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US 2019/0054588 A1Published application
Tool for facilitating the machining of recessed inserts
AssigneeROLLS-ROYCE plc
InventorDavid DeYoe
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates generally to a tool that facilitates machining of inserts mounted in a primary component. More specifically, tools according to the present disclosure may be designed to support removal of recessed inserts in primary components without damaging the underlying primary components.
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A tool for facilitating the removal of recessed inserts from a primary component, the tool comprising
- a tool body including an interface panel with a first side adapted to be placed in contact with an outer surface of the primary component and formed to define an interface-piece aperture sized to allow a machine tool to extend through the interface panel toward a recessed insert assembled with the primary component so that the outer surface of the primary component around the interface-piece aperture is protected from the machine tool when the machine tool is inserted through the interface-piece aperture,
- a guide coupled to the tool body along a second side of the interface panel, opposite the first side, the guide formed to include an angled tool-receiver surface that (i) surrounds a guide aperture aligned with the interface-piece aperture, and (ii) that is shaped to slope toward the guide aperture so as to encourage a machine tool moving toward the guide through the guide aperture and the interface-piece aperture;
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- a recess plug coupled to the interface piece of the tool body, the recess plug configured to extend away from the first side of the interface piece into a recess that extends from the outer surface of the primary component, and the recess plug formed to define a plug aperture aligned with the interface-piece aperture and sized to allow the machine tool to extend through the recess plug toward the recessed insert so that the side surface of the primary component that defines that recess is protected from the machine tool when the machine tool is inserted through the plug aperture.
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A tool for facilitating the removal of recessed inserts from a primary component, the tool comprising
- a tool body including an interface panel with a first side adapted to be placed in contact with an outer surface of the primary component and formed to define an interface-piece aperture sized to allow a machine tool to extend through the interface panel toward a recessed insert assembled with the primary component so that the outer surface of the primary component around the interface-piece aperture is protected from the machine tool when the machine tool is inserted through the interface-piece aperture,
- a recess plug coupled to the interface piece of the tool body, the recess plug configured to extend away from the first side of the interface piece into a recess that extends from the outer surface of the primary component, the recess plug formed to define a plug aperture aligned with the interface-piece aperture and sized to allow the machine tool to extend through the recess plug toward the recessed insert so that the side surface of the primary component around the recess is protected from the machine tool when the machine tool is inserted through the plug aperture, and
- a lighting system including a plurality of lights mounted to the tool body and configured to illuminate the interface-piece aperture so that the machine tool is visible when the machine tool is inserted through the interface-piece aperture.
A tool for facilitating the removal of recessed inserts from a primary component, the tool comprising
- a tool body including an interface panel with a first side adapted to be placed in contact with an outer surface of the primary component and formed to define an interface-piece aperture sized to allow a machine tool to extend through the interface panel toward a recessed insert assembled with the primary component so that the outer surface of the primary component around the interface-piece aperture is protected from the machine tool when the machine tool is inserted through the interface-piece aperture,
- a recess plug, the recess plug coupled to the interface piece of the tool body and configured to extend away from the first side of the interface piece into a recess that extends from the outer surface of the primary component, the recess plug formed to define a plug aperture aligned with the interface-piece aperture and sized to allow the machine tool to extend through the recess plug toward the recessed insert so that the side surface of the primary component that defines the recess is protected from the machine tool when the machine tool is inserted through the plug aperture;
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- a vacuum system including at least one vacuum port arranged in fluid communication with a tool passageway defined by the interface-piece aperture and the plug aperture in order to remove debris generated by the machine tool when used to remove an insert.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.