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US 2026/0233950 A1Published application
Scanner system for automated measurements of parts
OwnerEric Matthew Reid, Kristine Marie Kasper +3inventors
InventorsEric Matthew Reid, Kristine Marie Kasper, Lisa Ann Cardon, Matthew Carl Johnson, Zachary Andrew Schwindt
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Abstract
A scanner system for parts, the scanner system comprising a plurality of scanners mounted to a measurement head, a part support, a conveyor mechanism to change a relative location of the part support and the measurement head along a scan path during scanning, and an alignment artifact located along the scan path.
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A scanner system for parts, the scanner system comprising:
- a plurality of scanners mounted to a measurement head;
- a part support;
- a conveyor mechanism to change a relative location of the part support and the measurement head along a scan path during scanning;
- and
- an alignment artifact located along the scan path.
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A scanner system for parts, the scanner system comprising:
- a plurality of scanners mounted to a measurement head;
- a part support comprising a plurality of clamps, wherein at least some of the plurality of clamps are individually controllable to selectively engage or disengage from a part being scanned;
- a conveyor mechanism to change a relative location of the part support and the measurement head along a scan path during scanning;
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- an alignment artifact located along the scan path.
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A scanner system for parts, the scanner system comprising:
- a plurality of scanners mounted to a measurement head;
- a part support comprising a plurality of clamps;
- a conveyor mechanism to change a relative location of the part support and the measurement head along a scan path during scanning;
- an alignment artifact located along the scan path;
- one or more detectors to detect when a presence is within a protected space;
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- a controller configured to, when the presence is detected within the protected space, limit a clamp force of one or more clamps of the plurality of clamps.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.