System for cutting patterns preset in a continuous stream of sheet material

Method and apparatus enable cutting out shapes (S) preset in moving sheet material (10) by locating coordinates of one or more fiducials (F,F2...) in the sheet material (10) with a vision system (12). The fiducials (F,F2 ...) correspond to a pattern (P) for the preset shape (S). A cutting system (11...

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Hauptverfasser:	REIF, ANDREW Z, SAWATZKY, BRIAN D, BOURKE, MARY M, MAH, CEDAR, ANDREWS, RANDALL G, JOHNSTON, BRAD
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING COMBINATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS OF METAL-WORKING MACHINES, NOTDIRECTED TO A PARTICULAR RESULT CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL CONTROLLING CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING DETAILS, COMPONENTS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR MACHINE TOOLS, e.g.ARRANGEMENTS FOR COPYING OR CONTROLLING FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS MACHINE TOOLS MACHINE TOOLS IN GENERAL CHARACTERISED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OFPARTICULAR DETAILS OR COMPONENTS METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS ORELEMENTS PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICS REGULATING SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING TRANSPORTING WELDING WORKING BY LASER BEAM
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Zusammenfassung:	Method and apparatus enable cutting out shapes (S) preset in moving sheet material (10) by locating coordinates of one or more fiducials (F,F2...) in the sheet material (10) with a vision system (12). The fiducials (F,F2 ...) correspond to a pattern (P) for the preset shape (S). A cutting system (11) superimposes the pattern (P) relative to the located one or more fiducials (F,F2...) for cutting out the preset shape (S) while the vision system (12) is concurrently locating subsequent one or more fiducials (F,F2...) in the moving sheet material (10). The concurrent processes of cutting and locating subsequent fiducials (F.F2...) are repeated substantially continuously. Preferably, using two or more fiducials (F,F2...), distortion is detected and the pattern (P) can be remapped before cutting for accurate superposition of the pattern (P) and distorted preset shape (S).