"VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING OF FORMED COMPONENT TRAJECTORIES"
Application 3006/DELNP/2007 published 2007-08-17, filed 2007-04-23
This invention discloses a method for calculating gripper (4) trajectories in forming equipment. The method utilizes a computer aided design (CAD) or a computer aided engineering (CAE) computer program to calculate the appropriate location, speed, controller commands, and trajectory for each gripper (4) used during a forming process.
Applicant
1)ALCOA INC
:ALCOA CORPORATE CENTER, 201 ISABELLA STREET, PITTSBURGH, PA 15212-5858, USA U.S.A.
Inventor
1)DANIEL B.BERGSTROM 2)JEFFREY M.SHOUP 3)ALBERT MCGUIRE HEMES
International Info
Classification: G06F 19/00
Publication Number: WO 2006/047549
Application Date: 2005-10-25
Priority Information
60/622,242 U.S.A. 2004-10-25