Patent ID: 9346145
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: B23P,B24B

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for blending added material with base material on a manufactured component, the apparatus comprising: an abrasive device having an abrasive surface for removing exceeding added material and blending the added material with the base material, the abrasive surface performing in operation an abrasive motion, the abrasive surface defining a substantially circular shape along an extremity of the abrasive device; a guide fixed to perpendicular to the abrasive surface and providing a plurality of contact points exceeding at least a portion of the abrasive surface, the guide having a substantially elliptical shape defining a center, the center of the guide being positioned at a center of the circular shape of the abrasive surface; and a positioning mechanism for controlling position and angle of the abrasive surface and a point of contact of the guide with respect to the manufactured component, the positioning mechanism guiding in operation the abrasive surface along an abrasion direction while maintaining at least one of the plurality of contact points of the guide in contact with the manufactured component.