Boots – shoes – and leggings
Patent
1995-04-12
1998-06-16
Elmore, Reba I.
Boots, shoes, and leggings
36447417, 382152, G06F 1900, G06G 764, G06G 766
Patent
active
057681376
ABSTRACT:
A precision positioning system is used for resurfacing and repairing rails and guideways of large, heavy machinery at users facilities. The system has new components, an entire machining system, a new alignment system, parallel platforms for tool support and surface scanning. A sectioned, portable monorail frame is held by fixed supports at the locus of a heavy machine requiring guideway straightening. Fixed guides extend along the outer surface of the monorail. Guide wheels and drive wheels contact the guides and support and move an outer tubular beam carriage. An assembly of machining tools is adjustably positioned on the carriage. Laser alignment sources and sensors are connected to the carriage and to heavy machines off-axis and parallel to the monorail. Intelligent controls precisely position the tools for resurfacing the rails and guideways. Scanning and a printout of machine guideway accuracy, before and after the operation, provide written verification of quality improvement. The system increases accuracy and speed of machining, reduces chatter and vibration, eliminates imprecise manual determinations, and returns the equipment to acceptable improved tolerances. The system has applications in any machine tool rebuilder or company with a machine tool in need of requalification. Applications also include rail transport, autonomous vehicles, micro-machining, inspection camera positioning, laser machining, material deposition and other operations such as drilling, heat treating, brazing and welding.
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Bass Henry M.
Churchill Russell J.
Loftus Lloyd K.
Polidoro Roger J.
Thomas Bruce L.
American Research Corporation of Virginia
Creighton Wray James
Eastern Repair Fabrication
Elmore Reba I.
Narasimhan Meera P.
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