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Intelligent system for generating and executing a sheet metal bending plan

  • US 6,341,243 B1
  • Filed: 12/08/1998
  • Issued: 01/22/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/09/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for generating a plan which comprises a sequence of operations to be performed by a bending apparatus for bending workpieces comprising sheets of malleable material, said sequence of operations comprising a set of N bends for forming a finished workpiece from a stock sheet of malleable material, said system comprising:

  • proposing means for proposing, for an Mth operation within the sequence of operations, a plurality of proposed operations including a plurality of proposed bends to be performed by said apparatus; and

    generating means for generating a plan including a sequence of bends from a first bend through an Nth bend, by choosing each bend in the sequence of operations based upon the proposed bends.

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