Metal deforming – With use of control means energized in response to activator... – Including use of sensor responsive to information carried by...
Patent
1997-07-30
2000-01-11
Crane, Daniel C.
Metal deforming
With use of control means energized in response to activator...
Including use of sensor responsive to information carried by...
72413, B21D 2200
Patent
active
060123141
ABSTRACT:
The invention resides in a module used in conjunction with other such modules in an apparatus for rapidly producing an article having a three-dimensional design comprising a base, a plurality of pins mounted on said base and said plurality of pins movable relative thereto, a plurality of drive motors corresponding in number to the number of said plurality of pins and means interconnecting each of said plurality of pins with said base, each said means being connected independently between said base and a corresponding one of said pins. A control means interconnects each of said drive means and a controller with one another to effect selective energization of said drive means.
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Haas Edwin Gerard
Kesselman Martin
Papazian John M.
Peck Alexander N.
Schwarz Robert Charles
Anderson Terry J.
Crane Daniel C.
Hoch Jr. Karl J.
Northrop Grumman Corporation
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