Automated apparatus and method for object faceting
AssigneeZalirian Ltd.
InventorsOded BEN SHMUEL, Shilo STOPER, Omri SPIRMAN
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Abstract
An apparatus for automated polishing of an object with multiple facets includes a polishing wheel, a robotic arm, a sensor and a controller. The robotic arm positions the object in contact with the polishing wheel. The sensor senses a polishing related parameter during polishing of the object with the polishing wheel. The controller operates the robotic arm to rotate the object about an axis perpendicular to the polishing wheel, receives a sensing signal from said sensor at different orientations of said object during polishing and selects a polishing orientation from the different orientations based on said sensing signal.
Claims21
1-50. (canceled)
A method for automated faceting of an object, the method comprising:
- polishing the object with a polishing wheel concurrently with:
- sensing at least one polishing related parameter;
- and
- in a closed loop control, adjusting at least one operation parameter selected from the group consisting of:
- rotation speed of said polishing wheel, contact pressure of object against polishing wheel and track position of the object on the rotating wheel, responsively to a value of said sensed polishing related parameter.
Apparatus for automated faceting of an object comprising:
- a polishing wheel;
- a robotic arm configured to position the object in contact with said polishing wheel;
- a sensor configured to sense at least one polishing related parameter during polishing of the object by said polishing wheel;
- and
- a controller configured to adjust at least one operation parameter selected from the group consisting of current to said robotic arm, a rotation speed of said polishing wheel, and track used on said polishing wheel, during said polishing and in a closed loop control, responsively to a value of said sensed polishing related parameter.
An apparatus for automated faceting of an object, comprising:
- a polishing wheel;
- a robotic arm configured to position the object in contact with said polishing wheel;
- a sensor configured to sense a polishing related parameter during polishing of the object by said polishing wheel;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- operate said robotic arm to rotate the object about an axis perpendicular to said polishing wheel;
- receive a sensing signal from said sensor at different orientations of said object during polishing;
- and
- select a polishing orientation from said different orientations based on said sensing signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.