Contour follower
    1.
    发明申请
    Contour follower 有权
    轮廓追随者

    公开(公告)号:US20070190900A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-08-16

    申请号:US11784468

    申请日:2007-04-05

    IPC分类号: B24B49/00

    摘要: A contour follower includes a plurality of sensors spaced around a waterjet nozzle, each of the sensors being configured to measure a distance between a working surface and a first plane, perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the nozzle. The sensors may include hall-effect sensors lying in the first plane and magnets lying in a second plane, parallel to the working surface. A detecting circuit processes signals from the sensors to determine an angle of the working surface, relative to the first plane, and a distance between an aperture of the nozzle and the working surface. A collision detection sensor provides a signal in the event the device approaches to within a selected distance of an obstruction in the plane of the working surface. A shield plate blocks and dampens secondary spray-back of cutting fluid occurring at low angles above the working surface.

    摘要翻译: 轮廓跟随器包括围绕水刀喷嘴间隔开的多个传感器,每个传感器被配置成测量垂直于喷嘴的纵向轴线的工作表面和第一平面之间的距离。 传感器可以包括位于第一平面中的霍尔效应传感器和位于平行于工作表面的第二平面中的磁体。 检测电路处理来自传感器的信号以确定工作表面相对于第一平面的角度以及喷嘴和工作表面的孔之间的距离。 碰撞检测传感器在设备接近工作表面平面内障碍物的选定距离内的情况下提供信号。 屏蔽板阻挡和阻尼在工作表面上方以低角度发生的切削液的二次喷涂。

    Contour follower
    5.
    发明申请
    Contour follower 有权
    轮廓追随者

    公开(公告)号:US20060040590A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-02-23

    申请号:US10922238

    申请日:2004-08-19

    IPC分类号: B24C1/00

    摘要: A contour follower includes a plurality of sensors spaced around a waterjet nozzle, each of the sensors being configured to measure a distance between a working surface and a first plane, perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the nozzle. The sensors may include hall-effect sensors lying in the first plane and magnets lying in a second plane, parallel to the working surface. A detecting circuit processes signals from the sensors to determine an angle of the working surface, relative to the first plane, and a distance between an aperture of the nozzle and the working surface. A collision detection sensor provides a signal in the event the device approaches to within a selected distance of an obstruction in the plane of the working surface. A shield plate blocks and dampens secondary spray-back of cutting fluid occurring at low angles above the working surface.

    摘要翻译: 轮廓跟随器包括围绕水刀喷嘴间隔开的多个传感器,每个传感器被配置成测量垂直于喷嘴的纵向轴线的工作表面和第一平面之间的距离。 传感器可以包括位于第一平面中的霍尔效应传感器和位于平行于工作表面的第二平面中的磁体。 检测电路处理来自传感器的信号以确定工作表面相对于第一平面的角度以及喷嘴和工作表面的孔之间的距离。 碰撞检测传感器在设备接近工作表面平面内障碍物的选定距离内的情况下提供信号。 屏蔽板阻挡和阻尼在工作表面上方以低角度发生的切削液的二次喷涂。

    Contour follower for tool
    6.
    发明授权
    Contour follower for tool 有权
    轮廓追随者

    公开(公告)号:US07331842B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-02-19

    申请号:US10922238

    申请日:2004-08-19

    IPC分类号: B24B49/00 B24B51/00 G01B7/02

    摘要: A contour follower includes a plurality of sensors spaced around a waterjet nozzle, each of the sensors being configured to measure a distance between a working surface and a first plane, perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the nozzle. The sensors may include hall-effect sensors lying in the first plane and magnets lying in a second plane, parallel to the working surface. A detecting circuit processes signals from the sensors to determine an angle of the working surface, relative to the first plane, and a distance between an aperture of the nozzle and the working surface. A collision detection sensor provides a signal in the event the device approaches to within a selected distance of an obstruction in the plane of the working surface. A shield plate blocks and dampens secondary spray-back of cutting fluid occurring at low angles above the working surface.

    摘要翻译: 轮廓跟随器包括围绕水刀喷嘴间隔开的多个传感器,每个传感器被配置成测量垂直于喷嘴的纵向轴线的工作表面和第一平面之间的距离。 传感器可以包括位于第一平面中的霍尔效应传感器和位于平行于工作表面的第二平面中的磁体。 检测电路处理来自传感器的信号以确定工作表面相对于第一平面的角度以及喷嘴和工作表面的孔之间的距离。 碰撞检测传感器在设备接近工作表面平面内障碍物的选定距离内的情况下提供信号。 屏蔽板阻挡和阻尼在工作表面上方以低角度发生的切削液的二次喷涂。

    Method and system for automated software control of waterjet orientation parameters

    公开(公告)号:US20060149410A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-07-06

    申请号:US11208043

    申请日:2005-08-18

    IPC分类号: G06F19/00

    摘要: Methods and systems for automating the control of fluid jet orientation parameters are provided. Example embodiments provide a Dynamic Waterjet Control System (a “DWCS”) to dynamically control the orientation of the jet relative to the material being cut as a function of speed and other process parameters. Orientation parameters include, for example, the x-y position of the jet along the cutting path, as well as three dimensional orientation parameters of the jet, such as standoff compensation values and taper and lead angles of the cutting head. In one embodiment, the DWCS uses a set of predictive models to determine these orientation parameters. The DWCS preferably comprises a motion program generator/kernel, a user interface, one or more replaceable orientation and process models, and a communications interface to a fluid jet apparatus controller. Optionally the DWCS also includes a CAD module for designing the target piece. In operation, the motion program generator receives input from the CAD design module and the user interface to build a motion program that can be forwarded to and executed by the controller to control the cutting process. The replaceable models provide the motion program generator with access to sets of mathematical models that are used to determine appropriate jet orientation and process parameters. For example, in some environments, these equations are used to generate the x-position, y-position, standoff compensation value, lead angle, and taper angle of each command. The DWCS also provides two way communication between itself and the controller. The controller functions are used, for example, to display the cutting path in progress while the target piece is being cut out of the workpiece. They are also used to obtain current values of the cutting apparatus, such as the current state of attached mechanical and electrical devices.

    System and method for tool testing and alignment
    10.
    发明授权
    System and method for tool testing and alignment 有权
    用于工具测试和对准的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US08401692B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-03-19

    申请号:US12878885

    申请日:2010-09-09

    IPC分类号: G06F19/00

    摘要: A system and method for improving a tool tip path of a machine, such as a waterjet cutting machine, by testing and compensating for tool misalignment. The system and method using a sensor positioned to sense a portion of the machine, such as a cutting head assembly, during a sequence of movements thereof and configured to output information indicative of various positions and orientations of a tool of the machine so as to generate an improved tool tip path based on transformation parameters derived from such information.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于通过测试和补偿工具未对准来改进诸如水刀切割机的机器的刀尖路径的系统和方法。 使用传感器的系统和方法,该传感器定位成在其运动过程中感测机器的一部分,例如切割头组件,并被配置为输出指示机器的工具的各种位置和取向的信息,以便产生 基于从这些信息导出的变换参数的改进的工具提示路径。