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US 2022/0026875 A1Published application
System and method for expediting production of replacement gaskets
AssigneeLgc US Asset Holdings, LLC
InventorsDALE NORMAN, ANDREW DAVIDSON
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Abstract
A method for expediting manufacture of replacement gaskets. A specialized scale is used to allow for rapid, accurate measurement of a gasket, or flange rubbing, remote from the gasket manufacturer. These measurements may then be imported into design software by the manufacturer to facilitate the production of replacement gaskets.
Claims7
A method for creating a replacement gasket comprising:
- placing an object defining a gasket shape on a portable scale, said portable scale comprising a planar surface having a plurality of markers disposed thereon;
- producing a photograph of said object on said portable scale;
- causing said photograph to be imported into a modeling software, wherein said modeling software is configured to extract data representing said gasket shape from said photograph;
- generating a digital drawing of a gasket from said data;
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- manufacturing a gasket from said digital drawing.
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