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US 2006/0037441 A1Published application
Method for fabrication of electrophotographic cylinder cores
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorsSteven Cormier, Edward Miskinis, Dennis Grabb
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Abstract
This invention relates to a method for economically and efficiently producing cores for use in the production of an image cylinder or a blanket cylinder for use in an electrophotographic process.
Claims15
A method for producing precise outer diameter image cylinder cores of constant inner diameter from imprecise thin-walled seamless tubing, the method comprising:
- a) placing a length of the imprecise thin-walled tubing on a mandrel in intimate contact with the mandrel;
- b) machining the length of tubing to produce a precise outer diameter sleeve;
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- c) removing the precise outer diameter core from the mandrel.
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