Control System and Method for Tapered Structure Construction

EDITORIAL NOTE APPLICATION NUMBER - 2021212066 Please note: Abstract page 56 should be numbered 57. A control system for forming a tapered structure includes a sensor providing feedback for a machine for forming a tapered structure including at least three rolls having at least one bend roll and at...

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Hauptverfasser: Slocum, Alexander H, Takata, Rosalind K, Ainge, Daniel, Smith, Eric D, Bridgers, Daniel
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Zusammenfassung:EDITORIAL NOTE APPLICATION NUMBER - 2021212066 Please note: Abstract page 56 should be numbered 57. A control system for forming a tapered structure includes a sensor providing feedback for a machine for forming a tapered structure including at least three rolls having at least one bend roll and at least two guide rolls. The guide rolls may include rollette banks having a plurality of rollettes. The machine may also include an adjustment mechanism to position at least one of the rolls, where a diameter of the tapered structure being formed is controlled by relative positions of the rolls. The machine may also include a joining element to join edges of a stock of material together as it is rolled through the rolls to form the tapered structure. The control system may also include a controller to receive feedback from the sensor and to send a control signal based on the feedback to the adjustment mechanism for positioning at least one of the rolls.