Vibratory grinding device
AssigneeRösler Holding GmbH
InventorsRalf Müller, Dennis Eichenberg
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Abstract
A vibratory grinding device has a work container and a grinding body removal device by which grinding bodies can be led out of the work container.
Claims20
A vibratory grinding device for the vibratory grinding of workpieces by means of machining media in the form of grinding bodies, said vibratory grinding device comprising:
- a work container for receiving the grinding bodies, the work container having a workpiece holder, the workpiece holder being connected to the work container and with at least one workpiece being fastenable to the work container by the workpiece holder;
- a nozzle for introducing process liquid into the work container;
- a drain strainer at a base of the work container, the drain strainer configured to drain the process liquid from the work container;
- an outlet opening at an outer wall of the work container, the outlet opening separate from and elevated from the drain strainer;
- a temporary store separate from the work container;
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- a grinding body withdrawal device having a vacuum source that generates a vacuum and sucks air and the grinding bodies out of the work container through the outlet opening and transfers the grinding bodies to the temporary store.
A method of operating a vibratory grinding device, said vibratory grinding device comprising a work container for receiving the grinding bodies and a process liquid, the work container having a workpiece holder, the workpiece holder being connected to the work container and with at least one workpiece being fastenable to the work container by the workpiece holder;
- and a grinding body withdrawal device that transfers the grinding bodies from the work container into a temporary store, the method comprising the steps of:
- vibrating first the work container in order to set the grinding bodies located therein into motion and to grind the workpieces;
- subsequently putting the grinding body withdrawal device into operation in order to transfer the grinding bodies from the work container into the temporary store while the work container is vibrated;
- draining the process liquid from the work container prior to removal of the grinding bodies from the work container;
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- withdrawing air and the grinding bodies together out of the work container with a vacuum source which is part of the grinding body withdrawal device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.