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US 11,198,183 B2Granted
Tail stock for a long vertically suspended workpiece that will experience heat expansion
AssigneeBaker Hughes, A Ge Company, LLC
InventorsDavid K. Luce, Crystal A. Parrott, Stephen L. Wiedmann
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Abstract
A method of supporting a rotating member of a tailstock includes rotating a rotating member coupled to a workpiece support slidably mounted in a housing of the tailstock, causing the rotating member to shift along a longitudinal axis in a first direction, and measuring an amount of vertical displacement of the rotating member.
Claims8
A method of supporting a rotating member of a tailstock comprising:
- rotating a rotating member coupled to a workpiece support slidably mounted in a housing of the tailstock;
- causing the rotating member to shift along a longitudinal axis in a first direction;
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- measuring, during operation, an amount of displacement of the rotating member along the longitudinal axis with a displacement sensor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.