Automated edge finishing using an active XY table

Patent · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:869009

Loucks, Clifford S ^[1]; Starr, Gregory P ^[2]

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1. Cedar Crest, NM
2. Albuquerque, NM

The disclosure is directed to an apparatus and method for automated edge finishing using hybrid position/force control of an XY table. The disclosure is particularly directed to learning the trajectory of the edge of a workpiece by "guarded moves". Machining is done by controllably moving the XY table, with the workpiece mounted thereon, along the learned trajectory with feedback from a force sensor. Other similar workpieces can be mounted, without a fixture on the XY table, located and the learned trajectory adjusted

• Research Organization: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76
• Assignee: Sandia National Laboratories (Albuquerque, NM)
• Patent Number(s): US 5261768
• OSTI ID: 869009
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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force sensor
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