Laser aligned robotic positioning system
CA 2227087 A1 · Owner: Churchill, Russell J. · Inventors: Loftus, Lloyd K.; Polidoro, Roger J.; Churchill, Russell J.
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A precision positioning system is used for resurfacing and repairing rails and guideways of large heavy machinery at users, facilities. The system has new components an entire machining, system, a new alignment system parallel platforms for tool, support and surface scanning. A sectioned portable monorail, frame is held by fixed supports at the locus of a heavy machine requiring guideway straightening. Fixed guides extend along the outer surface of the monorail. Guide wheels and drive wheels contact the guides and support and move an outer tubular beam carriage. An assembly of machining tools is adjustably positioned on the carriage. Laser alignment sources and sensors are connected to the …
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- Filed January 15, 1998. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended January 15, 2018.
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