Orbital Friction Surfacing of Remanufactured Cast-Iron Components
AssigneeCaterpillar Inc.
InventorDale C. Grigorenko
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Abstract
The method of orbital friction surfacing of components using a consumable solid tool comprises rotating the consumable featureless solid tool, plunging the tool toward a component until a desired spindle force is attained, and moving the component relative to the tool to lay down a deposition of material.
Claims20
A machine for orbital friction surfacing of components that defines a Cartesian coordinate system including X, Y and Z axes, the machine comprising:
- at least one component that is movable along the X and Y axes and at least another component that is movable along the Z axis;
- a rotating spindle;
- a motor that powers the spindle;
- a tool attachment mechanism that is operatively associated with the rotating spindle, a position sensor and force transducer that are in communication or operative association with the spindle;
- and
- a controller that is configured to sense the position of the spindle via the position sensor and the force exerted on the spindle via the force transducer and to move at least one component that is movable along any of the X, Y and Z axes in order to maintain a desirable force exerted on the spindle.
The machine of claim 7, wherein the tool attachment mechanism includes a tool adapter the machine further comprises a tool adapter indexer.
A method of orbital friction surfacing of components using a consumable solid tool comprising:
- rotating the consumable solid tool;
- plunging the tool toward a component until a desired spindle force is attained;
- and
- moving the component relative to the tool to lay down a deposition of material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.