Patent ID: 11958165
Assignee: ZEEKO INNOVATIONS LIMITED
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 10:
11. A system for shaping a workpiece, comprising:
a plurality of shaping tools;
a shaping machine for moving a shaping tool along a tool path over a workpiece;
a measuring means to generate data representing an actual shape of the workpiece;
one or more databases configured to store:
data representing the actual shape of the workpiece;
data representing a required shape of the workpiece;
identity, form and wear data relating to each of the said plurality of shaping tools;

a processor means for:
determining a required form of a shaping tool on the basis of the data representing the required shape of the workpiece;
selecting from said plurality of shaping tools a shaping tool which has the required form for shaping the workpiece;
determining an amount and distribution of material to be removed from the workpiece on the basis of the data representing the actual shape and the data representing the required shape of the workpiece;
determining a tool path for moving the selected shaping tool over the workpiece in a shaping operation to remove the said material from the workpiece;
wherein the selected shaping tool and data representing the determined tool path are provided to the shaping machine; and
the shaping machine is operable to shape the workpiece by moving the selected shaping tool over the workpiece surface along the determined tool path.