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US 2001/0045002 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for the manufacture of metal components requiring chip removing machining
AssigneeSandvik Aktiebolag
InventorIngemar Qvarth
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Abstract
Identical ring-shaped metal blanks are machined whereby each blank forms a plurality of identical components. The blanks are first machined on both sides, and then a stack of the blanks is clamped axially adjacent one another on an arbor. Tools machine the blanks for reshaping the blanks. One of the tools is a slitter which makes axial cuts through the stack to separate each blank into a plurality of components distributed around the axis.
Claims15
A method of manufacturing metal components, comprising the steps of:
- A) face-machining opposite sides of each of a plurality of ring-shaped metal blanks;
- B) securing the face-machined blanks in axially adjacent relationship along an axis, whereby the blanks are immovable relative to one another;
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- C) performing a plurality of different chip-removing machining operations on each blank for reshaping the blanks, one of the machining operations comprising making axial cuts through the blanks in a direction parallel to the axis to separate each blank into a number of components distributed around the axis.
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An apparatus for machining metal components, comprising:
- an arbor defining an axis, the arbor having a stop surface at one axial end thereof and a clamp at an opposite axial end thereof;
- a set of ring-shaped metal blanks clamped on the arbor between the stop surface and the clamp so as to be immovable relative to one another;
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- a plurality of machining tools for performing a plurality of different chip-removing machining operations on each blank for reshaping the blanks, one of the machining tools arranged for making axial cuts through the blanks in a direction parallel to the axis for separating each blank into a number of components distributed around the axis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.