Abstract: A method of producing a kitting foam, a kitting foam produced by such a method and a system for performing such a method is provided. Once a 2.5-dimensional computer model has been created using a Computer-Aided Design (CAD) package in computer 40 using a photograph and depth information, the model is input to a Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) package being stored and ran on a second computer 42 which may be part of, or may be configured to communicate with, an automated cutting machine 44. The CAM package derives the most efficient cutter path for cutting out a pocket in a kitting foam blank in accordance with the 2.5-dimensional computer model. The pocket has a varying depth profile conforming to the varying depth profile of the three dimensional shape of the computer model.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 12, 2013
Publication date:
September 19, 2013
Applicant:
REPLICADE LIMITED
Inventors:
Joseph Robert Carty, Alistair David Carty