Manufacturing system for use in space

    公开(公告)号:US10919227B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-16

    申请号:US16965033

    申请日:2019-02-19

    Abstract: A system comprising: an additive manufacturing apparatus configured to perform an additive manufacturing process using a feedstock supplied thereto, thereby to produce an article; a feedstock storage module configured to supply feedstock to the additive manufacturing apparatus; a machining apparatus configured to perform a machining process; a controller configured to control operation of the additive manufacturing apparatus and the machining apparatus; and are cycling module configured to receive a waste material and to produce the feedstock therefrom, and to transfer the produced feedstock to the feedstock storage module. The additive manufacturing apparatus and the machining apparatus comprise a common heat source, the additive manufacturing apparatus configured to use the common heat source to perform the additive manufacturing process, and the machining apparatus configured to use the common heat source to perform the machining process.

    ROBOTIC CELLS
    5.
    发明公开
    ROBOTIC CELLS 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240198512A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-20

    申请号:US18553943

    申请日:2022-04-13

    CPC classification number: B25J9/0084 B25J9/1697 B25J19/02 B25J19/06

    Abstract: A robot cell, having a cell floor defining an array of nodes corresponding with a predetermined two-dimensional coordinate system and defining a volume for receiving a workpiece W therein, is described. The robot cell comprises: a set of robots, including a first robot, having respective bases, end effectors and working envelopes and defining respective three-dimensional coordinate systems, located according to the array of nodes; a set of detectors, including a first detector, configured to detect respective locations and/or bearings of the set of robots using a set of targets disposed on and/or in the cell floor; and a controller, communicatively coupled to the set of robots and to the set of detectors, configured to control movement of the set of robots using the detected respective locations and/or bearings of the set of robots.

    Drilling apparatus and method
    6.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10092961B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-09

    申请号:US15335729

    申请日:2016-10-27

    Abstract: Drilling apparatus and method, the apparatus comprising: a first robot (10); a first member (30) (e.g. a pressure foot) and a drilling tool (38) both coupled to the first robot (10); a second robot (12); and a second member (52) coupled to the second robot (12); wherein the apparatus is arranged to press the members (30, 52) against opposite sides of a part to be drilled (2, 100) (e.g. an aircraft panel) so as to hold the part (2, 100) and prevent deflection of at least a portion of the part (2, 100); and the first member (30) and the drilling tool (38) are arranged such that the drilling tool (38) may drill into the portion of the part (2, 100) of which deflection is opposed from the side of the part (2, 100) pressed against by the first member (30). The robots (10, 12) may be robotic arms.

    DRILLING APPARATUS AND METHOD
    7.
    发明申请
    DRILLING APPARATUS AND METHOD 审中-公开
    钻孔设备和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20170043414A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-02-16

    申请号:US15335729

    申请日:2016-10-27

    Abstract: Drilling apparatus and method, the apparatus comprising: a first robot (10); a first member (30) (e.g. a pressure foot) and a drilling tool (38) both coupled to the first robot (10); a second robot (12); and a second member (52) coupled to the second robot (12); wherein the apparatus is arranged to press the members (30, 52) against opposite sides of a part to be drilled (2, 100) (e.g. an aircraft panel) so as to hold the part (2, 100) and prevent deflection of at least a portion of the part (2, 100); and the first member (30) and the drilling tool (38) are arranged such that the drilling tool (38) may drill into the portion of the part (2, 100) of which deflection is opposed from the side of the part (2, 100) pressed against by the first member (30). The robots (10, 12) may be robotic arms.

    Abstract translation: 钻井装置和方法,所述装置包括:第一机器人(10); 耦合到第一机器人(10)的第一构件(30)(例如压力脚)和钻孔工具(38); 第二机器人(12); 以及联接到所述第二机器人(12)的第二构件(52)。 其中所述装置被布置成抵靠所述待钻孔部件(2,100)(例如飞行器面板)的相对两侧的部件(30,52),以便保持所述部件(2,100),并防止所述部件 部分(2,100)的至少一部分; 并且所述第一构件(30)和所述钻孔工具(38)被布置成使得所述钻孔工具(38)可以钻入所述部件(2,100)的从所述部件(2)的所述侧部 ,100)被所述第一构件(30)按压。 机器人(10,12)可以是机器人手臂。

    STRUCTURAL SIMULATION OF ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED COMPONENTS

    公开(公告)号:US20230264264A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-24

    申请号:US18011769

    申请日:2021-06-04

    CPC classification number: B22F10/28 B22F10/25 B29C64/393 B33Y10/00

    Abstract: A method of estimating a property of an article manufactured, at least in part, by additive manufacturing, AM, preferably directed energy deposition, DED, and/or powder bed fusion, PBF, is described. The method implemented, at least in part, by a computer comprising a processor and a memory. The method comprises: obtaining a set of in-process parameters of the AM of the article, wherein respective parameters of the set thereof have positional information associated therewith; inferring a set of attributes of the article corresponding to the set of in-process parameters, wherein respective attributes of the set thereof have the positional information associated therewith; and estimating the property of the article based, at least in part, on the inferred set of attributes.

    Inspection of drilled features in objects

    公开(公告)号:US10399199B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-03

    申请号:US15569947

    申请日:2016-04-28

    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for determining a depth of a feature (4) formed in an object (2), the feature (4) having been formed in the object (2) by a cutting tool (38). The apparatus comprises: a camera (42) configured to capture an image of the feature (4) and a portion of the object (2) proximate to the feature (4); and one or more processors operatively coupled to the camera (42) and configured to: detect, in the image, an edge (72) of the feature (4) between the feature (4) and a surface of the object (2); using the detected edge (72), calculate a diameter for a circle (74, 76, 78); acquire a point angle of the cutting tool (38); and, using the calculated diameter and the acquired point angle, calculate a depth value for the feature (4).

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