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AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsYuanfeng Luo, Erik Karl Jacobson, Jane Marie Lipkin, Jeremy Gordon McNamara, Donovan Orlando Buckley
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A computer-implemented method for forming a three-dimensional workpiece from a block of material using a fluid jet cutting device is implemented by a fabrication system. The method includes receiving an indication of the geometry of the workpiece and generating a three-dimensional tool path to control a cutting head to form the workpiece. Generating the tool path includes receiving an indication of a desired cutting surface on the workpiece, determining a length of the cutting surface, and designating a plurality of waypoints along an edge of the cutting surface. Generating the tool path also includes determining at least one geometric parameter of the cutting surface at each waypoint of the plurality of waypoints, and calculating a speed of the cutting head at each waypoint of the plurality of waypoints based on the determined geometric parameter such that the speed of the cutting head varies along the cutting surface length.
A computer-implemented method for forming a workpiece from a block of material using a workpiece fabrication system, the workpiece fabrication system includes a fluid jet cutting device including a cutting head and a cutting jet, the workpiece fabrication system including a processor and a memory device coupled to the processor, said method comprising:
A workpiece fabrication system comprising:
One or more computer-readable storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, wherein when executed by at least one processor, the computer-executable instructions cause the at least one processor to:
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