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Micro-Cutting Machine for Forming Cuts in Products

  • US 20100139465A1
  • Filed: 12/08/2009
  • Published: 06/10/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for forming a plurality of cuts along a length of a stock material to form a product, comprising:

  • a stock material controller holding the stock material and feeding the stock material along an X-axis;

    a cutting apparatus including a first cutting member, a second cutting member and a first motor moving the first cutting member and the second cutting member substantially parallel to a Z-axis to form each pair of cuts among the plurality of cuts, the cutting apparatus including one or more second motors controlling a relative gap distance along a Y-axis between a first cutting point of the first cutting member and a second cutting point of the second cutting member, each pair of cuts leaving a resultant beam in the stock material based on the relative gap distance; and

    an electronic controller communicatively coupled to the stock material controller controlling operation of the stock material controller to feed the stock material along the X-axis after each pair of cuts has been formed and communicatively coupled to the cutting apparatus controlling operation of the first motor to form each pair of cuts and controlling operation of the one or more second motors to control the relative gap distance.

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