Machining process and apparatus for machining

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9291058
APP PUB NO 20140059856A1
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13973489

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A method of determining a tool path to machine a component, the method comprising the steps of: securing the component to a fixture having a zero point alignment datum, the component and the fixture having respective mobile reference points; aligning the fixture mobile reference points to target reference points on the machine tool; aligning a digitized model of the component to the component mobile reference points; determining the position of the component on the fixture from the component mobile reference points and the fixture mobile reference points; and adjusting a nominal tool path for the machine tool dependent on the position of the component.

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ROLLS-ROYCE PLC62 BUCKINGHAM GATE LONDON SW1E 6AT

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Hancock, Mark David Derby, GB 2 13
Simmons, Christopher Alan Burton on Trent, GB 2 13

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