoured surface and being movable along the contoured surface, wherein the guide members include a shape that is configured to match a shape of the contoured surface;
- and
- a machining apparatus supported by the one or more guide members, the machining apparatus engaging the repair segment of the body as the guide members are moved along the contoured surface.
A method of modifying a repair segment of a body having a contoured surface, the method including the steps of:
- providing a surface machining mechanism including one or more guide members for mating with the contoured surface and a machining apparatus being supported by the guide members;
- moving the guide members along the contoured surface to guide the machining apparatus;
- and
- engaging the repair segment of the body with the machining apparatus as the guide members move along the contoured surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.