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US 2014/0360005 A1Published application
Multi-tool machining system
AssigneeCBT (Technology) Limited
InventorBrian Henry Josephs
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Abstract
A multi-tool system uses precision alignment features to align and attach a group of rotary end mill tools to a gantry. Once attached, a bed with similarly positioned alignment features can be used to align and a number of substantially identical work pieces for fabrication with substantially identical features.
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A method comprising:
- providing a tool having number of rotary end mills with a fixed, predetermined spatial relationship to one another;
- fabricating a bed with an alignment fixture having a number of alignment fixtures having the fixed, predetermined spatial relationship to one another;
- placing a number of substantially identical work pieces into the number of alignment features;
- securing the number of work pieces to the bed;
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- milling a through-hole feature into each of the number of work pieces concurrently with the number of rotary end mills.
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