| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 082100110 | PROCESS OF TURNING | 70 |
| 20130042731 | SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF RE-PROFILING LOCOMOTIVE AND RAIL CAR WHEELS - A system for re-profiling a first wheel in accordance with the first profile includes a lathe cutting tool and a plate. The first wheel is associated with a train or other rail riding device. The lathe cutting tool is configured to engage the first wheel and attach to a compound slide mechanism. The plate includes supports for supporting the wheel assembly including the first wheel. The plate is attached to the compound slide mechanism. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20100116105 | ROTARY TRANSMISSION LEADTHROUGH FOR A PIPE CUTTING MACHINE - Rotary transmission leadthrough with: a shaft ( | 05-13-2010 |
| 20130081524 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LENS MOLDING CORE - A method for manufacturing a lens molding core includes the following steps. First, a blade is provided. Then, the blade is driven by a first driver to a number of cutting points in this order from the peripheral to the center of a molding surface of the lens molding core facing the blade at a fixed pitch, according to manufacturing parameters of the lens molding core. Wherein d is larger than or equal to the precision value of the first driver, and is less than or equal to about 3 micrometers, Finally, the lens molding core is driven by a second driver to move toward the blade along a central axis of the molding surface and spin about the central axis at each cutting point until the blade cuts into the molding surface a desired depth, according to the manufacturing parameters of the lens molding core. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130032011 | Device And Method For Machining An Electrical Cable - A device for machining an electrical cable having a cylindrical part and a conical part adjoining the cylindrical part. The device includes a fixture arranged to receive the cable and to hold the cable in a fixed position, the fixture defines an elongated space for accommodating the cable, a tool for removing material from the cable including at least one cutter, and rotational guiding means for guiding a first rotation of the cutter about a longitudinal axis of the space. The cutter is elongated and the longitudinal axis of the cutter is arranged inclined with respect to the longitudinal axis of the space so that the angle between the longitudinal axes of the cutter and the space is between 10 and 80 degrees. The device further includes drive means for providing a second rotation of the cutter about a rotational axis through the tool in order to cause the machining. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20090044669 | MACHINING METHOD EMPLOYING OBLIQUE WORKPIECE SPINDLE - An exemplary machining method used to machine a predetermined curved surface on a workpiece ( | 02-19-2009 |
| 20130061726 | Machine Tool Apparatus And Method - A machine tool apparatus and method for exterior and interior cutting operations on a workpiece is provided. In one form, the machine tool apparatus has a common support assembly with a tailstock and a boring tool holder mounted thereto. The common support assembly has a common support carriage that is mounted to a machine base for travel along a longitudinal axis parallel to a central axis of the workpiece. The tailstock and boring tool holder are mounted to a mounting base portion for travel transverse to the workpiece central axis. In one form, a turret having external cutting tools is separate from the boring tool holder and mounted to the machine base for performing external cutting operations on the workpiece. This separate mounting allows the turret to machine the exterior of the workpiece while also permitting a longer boring tool to perform deep internal cutting operations on the workpiece. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130125717 | Lathe Compound Multi-Tool - Disclosed is an apparatus and related methods for facilitating the application of a cutting tool to a work-piece rotating on the axis of a lathe. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20110048183 | MACHINING APPARATUS AND PROCESS - A machining process and apparatus capable of increasing removal rates achievable when machining titanium and its alloys. The process includes heating a portion of a workpiece with a laser beam, cryogenically cooling a cutting tool with a cryogenic fluid without flowing the cryogenic fluid onto the workpiece, and machining the heated portion of the workpiece with the cutting tool. The apparatus includes a cutting tool, a device for heating a portion of a workpiece with a laser beam prior to being machined with the cutting tool, and a device for cryogenically cooling the cutting tool with a cryogenic fluid without flowing the cryogenic fluid onto the workpiece. The cryogenic fluid is circulated around the cutting tool to achieve a temperature differential between the workpiece and the cutting tool that is capable of improving removal rates and extending tool life at cutting speeds of, for example, above 100 m/min. