US 12,233,614 B2
Auto extruded split/spherical tee and full encirclement saddle
Rizk Ghafari, Sugar Land, TX (US); Keith Kobayashi, Sugar Land, TX (US); and Gerald Blackwell, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Appl. No. 17/311,282
Filed by TEAM INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INC., Sugar Land, TX (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 6, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/065031
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 4, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/118229, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 11, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/776,710, filed on Dec. 7, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0055328 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. B21C 37/29 (2006.01); B23P 23/06 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B29D 23/00 (2006.01); F16L 47/32 (2006.01); F16L 57/00 (2006.01)
CPC B29D 23/003 (2013.01) [B21C 37/29 (2013.01); B23P 23/06 (2013.01); B25J 9/1687 (2013.01); B25J 9/1697 (2013.01); B25J 11/0065 (2013.01); B25J 15/0019 (2013.01); F16L 47/32 (2013.01); F16L 57/00 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A manufacturing cell for automated manufacture of pipe reinforcement components from raw material plates, the manufacturing cell comprising:
an input conveyor for the raw material plates;
one or more ovens for heating the raw material plates;
one or more extrusion presses for extruding the heated raw material plates into one or more pipe reinforcement components;
an output conveyor for the pipe reinforcement components;
a robotic device disposed on and movable along a fixed track, wherein the robotic device is configured to move the raw material plates between the input conveyor, the one or more ovens, the one or more extrusion presses, and the output conveyor, the robotic device comprising:
one or more arms comprising a magnetic gripper;
a QR code reader; and
at least one optical recognition device for determining an identity, size, and shape of the raw material plates, wherein the optical recognition device is configured to determine a height of a stack of the raw material plates and determine the shape of the raw material plates in the stack; and
a control room having one or more computer processors for transmitting instructions for the automated manufacture of the pipe reinforcement components and receiving information from the robotic device, wherein the one or more computer processors is configured to:
receive the height of the stack of the raw material plates from the robotic device and calculate a number of the raw material plates in the stack based on the height;
receive the shape of the raw material plates in the stack from the robotic device and determine variations in dimensions of the raw material plates in the stack based on the shape of the raw material plates in the stack; and
transmit instructions to the robotic device to select one or more of the raw material plates in the stack based on the variations in dimensions of the raw material plates in the stack.