Rail re-profiling method and apparatus
AssigneeGreenleaf Technology Corporation
InventorsDonald R. Hughes, Charles D. Grabowski
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Abstract
A method of milling a profile of a railway rail comprises: rotating a milling cutter including a plurality of face mounted cutting inserts mounted about a periphery thereof; milling a railway rail with cutting edges of the cutting inserts rotating in a predetermined plane corresponding to at least a portion of a desired rail profile while controlling the depth of cut of the cutting inserts; traversing the railway rail with the milling cutter while milling the railway rail; and controlling the speed of traverse of the milling cutter along the railway rail.
Claims18
A method of milling a profile of a railway rail comprising:
- rotating a milling cutter including a plurality of face mounted cutting inserts mounted about a periphery thereof;
- milling a railway rail with cutting edges of the cutting inserts rotating in a predetermined plane corresponding to at least a portion of a desired rail profile while controlling the depth of cut of the cutting inserts;
- traversing the railway rail with the milling cutter while milling the railway rail;
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- controlling the speed of traverse of the milling cutter along the railway rail.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.