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20120096999 | COMPOUND MACHINING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method of machining a workpiece may include continuously rotating the workpiece, continuously rotating a tool having at least one cutting surface, and positioning the tool relative to the workpiece so that the at least one cutting surface engages the workpiece at a first discrete location at a periphery of the workpiece. The method may further include continuing to rotate the workpiece and the tool so that the at least one cutting surface engages a second discrete location at the periphery of the workpiece, and controlling a tool surface velocity VT relative to the workpiece surface velocity VW so that the first and second discrete locations are discontinuous. The tool may make multiple iterative passes over the workpiece to engage subsequent discrete locations, wherein the first discrete location, second discrete location, and multiple subsequent discrete locations may form a machined surface that extends continuously around the workpiece. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120291600 | HOLLOW FORM TURNING DEVICE - A hollow turning device comprises a tool handle, a cutting bar extending from one end of the tool handle having a longitudinal axis and a cross section at least a portion of which is non-circular, and a cutting tool disposed at a distal end of the cutting bar. A tool rest is disposed adjacent the work piece. A torque arrestor has a pair of spaced apart cooperating rollers between which the cutting bar extends, the cooperating rollers being spaced apart to fittingly receive and restrain the cutting bar to allow motion of the cutting bar between the cooperating rollers to facilitate motion of the cutting tool within the hollow to shape the inside of the work piece, wherein the non-circular portion of the cutting bar cross section prevents vertical movement and rotation of the cutting bar along its longitudinal axis when the cutting tool engages the work piece. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20080276771 | Method For Hardening A Machined Article - A machining method and an article manufactured therefrom, the method improving mechanical properties in a work surface by performing a very shallow machining pass using a cutting tool, in combination with application of a cryogenic fluid to the work surface and the cutting tool, the combination compressive force and cryogenic cooling increasing hardness, increasing compressive residual stress, and reducing surface roughness in the manufactured article. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080210064 | Coated cermet cutting tool and use thereof - A cutting tool insert has a cermet body with a Co and/or Ni binder phase and a coating deposited as monolayer or as multiple and/or alternating layers of carbide, nitride or oxide. The coating has a thickness of 21-50 μm, when the inserts have a flat rake face, without or with simple chipbreakers and a Co binder phase, or has a thickness of 10-50 μm, when the inserts have a rake face land with a width of 100-300 μm with an angle of 10-25° to the rake face and a Co and/or Ni binder phase. The cermet body has more than 50 vol. % Ti-based carbonitride and less than 15 wt % and more than 6 wt % Co and/or Ni binder phase and a hardness of >1650 HV3. The disclosure also relates to the use of the coated cutting tool insert for the machining of cast iron work pieces. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20110197723 | TURNING INSERT, A TOOL PART, A METHOD AS WELL AS A MACHINE TOOL FOR CHIP-CUTTING METAL MACHINING - A turning insert formed for chip-cutting metal machining of a workpiece that rotates in a direction of rotation at a first speed of rotation around a workpiece axis, the turning insert including a front surface, an envelope surface, and a circular cutting edge located where the front surface meets the envelope surface. The cutting edge extends around the front surface and lays in a plane that forms an angle α with the envelope surface. A tool axis extends through the turning insert in a normal direction in respect of the plane, and the turning insert, during the chip-cutting metal machining, is formed to rotate around the tool axis at a second speed of rotation. The envelope surface forms a chip surface and is arranged to meet chips formed in the chip-cutting metal machining, and the chip surface includes chip breaking means. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20100083800 | NUMERICALLY CONTROLLED LATHE WITH GUIDE BUSH, AND METHOD OF PROCESSING WORKPIECE BY USING THE NUMERICALLY CONTROLLED LATHE - Disclosed is a numerically controlled lathe | 04-08-2010 |
| 20110265616 | ULTRA-PURE, SINGLE-CRYSTAL SIC CUTTING TOOL FOR ULTRA-PRECISION MACHINING - Systems and methods that use a single-crystal boule SiC sharpened into a cutting tool for ultra-precision machining of ferrous alloys are disclosed. Conventional ultra-precision machining uses single-crystal natural diamond. Despite the exceptional mechanical properties of diamond, its chemical properties have inhibited the extension of ultra-precision machining to iron-containing (ferrous) alloys. A single-crystal SiC cutting tool can be used to cut many materials for which diamond cutting tools are conventionally used. Additionally, a single-crystal SiC cutting tool can be used to cut materials for which diamond cutting tools are inappropriate, such as ferrous metals or nickel. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20090183610 | Method of Machine Tool Calibration - Methods are described for calibrating a turning machine having a first rotatable portion or chuck for holding a workpiece. The first rotatable portion has a first feature associated therewith. The method comprises the steps of using a measurement probe to determine the position of the first feature, rotating the first rotatable portion through an angle, and using said measurement probe to determine the new position of the first feature. The extension of the technique to swivel head mill-turn machines is also described. