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US 2020/0047311 A1Published application
Methods and apparatus
AssigneeNcmt Limited
InventorsAdrian MAUGHAN, Ian TAYLOR
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Abstract
A dresser apparatus for dressing a grinding wheel, the apparatus comprising a dresser cradle unit for holding a dresser roll, and a rotary drive for driving the dresser roll, wherein the dresser cradle unit is removable from the rotary drive.
Claims47
A dresser apparatus for dressing a grinding wheel, the apparatus comprising:
- a dresser cradle unit for holding a dresser roll, and
- a rotary drive for driving the dresser roll, wherein the dresser cradle unit is removable from the rotary drive.
A method of changing the dresser roll of a dresser apparatus for dressing a grinding wheel, the method comprising:
- disengaging a drive linkage between a rotary drive of a dresser apparatus and a first dresser roll held in a dresser cradle unit, wherein the rotary drive is arranged to drive the dresser roll about a rotation axis and a seat is arranged to locate the dresser cradle unit in a selected position along the rotation axis;
- releasing the dresser cradle unit from the seat;
- removing the dresser cradle unit from the seat;
- seating a replacement dresser cradle unit in the seat, wherein the dresser cradle unit carries a second dresser roll;
- and, reengaging the drive linkage.
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A removable dresser roll cradle for a grinding machine, the dresser roll cradle comprising:
- a dresser roll coupling for coupling a dresser roll mandrel of the cradle to a rotary drive;
- a base having a locator configured to locate the cradle in a seat for engagement of the dresser roll coupling with the rotary drive.
A rotary drive unit for a dresser roll cradle of a grinding machine, the rotary drive unit comprising:
- a drive housing for encapsulating a rotary drive separate from a removable dresser roll cradle unit;
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- wherein the drive housing carries a drive coupling for coupling the rotary drive to the dresser cradle unit to drive a dresser roll of said removable dresser roll cradle unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.