Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Automated method for nose cone manufacturing
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Application No.: US17853209Application Date: 2022-06-29
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Publication No.: US11767087B2Publication Date: 2023-09-26
- Inventor: Gopi Ganta
- Applicant: FabX Industries, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MI Greenville
- Assignee: FabX Industries, Inc.
- Current Assignee: FabX Industries, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Greenville
- Agency: Sanders Pianowski LLP
- Main IPC: B63B73/43
- IPC: B63B73/43 ; B23K9/028 ; B23K101/00 ; B63B35/34 ; B21D5/01 ; B23K37/04 ; B23K37/053

Abstract:
A system and method for automatically joining a cut blank has a mandrel and clamps to conform the cut blank to the mandrel. The clamps include band clamps and pad clamps that pivot about axes that are obliquely angled with respect to the centerline of the mandrel. The clamp axes on one side of the centerline are a mirror image to the clamp axes on the other side. The cut blank has a line of symmetry and is clamped to the centerline of the mandrel with a locator bar. The clamps are then moved to a clamped position. In the clamped position, one edge of the cut blank meets another edge, and a robotic welder joins the edges.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230002020A1 Automated Method for Nose Cone Manufacturing Public/Granted day:2023-01-05
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