Patent ID: 11858160
Assignee: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A cutting system for cutting a seal, the cutting system comprising:
an ultrasonic cutter tool disposed onto a railing system coupled to a platform, wherein the ultrasonic cutter tool is configured to translate along the railing system;
a power source electrically coupled to the ultrasonic cutter tool;
an alignment mold disposed parallel to the railing system and offset by a distance; and
one or more roller bearing carriages coupled to the railing system, wherein:
each of the one or more roller bearing carriages comprises a set of roller bearings;
each set of roller bearings is disposed over the alignment mold to align a gap between each set of roller bearings with an apex of the alignment mold such that the seal is configured to bend over the apex; and
each set of roller bearings is configured to translate along the alignment mold as each of the one or more roller bearing carriages translates along the railing system.