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US 2024/0246188 A1Published application
Chamfer touch-off tool
OwnerDuane Aikeninventor
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Abstract
A touch-off device includes a control diameter for calibrating non-cylindrical chamfering tools.
Claims9
A chamfering tool calibration system, comprising:
- a touch-off device having a distal end and a proximal end, the distal end defining an aperture therein, the proximal end including a spring attached thereto;
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- a calibration housing having a cavity defined therein, the touch-off device being insertable in the cavity for compressing the spring, the aperture facing in an outward direction to define a control diameter;
- wherein a tip of a cutting tool is placed in the aperture, the tip being seated at least partly through the aperture as limited by the control diameter to ascertain width and height of the cutting tool to calibrate the cutting tool and formulate a chamfering tool path.
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An interchangeable contact element for a touch-off gauge, comprising:
- a body having a proximal end and a distal end;
- a spring connected to the proximal end and being connectable within a touch-off gauge housing;
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- the distal end having a control diameter formed therein, the control diameter being configured to receive a portion of a chamfering tool to ascertain width and height of the chamfering tool.
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A method of employing an interchangeable touch-off device, comprising:
- installing in a calibration device a touch-off device having a contact element defining a control diameter formed therein;
- placing the calibration device on a workpiece on a machining tool, the calibration device including a dial;
- lowering a tip of a chamfering tool into the control diameter of the contact element;
- continuing to lower the conical chamfering tool until the calibration device is centered on the chamfering tool;
- adjusting a height of the chamfering tool until the dial reads zero;
- touching the tool calibration command on a controller of the machining tool;
- deducting a height of the calibration device from a value determined by the controller to produce a new value;
- inputting the new value;
- raising the chamfering tool;
- removing the calibration device from the workpiece;
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- using the calibrated chamfering tool to chamfer the workpiece.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.