Automatic contour grinding system

Details Automatic contour grinding system Automatic contour grinding system

1983-05-19

1985-06-18

Whitehead, Harold D.

Abrasive tool making process, material, or composition

With carbohydrate or reaction product thereof

5116572, 5116577, 901 44, B24B 4900

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045234094

ABSTRACT:
An automatic contour grinding system for smoothing a surface, including: a robot; a robot controller; a grinder device mounted to the robot; means for monitoring the grinding action of the grinder device; means, responsive to the means for monitoring, for determining the vector position of the grinder area in contact with the contour to be smoothed; means, responsive to the means for monitoring, for detecting the material being ground; a contour data base for providing the predetermined shape of the contour being ground; and a controller driver unit responsive to the contour data base, the means for determining the vector position, and the means for detecting to grind until there is achieved the shape of the contour being ground.

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patent: 4248019 (1981-02-01), Hawley
patent: 4268999 (1981-05-01), Noto
patent: 4302286 (1981-11-01), Lefebvre
patent: 4370834 (1983-02-01), Habib
patent: 4380138 (1983-04-01), Hofer

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