Method and apparatus for the creation of a tool
OwnerMark Manuel, Christopher Dean Kirkum +1inventors
InventorsMark Manuel, Christopher Dean Kirkum, Robert Racklyeft
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Abstract
An apparatus and a method for the creation of a tool. The apparatus and the method allow for dynamic measurement of the tool as it is being created and further allow for the use of positive feedback to increase the likelihood that the produced tool will be structurally similar to a certain model. The apparatus and method further allow sections of varying thickness to be used and provide a technique to create surfaces which further increase the likelihood that the produced tool will be structurally equivalent to a desired and modeled tool.
Claims18
A method for creating a tool, said method comprising the steps of creating a model of the tool;
- creating a first partition of the model;
- forming a first section from the first partition;
- measuring the first section;
- using the measurement to create a second partition of the model;
- forming a second section from the second partition;
- and attaching the second section to the first section only after said second section is completely formed, thereby forming said tool.
A method for creating a tool, said method comprising the steps of creating a finished model of the tool;
- creating a first partition within said finished model;
- creating a first point on a first portion of said first partition;
- creating a second point on a second portion of said first partition;
- measuring the height of said first point;
- measuring the height of said second point;
- adjusting the height of the lowest measured point to be equal or greater than the highest measured point, thereby creating a modified version of said first partition;
- forming a first modified section which is based upon said modified version of said first partition;
- forming a first finished section from said first modified section, said first finished section having a first width based upon the first partition of said finished model;
- measuring said formed first finished section;
- using said measurement to create a second partition within said finished model;
- creating a first point on a first portion of said second partition;
- creating a second point on a second portion of said second partition;
- measuring the height of said first point of said second partition;
- measuring the height of said second point of said second partition;
- adjusting the height of the lowest measured point of said second partition to be equal or greater than the highest measured point, thereby further creating a modified version of said second partition;
- forming a second modified section which is based upon said modified version of said second partition;
- forming a second finished section from said second modified section, said second finished section having a second width based upon the second partition of said finished model;
- and attaching the second finished section to the first finished section only after said second finished section is completely formed, thereby forming the tool.
A method for forming a tool, said method comprising steps of creating a finished model of the tool;
- creating a finished partition within the finished model, said partition having respective first and second ends of a certain and respective height;
- forming a modified section from said partition, said section having first and second ends and each of the first and second ends having a substantially similar and respective height which is equal to the height of the first end of the partition to which that section pertains only when the height of the first end of the partition to which that section pertains is larger than or equal to the height of the second end of the partition to which that section pertains, and wherein said section has a surface which resides between the respective first and second ends.
An apparatus which selectively forms a tool, said apparatus comprising a tool model forming portion;
- a press which is coupled to the tool forming portion;
- a section forming portion which is coupled to the tool model forming portion and to the press and which creates a first partition by use of the tool model and forms a first section by use of the tool model and which creates a second partition by use of the tool model and forms a second section by use of the tool model, said apparatus further comprising a measurement portion which measures the thickness of the first section and which generates a signal based on the thickness measurement to the model forming portion, wherein said model forming portion creates said second partition based upon said measurement, and wherein said apparatus selectively stacks the formed sections within the press.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.