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US 7,118,459 B2Granted
Dressing tool for profiling the tip area of a threaded grinding wheel
AssigneeThe Gleason Works
InventorsAntoine Turich, Engelbert Schauer
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Abstract
A dressing tool for profiling the tip area of a threaded grinding wheel used for continuous generation grinding. Concave working faces (13) are arranged in a cylindrical surface of the dressing tool (7) and coated with an abrasive coating. The pitch (P) of said working faces (13) corresponds to the pitch of the grinding wheel (3). The dressing tool (7) can be brought into rolling engagement with the grinding wheel (3) under crossed axes.
Claims6
Dressing tool for profiling only the tip area of a threaded grinding wheel used for continuous generation grinding, said tool comprising:
- concave working faces (13) arranged in a cylindrical surface of the dressing tool (7) at a pitch (P), said working faces (13) being coated with an abrasive coating with said pitch (P) corresponding to the pitch of the grinding wheel (3), the dressing tool (7) being positionable into rolling engagement with the grinding wheel (3) under crossed axes.
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