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US 10,265,777 B2Granted
Spacer for arbor of machining system, machining system incorporating same, and associated method
AssigneeBourn & Koch, Inc.
InventorLoyd L. Koch
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Abstract
A spacer for gear hobbing machine, a gear hobbing machine incorporating same, and an associated method are provided. The spacer includes a bore. One or more adjustment members are carried by the spacer and adjustable into and out of the bore. Adjustment of the adjustment members allows for varying the position of the spacer when mounted on an arbor of the gear hobbing machine.
Claims18
A spacer for an arbor of a machining system, the spacer comprising:
- a cylindrical body having a bore therethrough and defining an axis in an axial direction, wherein the bore has a first portion at a first diameter and a second portion at a second diameter less than the first diameter;
- a plurality of adjustment members extending through the cylindrical body and in communication with the bore, wherein each one of the plurality of adjustment members is movable in a radial direction;
- wherein the plurality of adjustment members are extendable into the first portion of the bore;
- and
- wherein the first portion has a first axial length and the second portion has a second axial length, the second axial length less than the first axial length.
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A spacer for an arbor of a matching system, the spacer comprising:
- a cylindrical body having a bore therethrough and defining an axis in an axial direction, wherein the bore has a first portion at a first diameter and a second portion at a second diameter less than the first diameter;
- a plurality of adjustment members extending through the cylindrical body and in communication with the bore, wherein each one of the plurality of adjustment members is movable in a radial direction;
- wherein each one of the plurality of adjustment members is moveable within an associated adjustment member bore;
- wherein each adjustment member bore is threaded and wherein each adjustment member of the plurality of adjustment members is a threaded set screw;
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- wherein a biasing member is situated within each adjustment member bore and is arranged to bias the threaded set screw associated with the adjustment member bore.
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A spacer for an arbor of a matching system, the spacer comprising:
- a cylindrical body having a bore therethrough and defining an axis in an axial direction, wherein the bore has a first portion at a first diameter and a second portion at a second diameter less than the first diameter;
- a plurality of adjustment members extending through the cylindrical body and in communication with the bore, wherein each one of the plurality of adjustment members is movable in a radial direction;
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- wherein at least one of the plurality of adjustment members is axially spaced from remaining ones of the plurality of adjustment members.
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A machining system, comprising:
- a frame;
- an arbor rotatably mounted to the frame, the arbor rotatable about an arbor axis;
- a spindle rotatably mounted to the frame, the spindle rotatable about a spindle axis, the spindle axis transverse to the arbor axis;
- at least one cutting tool mounted to the arbor;
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- at least one spacer mounted to the arbor, the at least one spacer comprising:
- a cylindrical body having a bore extending through the body, the bore defining a spacer axis, wherein the bore has a first portion at a first diameter and a second portion at a second diameter less than the first diameter, and wherein the first portion has a first axial length and the second portion has a second axial length, the second axial length less than the first axial length;
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- a plurality of adjustment members carried by the body the plurality of adjustment members movable into and out of the first portion of the bore in a direction perpendicular to the spacer axis.
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A method for locating a cutting tool along an arbor of a machining system, the method comprising:
- installing a cutting tool on the arbor;
- installing at least one spacer on the arbor, the spacer including a bore and a plurality of adjustment members movable into and out of the bore, wherein the bore has a first portion at a first diameter and a second portion at a second diameter less than the first diameter, wherein the first portion has a first axial length and the second portion has a second axial length, the second axial length less than the first axial length, wherein the plurality of adjustment members are extendable into the first portion of the bore;
- rotating the arbor and simultaneously contacting a surface of the cutting tool to provide a first dimensional indication of the cutting tool as it rotates with the arbor;
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- adjusting at least one of the plurality of adjustment members of the at least one spacer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.