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20110167968 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ROLL SURFACE MACHINING - There is provided a roll surface machining method and apparatus for using a cutting tool to carry out ultra-precision machining in the surface of a roll with a reduced amount of data. The apparatus and method for roll surface machining includes setting a machining start position of a cutting tool with respect to the surface of the roll by C-axis indexing of the roll and positioning of the roll in the axial direction (Z-axis direction) both with respect to the cutting tool. Also the cutting tool and the roll are moved relative to each other in the axial direction of the roll by position control using C-Z axis interpolation, thereby forming a three-dimensional pattern in the surface of the roll. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20080314210 | Method of making ball-striking faceplate of golf club head - A method of making a ball-striking faceplate of a golf club head is disclosed, wherein a blank of ball-striking faceplate is coupled to a lathe. The lathe comprises a main shaft and a cutter. The main shaft has a clamping head on one end. A lateral surface of the clamping head is locked onto at least one jig for movably adjusting distance. The method comprises steps of coupling the blank of ball-striking faceplate to the jig, adjusting a distance R between the jig and a center axis of the main shaft, and performing a lathe turning process on the blank of ball-striking faceplate by the lathe according to a route of the cutter, which is pre-set by using a computer for forming longitudinal curvature, transverse curvature and multiple curvatures on the blank of ball-striking faceplate simultaneously and for lathe turning several blanks of ball-striking faceplates simultaneously to increase production efficiency. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20110203427 | MACHINE AND METHOD FOR MACHINING LARGE CRANKSHAFTS - Machine and method for machining large crankshafts, which allows simple and reliable synchronisation of the rotation of said crankshafts ( | 08-25-2011 |
| 20080307935 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MACHINING ROLL SURFACE - There is provided a roll surface machining method which makes it possible to machine a roll with a reduced amount of data. The roll surface machining method for forming a three-dimensional pattern of protrusions or recesses in the surface of a roll by using a cutting tool, the method including the steps of: setting a machining start position of the cutting tool with respect to the surface of the roll by C-axis indexing of the roll and positioning of the roll in the axial direction (Z-axis direction) both with respect to the cutting tool; and rotating the roll at a predetermined speed and moving the cutting toot and the roll relative to each other at a predetermined speed in the axial direction of the roll by C-Z axis interpolation, thereby forming the three-dimensional pattern in the surface of the roll. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20120067179 | SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF RE-PROFILING LOCOMOTIVE AND RAIL CAR WHEELS - One embodiment relates to an apparatus for configuring a wheel associated with a train. The apparatus comprises a tool configured to engage the wheel a compound slide system for positioning the cutting tool in at least two axes and a computer control coupled to control the compound slide system. The compound slide system is controlled so that the wheel is configured in accordance with a profile. An alignment device can be utilized to align the apparatus. The apparatus can have a low profile. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20100175518 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MACHINING A WORKPIECE THAT ROTATES ABOUT A CENTRAL AXIS - The invention pertains to a method and device for machining a workpiece ( | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100263501 | REVERSIBLE FLANGE PLATE METHODS - A reversible flange plate for refinishing differently configured brakes on a brake lathe adapter is provided. The reversible flange plate includes a body formed with a hollow bore extending substantially through the center of the body. Opposing rings adjacent the bore are provided for holding a brake during operation of the brake lathe. Opposing lips are provided that extend inwardly from the bore from the peripheral edge of the reversible flange plate, and include a ledge that is engageable with a plane of the brake during operation. In addition, an annular disc is provided with a ledge, between the opposing rings and the opposing lips, for further engagement with a plane of the brake during operation. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100175519 | Method of Grooving Superalloys and Cutting Insert Therefor - A method of grooving a work-piece of superalloy uses a grooving cutting insert at least partially covered with a Cubic Boron Nitride (CBN) layer and having one or more interior ducts formed therein which open out to the insert's rake face at one or more corresponding openings. One or more coolant fluid streams, conveyed via these interior ducts at a pressure of no less than 200 bars, are directed upwardly and outwardly toward an interaction area between a cutting edge of the cutting insert and the work-piece, to thereby limit lengths of work-piece chips created during the grooving operation. The openings of the cutting insert's interior ducts may be located between 0.5-3.0 mm from the insert's cutting edge. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100154605 | LATHE, COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR LATHE CONTROL, AND MACHINING METHOD BY LATHE - With the use of a tool ( | 06-24-2010 |
