Patent ID: 6576183
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: B23K,B23Q,B26D

Abstract:
An apparatus for cutting profiles in materials, the apparatus comprising a bed with a platform to support a workpiece to be cut, a workpiece cutting device mounted on a horizontally extending arm and movable along said arm, the arm being pivoted for arcuate swinging movement about a vertical axis, a template support positioned in co-planar relationship with the platform and adapted to support a cutting template, a template following device located above the template and adapted to track the required template profile, said device being rigidly connected by a U-shaped member with the cutting device, the U-shaped member being coupled to the pivoting arm and movable along said arm, the template following device having a sensor associated with a drive means adapted to move the template following device along the required profile defined by the template.