AUTOMATED WORK PIECE POSITIONING AND MEASUREMENT DATA PROCESSING TOOLS

• Main Authors: Hsi, Erin, Stoots, Barry M, Babu, Kartik, Kriek, Jason, Kriel, Bradley S, Novikov, Mikhail
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 06.06.2019
• Subjects: BROACHING; COMPONENTS OR ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; CONTROLLING; FILING; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; LIKE OPERATIONS FOR WORKING METAL BY REMOVING MATERIAL, NOTOTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS ORELEMENTS; NAILING OR STAPLING MACHINES IN GENERAL; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; PLANING; REGULATING; SAWING; SAWS FOR WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL; SCRAPING; SHEARING; SLOTTING; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OR PRESERVING WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL

A work piece positioning system structured for use with work piece processing equipment. The positioning system comprises a guide rail assembly having at least one guide rail, a measurement pattern positioned on at least a portion of at least one guide rail; and a carriage assembly structured for slidable engagement with at least a portion of the guide rail of the guide rail assembly. The carriage assembly may include a controller configured for wireless data communication with at least one mobile computing device, and a stop block. In different embodiments, the controller can be programmed to receive data communicated from an electronic measurement device; to receive a cut-list including a list of cuts to be made on the work piece processing equipment; and/or to receive data derived from at least one information source associated with at least one dimension of a work piece or at least one attribute of a work piece environment.