| 20120103149 | Apparatus And Method For Spirally Slicing Meat - An apparatus and method for spirally slicing meat are disclosed. In one embodiment, a meat stabilizer apparatus includes a paddle; an arm attached to and extending from the paddle; and a coupling assembly that couples the arm to a meat cutting assembly. In another embodiment, a spiral slicing apparatus includes a cutting assembly having a knife blade coupled with a knife carriage; a meat support apparatus having a rotatable turntable coupled with a drive assembly; and a meat stabilizer apparatus having a paddle and an arm attached to and extending from the paddle. In another embodiment, a method for spirally slicing meat includes (1) rotating a meat product about a first axis on a turntable; (2) stabilizing the rotating meat product along its exterior surface with a meat stabilizer apparatus comprising a paddle coupled with and extending from an arm; and (3) spirally slicing the meat product in a direction generally transverse to the first axis. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20110232432 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING THREADED JOINT - The present invention provides a method for producing a threaded joint capable of improving the life of an O.D. turning tool and consequently improving the life of a chaser. The method for producing a threaded joint, which includes O.D. turning the surface of a joint followed by threading, wherein, before the O.D. turning, the surface of the joint is descaled by shot blasting. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110209590 | METHOD OF MAKING A COATED CEMENTED CARBIDE INSERT - Forming coated cemented carbide inserts, particularly useful in fine turning of super alloys. The inserts are characterized by a composition of a cemented carbide of WC, about 4.0 wt-% Co to about 7.0 wt-% Co, about 0.25 wt-% Cr to 0.50 wt-% Cr, and a coercivity (Hc) of about 28 kA/m to about 38 kA/m. The coating comprises a single (Ti | 09-01-2011 |
| 20090107308 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CHIP BREAKING IN TURNING APPLICATIONS USING CNC TOOLPATHS - The present invention provides methods and systems for chip breaking, controlling cutting tool wear, and the like in turning, boring, and other applications, including: engaging a workpiece with a cutting tool in a feed direction along a toolpath, superimposing an oscillation in the feed direction on the toolpath, and dynamically or non-dynamically varying the oscillation superimposed in the feed direction on the toolpath such that interrupted cuts and chips of a predetermined length or less are produced. These systems take full advantage of computer numerical control (CNC) methodologies. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20100257980 | MACHINE TOOL AND WORKPIECE INNER SURFACE MACHINING METHOD USING THE MACHINE TOOL - To provide a machine tool including a workpiece inner surface machining tool which is not only capable of machining an inner surface of a workpiece into a spherical shape but also capable of machining a bearing surface which is a flat surface and machining the combination of a spherical surface and a flat surface. A machine tool | 10-14-2010 |
| 20110232433 | METHOD OF HIGH-SPEED TURNING - A method of high-speed turning of metal using a cutting tool insert for turning of steel. The cutting tool insert includes a (006) textured α-Al | 09-29-2011 |
| 20100031788 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR BEVELING AN EDGE OF AN OBJECT - A bevel cutting system is attachable to a rotary device and comprises one or more bevel cutting devices having a same axis of rotation, that are combined together and that bevel objects having different diameters. The bevel cutting devices are attached to the same rotary drive spindle as a cutting blade of the rotary device. Each bevel cutting device comprises an annular wall extending away from the cutting blade. The annular wall has an inwardly-facing surface that is angled inwardly relative to their axis of rotation. An abrasive or a material removing pattern is provided on and/or in the angled inwardly-facing surface. A removable strip can be attached to the angled inwardly-facing surface. This removable strip can include an abrasive and/or a material-removing pattern or the like. The removable strip can be attached using an adhesive and/or mechanical fasteners. Cutting elements can be distributed around the inwardly-facing surface. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100294095 | METHOD FOR MAKING MOLD CORE - A method for making a mold core for molding lenses of optical fiber connector, is provided. The method includes: providing a first fixture and a mold block, the first fixture defining a first cavity therein, a center of the first fixture located within the first cavity and deviated from a center of the first cavity; providing a lathe comprising a rotatable spindle and a drill bit aligning with the rotatable spindle; installing the blank in the first cavity of the first fixture, and mounting the first fixture to the spindle; machining a first mold cavity in the blank using the drill bit; reinstalling the blank in the first cavity by revolving the blank 180 degrees; and machining a second mold cavity in the blank using the drill bit, thereby obtaining a mold core having the first and the second mold cavities. