Method and apparatus for manufacturing endless metallic belt, and the endless metallic belt manufactured by the method
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMasahiko Mitsubayashi, Masazumi Onishi, Hideo Aihara
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Abstract
A method and apparatus of manufacturing an endless metallic belt adjusts a circumferential length of the belt by subjecting the endless metallic belt to a shot peening treatment. For example, by measuring the circumferential length prior to the shot peening treatment and determining the condition of the shot peening treatment on the basis of the measured length, and/or by measuring the circumferential length during the shot peening treatment and terminating the shot peening treatment on the basis of the measured length.
Claims22
A method of manufacturing an endless metallic belt, comprising the steps of:
- adjusting a condition of a shot peening treatment to adjust a circumferential length of the endless metallic belt;
- applying the shot peening treatment to the endless metallic belt;
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- measuring the circumferential length of the endless metallic belt prior to applying the shot peening treatment, and wherein the adjusting step includes determining the condition of the shot peening treatment on the basis of the measured circumferential length.
A method of manufacturing an endless metallic belt, comprising the steps of:
- adjusting a condition of a shot peening treatment to adjust a circumferential length of the endless metallic belt;
- applying the shot peening treatment to the endless metallic belt;
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- measuring the circumferential length of the endless metallic belt while the endless belt is subjected to the shot peening treatment, and wherein the adjusting step includes adjusting the shot peening treatment on the basis of the measured circumferential length.
An apparatus for manufacturing an endless metallic belt, comprising:
- at least two rollers upon which the endless metallic belt rotates in tension;
- an ejection nozzle that ejects shot peening particles against the endless metallic belt during rotation of the endless metallic belt during a shot peening treatment;
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- an instrument that measures a change of a circumferential length of the endless metallic belt during the shot peening treatment.
An apparatus for manufacturing an endless metallic belt, comprising:
- at least two rollers upon which the endless metallic belt rotates in tension;
- an ejection nozzle that ejects shot peening particles against the metallic belt during rotation of the endless metallic belt during a shot peening treatment;
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- a blocking mechanism that prevents the shot peening particles from striking the endless metallic belt.
An apparatus for manufacturing an endless metallic belt, comprising:
- at least two rollers upon which the endless metallic belt rotates in tension;
- an ejection nozzle that ejects shot peening particles against the metallic belt during rotation of the endless metallic belt during a shot peening treatment;
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- a detector that detects a slipping of the endless metallic belt on at least one of the two rollers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.