Loading device for a plunge cut grinding machine for centerless external cylindrical grinding and method for centerless external cylindrical grinding
AssigneeSchaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
InventorDaniel Seubold
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Abstract
A loading device for a plunge-cut grinding machine for centerless external cylindrical grinding includes a receiving frame, a support body, and a displacement actuator. The receiving frame is open in a gravitational direction and is for receiving a blank workpiece to be machined. The support body forms a support base for the blank workpiece. The displacement actuator is for axially displacing the receiving frame relative to the support body and into a grinding gap of the plunge-cut grinding machine. The receiving frame includes a conveying stop on an axially facing end face. The conveying stop is for axially expelling a final workpiece arranged in the grinding gap.
Claims13
A loading device for a plunge-cut grinding machine for centerless external cylindrical grinding, comprising
- a receiving frame, open in a gravitational direction, for receiving a blank workpiece to be machined;
- a support body forming a support base for the blank workpiece;
- and
- a displacement actuator for axially displacing the receiving frame relative to the support body and into a grinding gap of the plunge-cut grinding machine, wherein:
- the receiving frame comprises:
- a conveying stop on an axially facing end face;
- a positioning stop for axial abutment against an axial side of the blank workpiece that is facing away from the support body;
- and
- a flap on an axial side facing toward the grinding gap that comprises the positioning stop on an axial side facing away from the grinding gap;
- and
- the conveying stop is for axially expelling a final workpiece arranged in the grinding gap.
A loading device for a plunge-cut grinding machine for centerless external cylindrical grinding, comprising:
- a receiving frame, open in a gravitational direction, for receiving a blank workpiece to be machined;
- a support body forming a support base for the blank workpiece;
- and
- a displacement actuator for axially displacing the receiving frame relative to the support body and into a grinding gap of the plunge-cut grinding machine, wherein:
- the receiving frame comprises a conveying stop on an axially facing end face, the receiving frame is configured for:
- loading the blank workpiece into the grinding gap;
- and
- simultaneously removing a final workpiece from the grinding gap;
- and
- the conveying stop is for axially expelling the final workpiece arranged in the grinding gap.
A method for centerless external cylindrical grinding comprising:
- providing a loading device having a receiving frame open in a gravitational direction;
- inserting a first blank workpiece into the receiving frame and depositing the first blank workpiece on a support body;
- axially moving, via a displacement actuator, the receiving frame away from the support body and into a grinding gap of a plunge-cut grinding machine;
- conveying a first final workpiece, positioned in the grinding gap of the plunge-cut grinding machine, axially and out of the grinding gap;
- depositing the first blank workpiece into the grinding gap by gravity;
- axially moving the receiving frame onto the support body;
- and
- inserting a further blank workpiece into the receiving frame and depositing the further blank workpiece on the support body while the first blank workpiece is machined to produce a further final workpiece;
- wherein the receiving frame includes a conveying stop on an axially facing end face, the conveying stop is configured for axially expelling the further final workpiece arranged in the grinding gap;
- wherein the receiving frame is configured for:
- loading the first blank workpiece into the grinding gap;
- and
- simultaneously removing the first final workpiece from the grinding gap;
- wherein the support body forms a support base for the first blank workpiece.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.