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20120240736 | MACHINING METHOD BY TURNING A FACE OF A SPECTACLE LENS - A machining method for machining a surface of a spectacle lens at a fixed rotation speed, includes a step of determining the rotation speed from geometric characteristics of the surface, characterized in that the step of determining the rotation speed includes the following steps: a value (Maxdiff) representative of the largest difference in geometric value of the mean sphere on the surface is determined; and the rotation speed is deduced from the value (Maxdiff) of the largest difference in geometric values of the mean sphere on the surface and from a geometric value of the cylinder (FV torus) at a predetermined far-vision control point. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20100218650 | FLY-CUTTING SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND RELATED TOOLING AND ARTICLES - Methods of fly-cutting a workpiece are disclosed, and in methods in which the position of a fly-cutting head or its associated cutting element is known as a function of time. Also disclosed are methods of forming features, such as grooves or groove segments, in a workpiece such as a cylindrical roll. The features may be provided according to one or more disclosed patterns. Articles made using tools machined in the manner described are also provided, such as polymeric film or sheeting that exhibit certain beneficial properties. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100186560 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE MACHINING OF WORKPIECES USING PIEZOCERAMIC TRANSDUCERS - During the machining of workpieces, in particular dynamic loads act on the cutting tools in addition to the static loads. This leads to chipping at the cutting edges of the cutting elements and thus to the destruction of the cutting element with the possible consequence that the workpieces is damaged and thus becomes useless. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20090217792 | MACHINE TOOL AND WORKPIECE INNER SURFACE MACHINING METHOD USING THE MACHINE TOOL - To provide a machine tool not only capable of machining an inner surface of a workpiece into a spherical surface but also capable of machining a bearing surface including a flat surface and machining the combination of a spherical surface and a flat surface, and to provide a workpiece inner surface machining method using the machine tool. A machine tool includes: a workpiece holding mechanism | 09-03-2009 |
| 20110083537 | Pipe Flange Facing Apparatus and Method - An apparatus for facing a flange of a pipe comprises a housing and an anchor assembly rotatably supported by the housing. The anchor assembly is configured to engage an inner surface of the pipe. The apparatus further comprises a tool holder translatably supported by the housing. The tool holder is configured to support a facing tool for facing the flange of the pipe. The apparatus further comprises a drive shaft that is rotatable relative to the housing to translate the tool holder relative to the housing. The housing is rotatable relative to the anchor assembly about a first axis in a first direction and the drive shaft is simultaneously rotatable relative to the housing about a second axis in a second direction opposite the first direction to move the tool holder along a spiral path and thereby face the flange of the pipe. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110247465 | COATED CUTTING INSERT FOR ROUGH TURNING - A cutting tool insert of a cemented carbide substrate and a coating. The cemented carbide substrate includes WC, 8-11 wt-% Co, 6.5-11 wt-% cubic carbides of metals from the groups IVb, Vb and VIb with a binder phase that is highly alloyed with tungsten. The cemented carbide has a coercivity of 8-14 kA/m. The coating includes at least one 2-9 μm thick α-Al | 10-13-2011 |
| 20090249926 | METHOD OF MACHINING CRANKSHAFTS AND A CRANKSHAFT MACHINING TOOL INSERT THEREFOR - Method of machining crankshafts and a crankshaft machining tool insert therefor. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20110252930 | HARD TURNING MICRO-MACHINE TOOL - A micro-scale apparatus for supporting a tool for hard turning comprises a base, a pivot coupled to the base, an actuator coupled to the base, and at least one member coupled to the actuator at one end and rotatably coupled to the pivot at another end. A tool mount is disposed on the at least one member. The at least one member defines a first lever arm between the pivot and the tool mount, and a second lever arm between the pivot and the actuator. The first lever arm has a length that is less than a length of the second lever arm. The actuator moves the tool mount along an arc. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20100319502 | PARTS MANUFACTURING METHODS, SYSTEMS AND USES - A method for manufacturing a part selected from a plurality of part types is disclosed. The method involves the step of selecting, from a supply of workpieces, a workpiece of a type that is associated with the type of part selected, the workpiece having a void and a substantially annular outer surface. Using a lathe, the selected workpiece is machined into the selected part. The workpiece, during the machining step, is mounted to the lathe by a collet associated with the type of part selected. The collet is an expanding collet which, during machining, is received by the void and engages the workpiece in gripping relation. The part can be a bushing for an aircraft landing gear and the workpiece can be an oversized bushing. The method can be carried out at an aircraft repair facility and the oversized bushings can be procured from specialist fabricators. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20120144966 | METHOD FOR MACHINING BY LATHING, AND LATHE | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120144965 | COATED CUTTING TOOL INSERT FOR TURNING OF STEELS - A cutting tool insert for turning of hardened steels and tool steels includes a textured CVD α-Al | 06-14-2012 |
