Patent ID: 7933680

Claim:
A tangential manufacturing system, comprising: at least one motorized centrifuge having a base, and an axle with an axis of rotation; at least one workpiece fixture disposed on said base of each of said centrifuges for attaching at least one workpiece to its respective centrifuge; a material release system having an energy source for adding sufficient energy to the surface of a workpiece held in said fixture to release material from the workpiece; a containment structure surrounding said centrifuge for controlling the manufacturing environment immediately surrounding said centrifuge and preventing unwanted materials and gases from interfering with the manufacturing process; a control system for at least controlling said material release system; and at least two optical guide arms radially extending from said axle, each of said guide arms having proximal and distal ends and include reflecting means to direct beams from said energy source to the workpiece; wherein said reflecting means comprises upper and lower distal mirrors disposed at said distal ends, and further wherein said axle is hollow and includes an opening at its upper end and one proximal mirror axially disposed within said axle for each of said guide arms, whereby when said beam is directed through the opening in said axle, it is split into divergent beams by said proximal mirrors and directed radially through each of said optical guide arms to said upper distal mirrors, at which point they are directed downwardly to said lower distal mirrors, which reflect the beams to the workpieces.