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US 8,555,503 B2Granted
Casting-integrated control body processing
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMichael J. Habel, Derek Kinch
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Abstract
A method for forming a valve includes forming a valve body; machining a bore by passing a tool having cutting edges along an axis into the valve body; machining a groove and face in the bore at axially spaced locations by revolving the tool about a circular circumference whose center is aligned with the bore; and supplying lubricant in a pneumatic stream through the tool to the cutting edges.
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A method for forming a valve, comprising:
- (a) casting a valve body;
- (b) machining a bore along an axis in the valve body using a first tool;
- (c) machining in the bore a groove and axially spaced edges by revolving the a second tool having cutting edges about a circular circumference whose center is aligned with the bore;
- (d) supplying lubricant in a pneumatic stream through the tool to the cutting edges.
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A method for forming a valve, comprising:
- (a) casting a valve body;
- (b) machining in the valve body a bore having a constant first diameter using a first tool;
- (c) machining a groove in the bore, the groove having a second diameter larger than the first diameter by revolving a second tool having cutting edges about a circumference whose center is aligned with the bore;
- (d) supplying lubricant in a pneumatic stream through the second tool to the cutting edges.
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A method for forming a valve, comprising:
- (a) casting a valve body;
- (b) machining in the valve body a bore having a constant first diameter using a first tool;
- (c) machining a face surface and a groove in the bore, the groove having a diameter larger than the first diameter, by revolving a second tool having cutting edges about a circumference whose center is aligned with the bore;
- (d) supplying lubricant in a pneumatic stream through the second tool to the cutting edges.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.