Sharpening radial teeth on the surface of a disk

Abstract

A method for sharpening radially extending teeth on a disk included: 1) sharpening a tooth by moving the disk relative to a cutting head, 2) separating the disk from the cutting head, 3) indexing the disk to the next tooth, 4) engaging the cutting head with the next tooth, and repeating steps 1)-4) until sharpening is complete. A machine for sharpening teeth includes: a table movable in the x-y plane, an angle plate mounted on the table for holding a disk, a digital indexer for rotating the disk, a cutting head for sharpening the teeth, and a computer for the controlling the movement of the disk relative to the cutting head by sequentially moving the disk via movement of the table and rotation of the disk on the angle plate. A rotary cutting head has a cutting element affixed at a periphery of the head.

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