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US 6,272,726 B1Granted
Method for the manufacture of metal components requiring chip removing machining
AssigneeSandvik Aktiebolag
InventorIngemar Qvarth
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Abstract
Identical ring-shaped metal blanks are machined whereby each blank forms a plurality of identical components. The blanks are first machined on both sides, and then a stack of the blanks is clamped axially adjacent one another on an arbor. Tools machine the blanks for reshaping the blanks. One of the tools is a slitter which makes axial cuts through the stack to separate each blank into a plurality of components distributed around the axis.
Claims10
A method of manufacturing metal components, comprising the steps of:
- A) face-machining opposite sides of each of a plurality of ring-shaped metal blanks;
- B) securing the face-machined blanks on an arbor in axially adjacent relationship along an axis defined by the arbor, whereby the blanks are immovable relative to one another;
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- C) performing a plurality of different chip-removing machining operations on each blank for reshaping the blanks while the blanks remain secured on the arbor, one of the machining operations comprising employing a cutter for making axial cuts through the blanks in a direction parallel to the axis to separate each blank into a number of components distributed around the axis, wherein during a cutting operation an edge of the cutter is received in an axial groove formed between an outer periphery of the arbor and inner peripheries of all of the blanks.
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