THREE-DIMENSIONAL MANUFACTURING, FABRICATING, FORMING, AND/OR REPAIRING APPARATUS AND METHOD
First Claim
1. A three-dimensional manufacturing, fabricating, forming, and/or repairing apparatus, comprising:
- a fabrication platform;
at least one fabrication tool capable of forming, adding to, or subtracting from, an object of manufacture or a component thereof;
a three-dimensional guide system for guiding a movement of the at least one fabrication tool;
at least one sensor, wherein the at least one sensor determines a distance or a depth of a point or point of or on the object of manufacture or the component thereof, the fabrication platform, the at least one fabrication tool, or the three-dimensional guide system;
a controller capable of controlling a position or an operation of the fabrication platform, the at least one fabrication tool, or the three-dimensional guide system;
a user input device for inputting an instruction, data, or information, into the apparatus; and
a database for storing an instruction, data, or information, for manufacturing, fabricating, forming, or repairing, an object of manufacture or a component thereof,wherein the controller processes information either input via the input device or stored in the database regarding an instruction, data, or information, and further wherein the controller controls an operation of the fabrication platform, the at least one fabrication tool, or the three-dimensional guide system, in performing a manufacturing, a fabricating, a forming, or a repairing, of an object of manufacture or a component thereof in response to the instruction, the data, or the information.
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Abstract
An apparatus, including a fabrication platform; at least one fabrication tool capable of forming, adding to, or subtracting from, an object of manufacture or a component thereof; a three-dimensional guide system for guiding a movement of the at least one fabrication tool; at least one sensor for determining a distance or a depth of a point or point of or on the object of the manufacture or the component, the fabrication platform, the at least one fabrication tool, or the three-dimensional guide system; a controller capable of controlling a position or an operation of the fabrication platform, the at least one fabrication tool, or the three-dimensional guide system; a user input device for inputting an instruction, data, or information, into the apparatus; and a database for storing an instruction, data, or information, for manufacturing, fabricating, forming, or repairing, an object of manufacture or a component.
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1. A three-dimensional manufacturing, fabricating, forming, and/or repairing apparatus, comprising:
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a fabrication platform; at least one fabrication tool capable of forming, adding to, or subtracting from, an object of manufacture or a component thereof; a three-dimensional guide system for guiding a movement of the at least one fabrication tool; at least one sensor, wherein the at least one sensor determines a distance or a depth of a point or point of or on the object of manufacture or the component thereof, the fabrication platform, the at least one fabrication tool, or the three-dimensional guide system; a controller capable of controlling a position or an operation of the fabrication platform, the at least one fabrication tool, or the three-dimensional guide system; a user input device for inputting an instruction, data, or information, into the apparatus; and a database for storing an instruction, data, or information, for manufacturing, fabricating, forming, or repairing, an object of manufacture or a component thereof, wherein the controller processes information either input via the input device or stored in the database regarding an instruction, data, or information, and further wherein the controller controls an operation of the fabrication platform, the at least one fabrication tool, or the three-dimensional guide system, in performing a manufacturing, a fabricating, a forming, or a repairing, of an object of manufacture or a component thereof in response to the instruction, the data, or the information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus, comprising:
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at least one fabrication tool capable of forming, adding to, or subtracting from, an object of manufacture or a component thereof; a three-dimensional guide system for guiding a movement of the at least one fabrication tool; at least one sensor, wherein the at least one sensor determines a distance or a depth of a point or point of or on the object of manufacture or the component thereof, the at least one fabrication tool, or the three-dimensional guide system; a controller capable of controlling a position or an operation of the at least one fabrication tool or the three-dimensional guide system; a user input device for inputting an instruction, data, or information, into the apparatus; and a database for storing an instruction, data, or information, for manufacturing, fabricating, forming, or repairing, an object of manufacture or a component thereof, wherein the controller processes information either input via the input device or stored in the database regarding an instruction, data, or information, and further wherein the controller controls an operation of the at least one fabrication tool or the three-dimensional guide system, in performing a manufacturing, a fabricating, a forming, or a repairing, of an object of manufacture or a component thereof in response to the instruction, the data, or the information. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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