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US 7,037,173 B2Granted
Method of grinding
AssigneeToyota Koki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMakoto Nonoyama, Keita Goto, Manabu Kuribayashi
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Abstract
A grinding method comprises steps of simultaneously grinding plural grinding portions of a workpiece by plural grinding wheels T1, T2 moved individually each other, and terminating said grinding by a predetermined grinding wheel T1 prior to a termination of said grinding by the other grinding wheel T2. Whereby, a content of the grinding by each grinding wheel T1, T2 can be same. A grinding condition in each grinding by each grinding wheel T1, T2 can be changed in accordance with a measuring result of the grinding portion in the grinding.
Claims5
A grinding method comprising the steps of:
- providing a plurality of grinding wheels;
- selecting a predetermined grinding wheel from the plurality of grinding wheels;
- simultaneously grinding plural grinding portions of a workpiece using plural grinding wheels, wherein the step of selecting a predetermined grinding wheel from the plurality of grinding wheels is performed prior to said step of simultaneously grinding plural grinding portions of a workpiece using the plural grinding wheels;
- individually controlling each of said grinding wheels during said grinding step;
- and
- controlling said grinding step such that grinding by the predetermined grinding wheel is terminated prior to a termination of grinding by the other grinding wheel,
- wherein said predetermined grinding wheel remains in contact with said grinding portion after said termination of grinding;
- and
- said predetermined grinding wheel is retracted at first in slow speed at the same time with the other grinding wheel after said termination of said grinding by the other grinding wheel and then in rapid speed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.