Centrifugal barrel polishing device and barrel polishing method
AssigneeSintokogio, Ltd.
InventorsKazuyoshi MAEDA, Norihito SHIBUYA
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Abstract
A centrifugal barrel includes a disc-like turret configured to turn about a revolution shaft, a plurality of barrel tanks each installed in the turret via a rotation shaft and configured to turn about the rotation shaft, a rotating mechanism configured to turn the turret and the barrel tanks, and a tilting mechanism configured to tilt the revolution shaft of the turret with respect to a horizontal plane and to tilt each rotation shaft with respect to the horizontal plane. By tilting each rotation shaft with respect to the horizontal plane, it is possible to prevent the workpieces from being damaged.
Claims18
A centrifugal barrel polishing machine that polishes workpieces by rotating and revolving a barrel tank containing a mass including the workpieces and a polishing medium, comprising:
- a disc-like turret configured to turn about a revolution shaft;
- a plurality of barrel tanks each installed in the turret via a rotation shaft and configured to turn about the rotation shaft;
- a rotating mechanism configured to turn the turret and the barrel tanks;
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- a tilting mechanism configured to tilt the revolution shaft of the turret with respect to a horizontal plane and to tilt each rotation shaft with respect to the horizontal plane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.