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US 8,103,375 B2Granted
Fillet machining system
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsRandall Maurice Ouellette, Jeffrey Robert Close, James Henry Madge
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Abstract
A method for finishing a part having excess material includes generating one or more surfaces on a model of the part to be machined, creating a machining tool path drive geometry, using the machine tool path drive geometry and one or more surfaces on the model to be machined to generate machining tool paths on the surfaces; and running tool paths on the part in a fixture.
Claims7
A system for finishing a part having excess material, said system comprising:
- a machining tool;
- and
- a computer system programmed to:
- generate a surface on a model of the part, wherein said surface represents a region to be machined on the part;
- create an offset surface offset from the generated surface as a function of the generated surface and said offset surface is associated with said machining tool;
- extend said offset surface generally linearly in at least one direction to create a drive surface;
- create a path drive geometry for said machining tool;
- create a computer numerical control path for said machining tool based upon said path drive geometry and said drive surface, said computer numerical control path extending in at least one direction beyond said region to be machined;
- and
- run tool paths on the part in a fixture in accordance with the created computer numerical control path.
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