Method of manufacturing a toothed blade and apparatus for manufacturing such a blade
AssigneeLiberty Performance Steels Limited
InventorsCarl Jukes, Michael Horan
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Abstract
A method (100) of producing toothed blades from a strip material is disclosed. The method (100) comprises: laser cutting (102) the strip material to form a plurality of teeth in an edge of the strip material; and mechanically machining (104) the strip material to remove at least part of a heat-affected portion of the edge resulting from the laser cutting. A toothed blade production line (400; 500) arranged to produce toothed blades from a strip material is also disclosed.
Claims31
A method of producing toothed blades from a strip material, the method comprising:
- laser cutting the strip material to form a plurality of teeth in an edge of the strip material;
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- mechanically machining the strip material to remove at least part of a heat-affected portion of the edge resulting from the laser cutting.
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A toothed blade production line arranged to produce toothed blades from a strip material, the production line comprising:
- a laser cutting apparatus arranged to cut a plurality of teeth into an edge of the strip material;
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- a mechanical machining apparatus arranged to remove at least part of a heat-affected portion of the edge resulting from the laser cutting.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.