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US 4,626,299 AGranted
Method of attaching guideways to a machine tool bed
AssigneeThe Warner & Swasey Company
InventorsEdwin L. Knight, William S. Shea
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Abstract
A fixture (50) is used to precisely locate the horizontal (20, 30) and vertical (10) guideways on the bed (40) of a grinding machine. After locating the guideways (10, 20, 30), a bonding material (70) is placed in the spaces (1, 2, 3) between the guideways (10, 20, 30) and grinding machine bed (40). After the fixture (50) is removed, bolts (80) are tightened to apply a compressive force on the bonding material (70) located between the vertical guideway (10) and the machine tool bed (40).
Claims6
A method of attaching guideways (10, 20, 30) to a machine tool bed (40), comprising the steps of:
- attaching a plurality of guideways (10, 20, 30) to a fixture (50) to hold said guideways in a predetermined spaced relationship;
- locating the fixture (50) in a predetermined relationship to said bed (40) so that there is a respective space (1, 2, 3) between each of said guideways (10, 20, 30) and said bed (40);
- filling the space (1, 2, 3) between said guideways (10, 20, 30) and said bed with a bonding material (70);
- allowing the bonding material (70) to harden to bond each of said guideways (10, 20, 30) to said bed (40) and;
- removing the fixture (50) from the guideways (10, 20, 30).
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.