Patent ID: 9372076
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: G01B,G05B

Claim Text:
1. A method of aligning a portable machining system to a pipe end portion comprising: providing a portable machining system including a main spindle having a cutting bar and a measurement sensor radially spaced from the cutting bar on the main spindle; automatically rotating the measurement sensor with the main spindle about a pipe end portion in a first measurement plane to generate a first set of measurement data associated with the pipe end portion; translating the measurement sensor with the main spindle relative to a length of the pipe end portion from the first measurement plane to a second measurement plane that is separated from the first measurement plane by a linear distance; automatically rotating the measurement sensor with the main spindle about the pipe end portion in the second measurement plane to generate a second set of measurement data associated with the pipe end portion; and processing the first set of measurement data and the second set of measurement data with a processing module to determine a center and an axis of the pipe end portion.