Method of machining an elongate workpiece, machining system and intermediate product assembly
AssigneeVoortman Steel Machinery Holding B.V.
InventorJordy VAN DEN BERG
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Abstract
A method of machining an elongate workpiece extending along a longitudinal axis and shaped to be supported rotationally instably about the longitudinal axis includes sensing a rotation of the workpiece about the longitudinal axis, thereby yielding a sensing result; and machining the workpiece at the machining station at least partly in dependence of the sensing result.
Claims20
A method of machining an elongate workpiece extending along a longitudinal axis and shaped to be supported rotationally instably about the longitudinal axis, the method comprising:
- sensing a rotation of the workpiece about the longitudinal axis, thereby yielding a sensing result;
- and
- machining the workpiece at the machining station at least partly in dependence of the sensing result.
A machining system for machining an elongate workpiece extending along a longitudinal axis and shaped to be supported rotationally instably about the longitudinal axis, the machining system comprising:
- a machining station configured to machine the workpiece;
- and
- a sensing system configured to sense a rotation of the workpiece about the longitudinal axis and to yield a sensing result based on the sensing,
- wherein the machining station is configured to receive the sensing result yielded by the sensing system and to machine the workpiece at least partly in dependence of the received sensing result.
An intermediate product assembly comprising as an intermediate product an elongate workpiece extending along a longitudinal axis and shaped to be supported rotationally instably about the longitudinal axis, wherein, for machining the workpiece, the workpiece is provided with a sensor rotatable along with the workpiece and configured to be responsive to a direction of gravity with respect to the sensor and/or to a rotation of the sensor or a part thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.