System and method for reducing vibration in a computer controlled resurfacing machine
OwnerAndrew C. Rottler, Ranjit (Robin) Cherainventors
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Abstract
A resurfacing machine that includes a spindle carrying a resurfacing tool and an electric motor operatively connected to the spindle and configured to rotate the spindle about an axis. The machine includes a control system, such as a processor and a computer readable medium carrying spindle control instructions thereon. The control system is configured to control the operation of the motor in order to rotate the spindle through a repeating acceleration and deceleration cycle during a resurfacing operation.
Claims18
A computer implemented method for resurfacing at least one surface of a workpiece, comprising:
- moving a cutting tool with respect to a surface to be resurfaced;
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- while moving the cutting tool with respect to said surface to be resurfaced, rotating the cutting tool in a repeating cycle comprising alternating acceleration and deceleration stages.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a spindle carrying a resurfacing tool;
- an electric motor operatively connected to the spindle and configured to rotate the spindle about an axis;
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- a control system configured to control the operation of the electric motor in order to rotate the spindle through a repeating acceleration and deceleration cycle during a resurfacing operation.
A computer readable medium carrying instructions thereon that carry out actions including a vibration reduction operation in which a spindle is cycled between acceleration and deceleration as the spindle is rotated during a resurfacing process.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.