| 20090165611 | Hobble turning method and perferred applications for said method - A process for hobble lathing, and preferred process applications, for the cutting of workpieces with non-circular or discontinuous contours on programmable lathes. The use and combination of a special program e.g. of thread cycles and hobble values for the diameter and/or the longitudinal axis or the pitch, the angle of the spindle, in option of a reciprocal-step technique and interleaved machining sequences opens up virtually infinite possibilities. The preferred applications of the process allow special threads to be cut on screw-in bodies, e.g. screw-in artificial hip joint sockets and bone screws for example with neutral or virtually any angle of pitch or relief of the thread blade as well as e.g. internal and external contours on workpieces for circular wedge connections. A particularly beneficial hip joint socket is presented comprising so-called screw or threaded surfaces. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090038450 | FLY-CUTTING HEAD, SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND TOOLING AND SHEETING PRODUCED THEREWITH - A fly-cutting system is disclosed, and in particular one that comprises a dynamically-controllable actuator for controlling the position, orientation, or both position and orientation of a cutting element carried by a fly-cutting head. In certain embodiments, the actuator can adjust the position or orientation of a cutting element, or both, hundreds or thousands of times per second, enabling precise control over the shape of features formed by the cutting element in a surface of a workpiece. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20110079121 | MACHINE TOOL AND BORING METHOD - In a machine tool ( | 04-07-2011 |
| 20120152069 | CNC MACHINES, ADJUSTABLE TOOLS FOR CNC MACHINES, AND METHODS of OPERATING AN ADJUSTABLE TOOL ON A CNC MACHINE - Computer numerically controlled (CNC) machines, adjustable material-working tools, and methods of operating an adjustable tool with a CNC machine are presented herein. An adjustable tool for a material-working machine is disclosed. The adjustable tool includes an elongated housing, and one or more cutting inserts at least partially disposed within the housing. Each cutting insert is selectively transversely repositionable with respect to the housing. A wedge is selectively longitudinally repositionable with respect to the housing. The wedge mates with the cutting insert(s) such that longitudinal movement of the wedge effectuates transverse movement of the cutting insert(s). A control arm is movably mounted to the housing. The control arm is configured to mechanically couple the wedge to a prime mover of the material-working machine such that motive force is transferred from the prime mover through the control arm to the wedge for the selective repositioning thereof. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120000329 | ARBOR INSERTION TOOL - An arbor operably configured to facilitate positioning an element within an open end of a terminal or other device. The arbor may be operable to position the element relative to a groove or another type of difficult to reach area interior the open end. The arbor may include an assembly operable to move the element through the open end to a desired position where the element is freed to be positioned within the groove or other portion of the open end. Optionally, in the event the element is resilient, the resiliency of the element may be relied upon to cause the element to free itself from the arbor using expansion and at the same time secure itself within the groove or other portion of the open end. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20110154962 | MACHINE TOOL AND MACHINING METHOD THEREOF - A machine tool includes a bed, a main spindle, a first tool rest, a first tool, a first driving mechanism, a second tool rest, a second tool, a second driving mechanism and a control device. The main spindle is located over the bed. The first tool is mounted on the first tool rest. The second tool is mounted on the second tool rest. The control device controls the first driving mechanism and the second driving mechanism to drive the first tool rest and the second tool rest, respectively, such that the first tool and the second tool move along the same direction, and machine a processing surface of a workpiece in order. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110088523 | NUMERICAL CONTROL METHOD AND NUMERICAL CONTROL DEVICE - A numerical control machine tool has two spindles mounted in opposition to each other. In order to enable consecutive operations of lathe turning machining work in accordance with a speed command, drill machining work for drilling with rotating tools with a work positioned at a given angle, and other machining works while keeping a state where a single work is grasped by both of the spindles, switching means | 04-21-2011 |
