Self-forming tooling for an orbital polishing machine and method for producing the same
AssigneeExtrude Hone Corporation
InventorsJames Randall Gilmore, Lawrence J. Rhoades
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Abstract
A method for producing, from a blank, restrictive tooling for use in an orbital polishing machine involves urging one of either the workpiece or the blank along a predetermined path against the other to physically impart a proportioned contour of the workpiece into the blank, thereby producing the restrictive tooling. Using this method, the same orbital polishing machine may be used to produce the restrictive tooling and to subsequently polish the workpiece.
Claims29
A method for producing, from a blank, restrictive tooling or a pattern or mold from which to produce restrictive tooling for use with a flowable abrasive media upon a workpiece in an orbital polishing machine wherein the workpiece has a particular contour, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) urging one of either the workpiece or the blank along a predetermined path against the other to physically impart a proportioned contour of the workpiece into the blank, thereby producing the restrictive tooling, pattern or mold within the blank to form a contoured blank and
- b) using the contoured blank produced by the workpiece to polish the workpiece with flowable abrasive media or to produce a part that will polish the workpiece with flowable abrasive media.
A method using an orbital polishing machine for producing restrictive tooling or a pattern or mold from which to produce restrictive tooling that may be used in an orbital polishing operation comprising the steps of:
- a) mounting upon a first platen of an orbital grinding machine a workpiece;
- b) mounting upon an opposing second platen of the orbital grinding machine a blank made of a material softer than that of the workpiece;
- c) energizing the orbital polishing machine to produce relative motion between the workpiece and the blank;
- d) advancing the first platen and the second platen toward each other until the workpiece penetrates the blank a predetermined depth to define a cavity or “core”;
- e) after the cavity has been formed and a contoured blank produced, retracting the first platen and the second platen from each other;
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- f) using the contoured blank produced by the workpiece to polish the workpiece with flowable abrasive media or to produce a part that will polish the workpiece with flowable abrasive media.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.