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7613590 |
Modular microprocessor-based power tool system
A power tool system and method of using the same is provided. The system can include a programmable microprocessor device including at least one input mechanism, and a memory having instructions...
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7610122 |
Mobile station for an unmanned vehicle
A mobile station for an unmanned vehicle comprises a vehicular storage area for storing a vehicle during transit or at rest. A first wireless transceiver communicates a status or command between...
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7603200 |
Method and system for assessing the state of at least one axial joint
A method assesses a state of at least one axial joint of an industrial robot, on the basis of data of a mechanical backlash present at the axial joint of the industrial robot, a state of wear of...
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7593784 |
Machinery condition assessment module
A machine condition assessment module may be integrated with standard industrial control and communications networks to receive dynamic operating data from signal processing engines and optionally...
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7577491 |
System and method for extracting parameters of a cutting tool
A method for extracting parameters of a cutting tool is provided. The method includes obtaining a measurement data set having a point cloud corresponding to a surface of the cutting tool and...
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7559133 |
Riveting system
A riveting system is operable to join two or more workplaces with a rivet. In another aspect of the present invention, a self-piercing rivet is employed. Still another aspect of the present...
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7555359 |
Apparatus and method for correcting defects by friction stir processing
A method for correcting surface and near surface defects in metal components in which the component is first inspected to identify both the site and size of a component defect. Thereafter, it is...
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7536237 |
Sensor-based measurement of tool forces and machining process model parameters
A system and method are provided for real-time measurement of tool forces. A relationship between a sensor characteristic and tool forces is determined by directly measuring tool forces for a...
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7512457 |
In-process non-contact measuring systems and methods for automated lapping systems
In-process non-contact measurement systems and methods for automated lapping systems are disclosed. In an embodiment, a moveable frame can be controllably positioned proximate to a lapped work...
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7500901 |
Data processing for monitoring chemical mechanical polishing
Methods and apparatus to implement techniques for monitoring polishing a substrate. Two or more data points are acquired, where each data point has a value affected by features inside a sensing...
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7487005 |
Process planning method, process planning apparatus and recording medium
A process planning apparatus extracts a region to be machined based on the difference of the shape data before and after machining of the workpiece, replaces the extracted region into combinations...
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7487002 |
Method and system for determining utilization of process tools in a manufacturing environment based on characteristics of an automated material handling system
By determining a metric for tool utilization in a manufacturing environment on the basis of tool-specific characteristics and a probability distribution for the transport capability of an automated...
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7469164 |
Method and apparatus for process control with in-die metrology
Various embodiments include a method for providing instructions to a process tool. The method includes emitting an incident light beam at a substrate, receiving a reflected light beam from the...
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7461439 |
Method for detecting malfunction in clamping and machine tool
The method for detecting any clamping malfunction of the work within the machine tool which clamps both ends of the work with clamping mechanisms 23, 24 of a pair of headstocks 19, 29, and...
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7424338 |
Broken tool detection system
A system for detecting the presence of a broken tool in a manufacturing line uses a robot device separately positioned along the line. The robot unit has a plurality of probes which are inserted...
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7409760 |
Riveting system and process for forming a riveted joint
A riveting system is operable to join two or more workplaces with a rivet. In another aspect of the present invention, a self-piercing rivet is employed. Still another aspect of the present...
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7409260 |
Substrate thickness measuring during polishing
A method for determining a polishing endpoint includes obtaining spectra from different zones on a substrate during different times in a polishing sequence, matching the spectra with indexes in a...
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7400992 |
Fitting multidimensional measurement data to tolerance zones having regard for the uncertainty of the measurements
Measurement data collected within a measurement frame of reference is fitted to geometric tolerance zones having regard for the uncertainties of the measurement. Geometric freedoms for fitting the...
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7395182 |
System and method for the dimension checking of mechanical pieces
A system for performing dimension checkings of mechanical pieces is provided including a contact detecting probe with wireless transmission, for example through a single radiofrequency two-way...
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7386363 |
System of machine maintenance
A system for remote maintenance for a machine. The system includes a database having information for a plurality of machines. A customer accesses the database in order to receive an illustration of...
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7376489 |
Method of identifying fluid purification equipment which is optimized for individual fluid purification systems
An interactive method and apparatus are disclosed through which a fluid purification system operator inputs the system's parameters and the method then identifies one or more fluid purification...
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7363103 |
Method and apparatus for generating machining information, and computer product
A machining information generating apparatus includes shape analyzing unit that obtains CAD data, searches a shape database of machining profile information for necessary information based on the...
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7343764 |
Placing tool with means for controlling placing processes
A rivet setting tool is provided to provide improved monitoring of riveted connections during rivet setting. The rivet setting tool includes a head piece for holding a rivet, a device for gripping...
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7337091 |
Method and apparatus for coordinating fault detection settings and process control changes
A system includes a process tool for processing a workpiece, a process controller, and a fault monitor. The process controller is configured to determine a control action for updating an operating...
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7337038 |
Method of determining compatibility of tool and worksheet in a sheet fabrication machine and system therefor
To determine whether a tool may be used successfully to fabricate a worksheet in a sheet fabrication machine, data relating to all tools that may be used for the machine as provided by the...
