Patent ID: 11911815
Assignee: NOVELIS INC.
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 12:
13. A robotic assembly comprising:
a surface inspection unit;
a robotic manipulator coupleable with the surface inspection unit to manipulate an angular orientation of the surface inspection unit; and
a controller operatively coupleable with the robotic manipulator to cause the robotic manipulator to alter the angular orientation of the surface inspection unit relative to at least one of an angled segment of a metal strip subject to a change in angle during processing or a coil subject to a change in size during rotation of the coil about a mandrel;
wherein the metal strip comprises a top face facing upward and a bottom face facing downward,
wherein the surface inspection unit comprises at least one sensor operable to detect a characteristic of a surface of the strip of metal, the surface defined in the angled segment or in the coil;
wherein the robotic assembly facilitates detection by the at least one sensor of the top face and the bottom face,
wherein the at least one sensor comprises multiple sensors,
wherein the robotic assembly facilitates simultaneous detection of the top face and the bottom face by the multiple sensors,
wherein the multiple sensors comprise a first sensor for detecting the angled segment and a second sensor for detecting the coil, and
wherein the robotic assembly comprises a robotic manipulator supporting the first sensor and the second sensor.