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US 8,512,096 B2Granted
System for removing material from components
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsRobert Allan Ahti, David Donald Genest, George Michael Archer, Benjamin John Kortz, Brian Daniel Rohm, Michael Anthony Umney
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Abstract
A system for performing a polishing operation on a component is disclosed, the system comprising a robot, a fixture, a mount system for attaching the fixture to a robotic arm and a drive system mounted on the fixture for driving a polishing tool such that the location of the point of contact of the polishing tool with respect to the component is maintained constant during the polishing operation.
Claims8
A system for performing a polishing operation on a component, the system comprising:
- a robot having a robotic arm;
- a fixture comprising a base;
- a mount system coupled to the fixture for attaching the fixture to the robotic arm;
- a drive system comprising a motor mounted on the fixture using a carriage that is slidably coupled to a rail that is fixedly attached to the base;
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- a polishing tool comprising a contact arm supported by a frame that is rigidly attached to the base wherein the polishing tool is driven by the motor such that the location of a tool center point of the polishing tool is controlled by the robot during the polishing operation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.