Methods and apparatus for manufacturing operations

It is disclosed an apparatus (500) for performing a manufacturing operation on a workpiece (20), the apparatus comprising a track assembly (510) adapted to be attached to the workpiece; a carriage assembly (520) moveably coupled to the track assembly (510) and moveable relative to the workpiece (20)...

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Hauptverfasser:	Jones, Darrell D, Gage, Roger M, Outous, Ronald W, Boyl-Davis, Theodore M, Wallace, Lyle M, Buttrick Jr., James M, Arntson, Paul R
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	COMBINATION OR MULTI-PURPOSE TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR COMBINATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS OF METAL-WORKING MACHINES, NOTDIRECTED TO A PARTICULAR RESULT DETAILS OR COMPONENTS OF PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS NOTPARTICULARLY RELATED TO THE OPERATIONS PERFORMED AND NOTOTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR DETAILS, COMPONENTS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR MACHINE TOOLS, e.g.ARRANGEMENTS FOR COPYING OR CONTROLLING FORGE FURNACES FORGING HAMMERING HAND TOOLS MACHINE TOOLS MACHINE TOOLS IN GENERAL CHARACTERISED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OFPARTICULAR DETAILS OR COMPONENTS MANIPULATORS MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVINGMATERIAL METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR PERFORMING OPERATIONS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS PRESSING METAL PUNCHING METAL RIVETING STORAGE MEANS FOR WORKSHOPS TRANSPORTING WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT, e.g. FOR MARKING-OUT WORK
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Zusammenfassung:	It is disclosed an apparatus (500) for performing a manufacturing operation on a workpiece (20), the apparatus comprising a track assembly (510) adapted to be attached to the workpiece; a carriage assembly (520) moveably coupled to the track assembly (510) and moveable relative to the workpiece (20); and a position sensor (540) operatively coupled to the carriage assembly (520) and including a sensor element (544) adapted to be operatively positioned relative to the workpiece (20), the sensor element (544) being adapted to detect at least one edge of an index feature (21) on the workpiece (20) from a distance away from the index feature (21).