| 20080282854 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COMBINED LATHE APPARATUS, COMBINED LATHE APPARATUS, TURNING TOOL HOLDER, BLADE POSITION REGISTERING APPARATUS, AND BLADE POSITION DETECTING APPARATUS - A carriage is moved in a direction including a Y axis component in order to move a turning process tool that is attached to a tool spindle along a horizontal line that is perpendicular to a Z axis, and thus, a turning process is carried out on a workpiece which is attached to a workpiece spindle. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20120125165 | MACHINING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF LOADING AND UNLOADING SAME - A machining apparatus has a frame defining a transfer station and a machining station thereabove, a spindle having a workpiece grab and vertically displaceable on the frame between an upper position with the grab in the machining station and a lower position with the grab in the transfer station, a tool holder horizontally displaceable on the frame toward and away from the machining station, and a workpiece conveyor extending through the transfer station. After shifting a deflector underneath the machining station into a side position out from underneath the grab, the grab is lowered to pick an at least partially unmachined workpiece in the transfer station off the conveyor and then raised with the workpiece into the machining station. The deflector is then shifted between a use position over the transfer station and under the machining station and a side position allowing the spindle to pass. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20100288088 | MACHINING METHOD AND MACHINING SYSTEM - A machining system | 11-18-2010 |
| 20120210834 | CUTTING INSERT, CUTTING TOOL, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MACHINED PRODUCT USING THE SAME - A cutting insert according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an upper surface; a side surface; and a cutting edge located at an intersection region of the upper surface and the side surface. The upper surface includes a rake surface continuous with the cutting edge; and a rising surface inclined and lying at a higher position as going inward from the rake surface. The rake surface includes a pair of first raised parts respectively extending inward from near both ends of the cutting edge in a top view; and a second raised part extending from one of the pair of first raised parts to the other. A cutting tool including the cutting insert, and a method of manufacturing a machined product by using the cutting tool are also provided. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120210833 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAINTAINING SHEAVE GROOVES - A test kit for unevenly worn sheave grooves, a tool for regrooving sheave grooves that are found to be unevenly worn, and a method for testing for and maintaining the sheave grooves utilizing the test kit and tool. The test kit includes magnetic standards which adhere to a sheave beneath the portion of the sheave touched by the ropes, facilitating testing without having to unrope the sheave. Unevenly worn sheave grooves are visually ascertained by holding a straightedge adjacent to the magnetic standards. The regrooving tool includes a shank that can be received by a stand set up next to the sheave, a body attached to the shank, and an interchangeable cutting insert received by the body that is inserted in the sheave groove. When the sheave is rotated, the sheave groove is ground by the cutting insert, with each groove being ground sequentially until all grooves are again uniform. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120132044 | REFACING TOOLS AND METHODS - A high-torque connection refacing tool, including a shaft, a mandrel, a primary face plate, and a torque-stop face plate. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20110197722 | Lathe Compound Multi-Tool - Disclosed is an apparatus and related methods for facilitating the application of a cutting tool to a work-piece rotating on the axis of a lathe. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20100050831 | TOOL HEAD FOR A PIPE CUTTING MACHINE - The invention concerns a tool head with a housing ( | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100011919 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR LEVELLING OFF THE SURFACE OF A BRAKE DISC - There is disclosed a device ( | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100011920 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MACHNING V GROOVES - There is provided a V-groove machining method and apparatus which, by measuring the depth of a V groove cut by a cutting tool and correcting the cutting depth of the cutting tool based on the measurement data, enables high precision machining of four-sided pyramids having vertices of a uniform height. The V-groove machining method includes the steps of: feeding a cutting tool relative to a workpiece in a first direction to create a first V groove, extending in the first direction, in the surface of the workpiece, and repeating this machining operation to create first V grooves at a predetermined pitch; moving the cutting tool along one of the first V grooves and scanning the first V groove with a distance sensor, disposed near the cutting tool, to measure the distance to the bottom of the first V groove, thereby detecting undulation of the bottom of the first V groove along the first direction; and feeding the cutting tool relative to the workpiece in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction to create a second V groove in the surface of the workpiece, and repeating this machining operation while correcting the position of the cutting tool in the machining position for each second V groove based on the results of detection of the undulation, thereby creating second V grooves at a predetermined pitch. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20120312133 | FREE FORM CUTTING MACHINE - A free form cutting machine is disclosed. The free form cutting machine includes a table, a spindle; and a cutting arrangement attached to the spindle. The cutting arrangement having at least a cutting tool used to cutting selected portions from a workpiece on the table. The free form cutting machine causes the cutting tool to apply a continuous shaping force to the surface of the workpiece until a first surface shape of the workpiece conforms with a predefined finished spline surface shape. