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US 2017/0247775 A1Published application
System and Method of Making a Cast Part
AssigneeFord Motor Company
InventorsBradley D. Guthrie, Venkat Nara, Paul Harrison, Ronald H. Hasenbusch
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Abstract
A system and method of making a part. The part may cast in a die. A gripper assembly may be provided that has a gripper and a spray nozzle that provides a fluid. The part may be quenched with a fluid when the part is in the die.
Claims12
A casting quenching system comprising:
- a die that holds a casting;
- a manipulator having a gripper assembly that includes a gripper and a spray nozzle;
- and
- a control system that controls the gripper assembly by grasping the casting with the gripper followed by quenching the casting with a fluid that is provided by the spray nozzle when the casting is in the die.
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A casting quenching system comprising:
- a die unit within which a part is cast;
- a gripper assembly that includes a spray nozzle and a gripper, the gripper being rotatable about an axis of rotation with respect to the spray nozzle;
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- a control system that controls the gripper assembly by grasping the casting with the gripper and then spraying the part with a fluid while the part is in the die unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.