Method and system for controlling an orbital sander
AssigneesUniversite De Nantes, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
InventorsSamuel Bonnet, Benoît Furet, Sébastien Garnier, Raphaël Poiree
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for controlling an automated orbital sander, in which method an electrically powered orbital sander is moved around automatically, at constant pressure, over the surface of an object, along at least one predefined sanding path so as to perform sanding, characterized in that the instantaneous power consumed by the sander along the sanding path is measured and in that the measurement thus taken is processed in order to deduce therefrom information regarding the level of abrasion along said path and/or to detect any sanding incident that has occurred along the latter.
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A method for controlling automated orbital sanding, wherein an electrically-powered orbital sander is moved in an automated way, at constant pressure, at the surface of an object, along at least one predefined sanding trajectory in order to achieve the sanding thereof, wherein the instantaneous consumed power of the sander is measured along the sanding trajectory and in that the thereby conducted measurement is treated so as to infer therefrom a piece of information on the abrasion level along said trajectory and/or to detect a possible sanding incident along the latter.
A system for controlling an automated orbital sanding achieved by means of an electrically-powered orbital sander moved in an automated way, at constant pressure, at the surface of an object, along at least one predefined sanding trajectory in order to achieve sanding thereof, wherein it includes a device for measuring the instantaneous consumed power of the sander and a monitoring controller adapted for receiving the thereby measured instantaneous power and for treating the thereby achieved measurement in order to infer therefrom a piece of information on the abrasion level along said trajectory and/or detect a possible sanding incident along the latter.
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