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7333876 |
Systems and methods for providing electronic quality control in a process for applying a polyurethane to a substrate
The present invention comprises systems and methods for providing electronic quality control in a process for applying a polyurethane to a substrate. One aspect of the present invention includes a...
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7331739 |
Method for machining workpiece
A wear amount of a working tool T during the machining of a workpiece is estimated during the machining, and a positional command generated in accordance with a predetermined machining program is...
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7328081 |
Monitoring system and method for the in-process monitoring of machine-tool components
In a monitoring system for the process-accompanying monitoring of machine tool components, it is provided that the same monitoring system, apart from the detection of at least one of the above...
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7310567 |
Method for the preparation, treatment and updating tool data
A method for the preparation, editing and maintenance of tool data sets for machining processes in an NC control system has at least one tool data organization that is separate from the control and...
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7277800 |
Freeplay monitor
A system and method for monitoring freeplay within an actuator is provided. In accordance with various embodiments, the method includes collecting a plurality of actuator parameter data sets during...
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7272463 |
Gouge and interference avoidance in surface contouring
A method of determining a tool geometry and tool orientation for any prescribed path along a workpiece of a cutting tool is described. A parameter set is provided, where parameters of the parameter...
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7266420 |
Automatic detection system for broken tools in CNC machining centers using advanced machine vision techniques
The invention describes a method for the inspection of machining tools used in computational numerical control (CNC) machining centers. The invention will observe a machining tool immediately after...
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7226337 |
Platen and head rotation rates for monitoring chemical mechanical polishing
Methods system and apparatus, including computer program products, for monitoring polishing a substrate. A polishing pad mounted on a platen is rotated at a first rotation rate, and a carrier head...
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7217336 |
Directed gas injection apparatus for semiconductor processing
A method and system ( 1 ) for utilizing shaped orifices (e.g., sonic and simple orifices, and divergent nozzles) in the gas inject system ( 20 ) as part of a plasma process system. By utilizing the...
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7217071 |
Method for testing the fit or imbalance of a tool
In the method, a tool is tested for an aligning fit or an imbalance in a tool spindle. The tool spindle is set into rotation. A light beam is used to check whether the tool wobbles. The tool...
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7212108 |
Remote control system
When a trouble occurs in a machine tool ( 20 ) sold by a machine tool manufacturer to a customer, a failure analysis apparatus ( 11 ) installed in a service center ( 10 ) of the machine tool...
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7206657 |
Real-time measurement of tool forces and machining process model parameters
A system and method are provided for real-time measurement of tool forces. A relationship between a motor characteristic and tool forces is determined by first directly measuring tool forces for a...
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7200496 |
Method of predicting wear of a die surface
A method of predicting wear of a die surface. The method calculates a wear depth value based on a set of die characteristic values, a set of sheet material characteristic values, a coefficient of...
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7194328 |
Method and apparatus for tracking reticle history
A method includes storing data associated with a plurality of reticles. Reticle history information is received. The reticle history information is linked to a selected reticle. The linked reticle...
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7158265 |
Method of calibrating an engraving machine
A method of calibrating a gravure engraving machine includes the steps of providing an engraving signal to the engraving machine to cause production of a cell, measuring the volume of the cell,...
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7139635 |
Multi-system numerical control device
Information of a machine control means to be selected for each system is inputted through a manual input unit and then stored in a storage unit for storing a selection state of the machine control...
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7123982 |
Riveting system and process for forming a riveted joint
A method of manufacturing, using a riveting system, is operable to join two or more workpieces with a rivet. In another aspect of the present invention, a self-piercing rivet is employed. Still...
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7103443 |
Directed gas injection apparatus for semiconductor processing
A method and system for utilizing a gas injection plate comprising a number of shaped orifices (e.g., sonic and simple orifices, and divergent nozzles) in the gas inject system as part of a plasma...
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7103439 |
Method and apparatus for initializing tool controllers based on tool event data
A method for initializing process controllers based on tool event data includes providing a tool having a process controller adapted to employ a control model to control an operating recipe of the...
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7102795 |
Method for engraving printing cylinders
In a method and apparatus for engraving printing cylinders in an electronic engraving machine, an engraving control signal is formed from an image signal that represents tonal values of cups to be...
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7102794 |
Method for engraving printing cylinders
In a method and apparatus for engraving printing cylinders in an electronic engraving machine, an engraving control signal is formed from an image signal, which represents the tonal values of the...
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7090560 |
System and method for detecting abrasive article orientation
Systems and methods control abrading operations of an abrading machine by sensing characteristics of an abrading article installed on the abrading machine. When a problem is discovered by sensing...
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7089081 |
Modeling an abrasive process to achieve controlled material removal
In general, techniques are described that allow an abrasive manufacturing process to achieve a controlled performance parameter, e.g., an amount of material removal, without requiring the use of...
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7069154 |
Method and apparatus for detecting and automatically identifying defects in technical equipment
A method and apparatus for detecting and automatically identifying defects in technical equipment, is disclosed. Measurement signals varying in time are downloaded as spectrograms to a computer...
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7056072 |
Method and apparatus for controlling movement of cutting blade and workpiece
A method of controlling a relative movement of a cutting blade and a workpiece which are moved relative to each other by a movement device in an operation with a machine tool. The method includes a...
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