Patent ID: 9610730
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: B29C,B29L,G06F,G06T

Claim:
1. A method for reworking an inconsistency on a part, the method comprising: identifying information about the inconsistency on the part using data generated by a nondestructive evaluation system; removing a portion of a section of the part in which the inconsistency is located based on the information about the inconsistency; identifying a profile for the section of the part; generating rework image data using the profile in which the rework image data comprises a number of patch images and a number of hole images; projecting the number of hole images onto the part as a number of hole projections around the inconsistency; forming a number of holes in the part using the number of hole projections of the number of hole images on the part around the inconsistency, wherein the number of holes is configured to prevent the inconsistency from increasing in size; and projecting the number of patch images onto a rework material as a number of patch projections for use in forming a patch to be applied over the section of the part and the number of holes in the part.