Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Direct address laser ablation
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Application No.: US15722702Application Date: 2017-10-02
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Publication No.: US10705493B2Publication Date: 2020-07-07
- Inventor: Verner Steve Nicholson , James Edward Stone
- Applicant: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
- Applicant Address: FR Clermont-Ferrand
- Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
- Current Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
- Current Assignee Address: FR Clermont-Ferrand
- Agency: Dority & Manning, P.A.
- Main IPC: G05B15/02
- IPC: G05B15/02 ; B23K26/361 ; B23K26/082 ; B29D30/06 ; B23K26/08 ; B60C99/00 ; B23K26/402 ; B23K26/362 ; B23K103/00

Abstract:
A system and method for selectively removing tire material from the bead portions of a cured tire to reduce one or more harmonics of at least one uniformity parameter are disclosed. According to aspects of the present disclosure, tire material is selectively removed using a plurality of direct address commands. The direct address commands specify ablation parameters for discrete ablation segments at specific angular locations around the bead of the tire. The direct address commands are generated by analyzing the desired ablation pattern for the bead of the tire. The ablation device can then be controlled to selectively remove tire material in discrete ablation segments at identified addresses pursuant to the direct address commands to achieve the desired ablation pattern on one or more tracks along the bead portion of the tire using a single pass of the ablation device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180024515A1 Direct Address Laser Ablation Public/Granted day:2018-01-25
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