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Method of Machining a Thin-Walled Structure

  • US 20140259628A1
  • Filed: 03/13/2013
  • Published: 09/18/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of manipulating a thin-walled structure, comprising:

  • providing a thin-walled structure in a first unconstrained configuration;

    constraining the thin-walled structure to a first constrained configuration in which a first feature of the thin-walled structure is spatially located relative to a second feature of the thin-walled structure in a predetermined manner, wherein an open volume of the thin-walled structure is constrained to maintain a predetermined open volume shape; and

    machining the thin-walled structure to a second constrained configuration in which the first feature of the thin-walled structure remains spatially located relative to the second feature of the thin-walled structure in the predetermined manner.

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