US 4,396,836 AGranted

Automated contour deburring apparatus

OwnerErnest M. Vitaliani, Gordon E. Mayerinventors

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Abstract

An automated part contour deburring apparatus has a deburring station which includes a pair of deburring brushes with a pair of gripping rollers disposed on either side of the brushes. The brushes and rollers in the respective pairs thereof are movably adjustable toward and away from each other simultaneously as they cooperate to transfer a part through the station. The adjustment to the positions of the brushes and rollers is determined through operation of stepping motors by a microprocessor-based controller. The contour profile of the part is sensed by banks of light emitters and detectors as the part is fed into the station. The controller repetitively reads the part contour profile and operates the motors to adjust the positions of the brushes and rollers so that they will accommodate the profile of the part as it moves through the station.

Claims11

Dependent claims

Apparatus for contour deburring of parts having varying sizes and shapes, comprising:

a. a part deburring station having an entrance and exit;
b. means located adjacent the entrance of said station for feeding a part into said station;
c. means located adjacent the exit of said station for transporting the part from said station;
d. means positioned adjacent said part feeding means for sensing the contour profile of the part being fed into said station;
e. means mounted in said station for gripping the part and simultaneously transferring it through said station from said part feeding means to said part transporting means;
f. means mounted in said station for deburring the part as it is being transferred through said station by said part gripping means;
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g. control means interconnecting said part contour profile sensing means to said gripping means and to said deburring means and operable in response to said sensing of the contour profile of the part for adjusting said gripping means and said deburring means to accommodate the particular size and shape of the part as it is transferred through said station.

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Facts

Application: 06/271,878Filed 9 Jun 1981
Granted: 2 Aug 1983
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

B24B 29/005
Machines or devices for polishing surfaces on work by means of tools made of soft or flexible material with or without the application of solid…
B24B 7/12
Single-purpose machines or devices: for grinding travelling elongated stock, e.g. strip-shaped work
B24B 9/002
Machines or devices designed for grinding edges or bevels on work or for removing burrs; Accessories therefor: for travelling workpieces
B24B 49/00
Measuring or gauging equipment for controlling the feed movement of the grinding