Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Automated fabrication system implementing 3-D void modeling
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Application No.: US14319575Application Date: 2014-06-30
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Publication No.: US09606527B2Publication Date: 2017-03-28
- Inventor: Leon Robert Adcock , Donald Albert Stickel, III , Huijun Wang
- Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IL Peoria
- Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Peoria
- Main IPC: B23K28/02
- IPC: B23K28/02 ; B23K9/095 ; G05B19/402 ; B23K9/04 ; B29C70/74 ; B29C70/84 ; B29C67/00 ; B23K9/127 ; B33Y10/00 ; B33Y30/00 ; B33Y50/02 ; F16B5/08

Abstract:
A fabrication system is disclosed for use in joining two components of a work piece. The fabrication system may have a mount configured to hold the work piece with a void to be filled with material. The fabrication system may also have a scanner configured to capture at least one image of the void, a robotic fabrication device movable relative to the mount, and a controller in communication with the scanner and the robotic fabrication device. The controller may be configured to generate a model of the void based on the at least one image, and to slice the model into at least one layer. The controller may also be configured to develop a tool path for each of the at least one layer, and to cause the robotic fabrication device to deposit material within the void based on the tool path.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150375344A1 AUTOMATED FABRICATION SYSTEM IMPLEMENTING 3-D VOID MODELING Public/Granted day:2015-12-31
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