High-precision sphere size measuring device and sphere polishing device
AssigneeAmatsuji Steel Ball Mfg. Co., Ltd.
InventorsHiroshi Nishide, Kenta Kadotani
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Abstract
A sphere size measuring unit (15) measures respective diameters of an object sphere in the course of processing and a standard sphere made of the same material as that of the object sphere and furthermore having a target diameter of the object sphere. A size difference calculation unit (161) calculates a size difference between the diameter of the object sphere and the diameter of the standard sphere. A determination unit (162) compares the obtained size difference with a threshold value so as to determine whether or not the diameter of the object sphere reaches the target value.
Claims4
A high-precision sphere size measuring device mounted on a sphere polishing device configured to process spheres, the high-precision sphere size measuring device comprising:
- a sphere size measuring unit configured to measure each diameter parameter of a standard sphere and an object sphere that is in a course of processing by the sphere polishing device, the diameter parameter being obtained by adding a certain fixed value to each diameter;
- a size difference calculation unit configured to obtain, as a size difference between the diameter of the object sphere and the diameter of the standard sphere, a difference between the diameter parameter of the object sphere and the diameter parameter of the standard sphere both measured by the sphere size measuring unit;
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- a determination unit configured to compare the size difference with a threshold value so as to determine whether or not the diameter of the object sphere reaches a target value,
- wherein the sphere size measuring unit includes a washing part configured to wash, with washing oil, the object sphere before the measurement, and
- wherein the sphere size measuring unit measures the object sphere and the standard sphere in the washing oil so as to measure the object sphere and the standard sphere under a same environment and to prevent measurement accuracy from being affected by expansion or contraction of the spheres.
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