Friction welding head with two-piece clamping collet
AssigneeTaylor-Winfield Technologies, Inc.
InventorsFrank L. Deley, Jr., Phillip James Truitt
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Abstract
A linear friction welding machine having a two-piece collet for holding a workpiece. The two-piece collet includes first and second halves that can be separated for loading the workpiece in a transverse direction, and brought together about the workpiece and locked in place to both secure the workpiece against axial movement as well as support the workpiece against transverse loads.
Claims16
A linear friction welding machine comprising a two-piece collet assembly, wherein the two-piece collet assembly includes first and second collet halves moveable between an open configuration for loading and unloading an associated workpiece in a transverse direction and a closed configuration securing the workpiece for linear friction welding operations, and wherein the collet halves are supported by a body of a welding head of the linear friction welding machine, each of the collet halves slideable relative to the body in a direction perpendicular to the transverse direction.
A welding head comprising a two-piece collet assembly for securing an associated workpiece in the head during welding, wherein the two-piece collet assembly includes first and second collet halves moveable between an open configuration for loading and unloading the associated workpiece in a transverse direction and a closed configuration securing the associated workpiece against transverse and longitudinal movement relative to the welding head, and wherein the collet halves are supported by a body of the welding head, each of the collet halves slideable relative to the body in a direction perpendicular to the transverse direction.
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