Quick change rotor alignment feature
AssigneeCaterpillar Paving Products Inc.
InventorsCraig T. Hedstrom, Nicholas B. Johnson, Ryan Hutar, Eric S. Engelmann, Mario Persano
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AssigneeCaterpillar Paving Products Inc.
InventorsCraig T. Hedstrom, Nicholas B. Johnson, Ryan Hutar, Eric S. Engelmann, Mario Persano
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A milling machine can include a frame, a milling assembly including a cutting rotor and a rotor housing coupled to the frame, the cutting rotor including a rotor shell positioned around a spindle, and a first axial alignment feature on one of the rotor shell or the spindle, the first axial alignment feature including a physical feature on a surface of the rotor shell or the spindle, the physical feature being positioned and configured to contact an opposing flat surface of the opposing rotor shell or spindle so as to guide the rotor shell and the spindle into a co-axial alignment as the rotor shell is loaded axially onto the spindle.
A milling machine comprising:
A milling assembly comprising:
A method of connecting a rotor shell to a spindle of a milling machine, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.