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120073412 | WEIGHT REDUCTION RE-PROFILING PROCESS AFTER DYNAMIC BALANCE FOR WHEEL SET OF PASSENGER TRAIN - A weight reduction re-profiling process after dynamic balance for a wheel set of a passenger train, comprising the following steps: designing a spindle end clamp and a tailstock end clamp according to structures of screw holes on an end of train axle; fixing the spindle end clamp to the train axle; hanging up the wheel set, aligning a center hole of the spindle end clamp with a top tip of a spindle end of a lathe, and inserting a handle portion of the spindle end clamp into a drive plate hole; aligning an eccentric hole of the tailstock end clamp with a scribed line on an end for weight reduction after dynamic balance by visual inspection, then sheathing the tailstock end clamp on the train axle, aligning a top tip of tailstock of the lathe with the eccentric hole of the tailstock end clamp, and tightening them; and so on. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120255406 | Method and Apparatus for Pipe-End Shaving - A pipe-shaving apparatus has a cylindrical section, a base section and a drive shaft connected to the base section for rotation. The cylindrical section has a cylindrical wall dimensioned to fit the outer diameter of a pipe. The cylindrical wall has a plurality of windows and a plurality of angle-cutting edges. Each angle-cutting edge is located at the trailing side of the window. When the cylindrical wall is caused to rotate and the pipe is inserted into the inner space of the cylindrical wall, the angle-cutting edges shave off the outer diameter of the pipe-end section. The base section has one or more openings and one or more front-cutting edges located on the trailing side of the openings. When the pipe-end section is further inserted into the inner space of the cylindrical section, the front-cutting edges shave off the front part of the pipe-end section. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120227553 | Tool head for a pipe cutting machine - The invention concerns a tool head with a housing ( | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120260778 | CUTTING TOOL HOLDER, CUTTING TOOL, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MACHINED PRODUCT USING THE SAME - A cutting tool holder includes a pressing member with a pressing part and an inserting part, a holder body, a head member including a first fixing section which is divided into a first front end region and a first rear end region, and has a first fixing hole for inserting the inserting part of the pressing member and a contact part pressed by the pressing part of the pressing member, at a portion of a first surface close to the first front end region in reference to the first rear end region; and a second fixing section divided into a second front end region and a second rear end region in which the first rear end region of the first fixing section and the second rear end region are connected to each other so that a fixing space extending from the second rear end region to the second front end region is located between the second fixing section and a second surface different from the first surface in the first fixing section. The contact part includes a first contact portion located close to the first rear end region and a second contact portion located close to the first front end region in reference to a midpoint of the first fixing hole. An area of the second contact portion is larger than an area of the first contact portion. A cutting tool including the cutting tool holder, and a method of manufacturing a machined product using the cutting tool are also provided. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20110120278 | METHOD OF CUTTING THIN-WALLED MATERIAL - A method is provided to cut a thin-walled member without causing chattering vibration, without using a chattering vibration preventing retainer, that performs the following: (A) preparing a material having much stock for obtaining a thin-walled material, (B) while rotating the material about a center axis, cutting the inner round surface of the material within a predetermined range by feeding a cutting tool relative to material by the desired distance from one end side to the other end side of the material along the center axis, (C) while rotating the material about the center axis, cutting the outer round surface of the material within a predetermined range by feeding the cutting tool relative to the material by the desired distance from the one end side to the other end side of the material along the center axis, and (D) alternately repeating (B) and (C) to finish cutting the material. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20120297941 | CUTTING INSERT, CUTTING TOOL, AND METHOD OF CUTTING WORKPIECE USING THEM - A cutting insert having excellent chip discharge performance is provided. In the cutting insert of the present invention, a bottom surface of a concave groove 21 includes a first bottom surface 211 continuous with a cutting edge part 5, and a second bottom surface 212 which is located on a side further remote from the cutting edge part 5 than the first bottom surface 211, and is located at a lower position than a virtual extension line L1 of an end portion of the first bottom surface 211 on a side remote from the cutting edge part 5. Further, a pair of inclined surfaces 23 are located on a side further remote from the cutting edge part 5 than the end portion of the first bottom surface 211 on the side remote from the cutting edge part 5 in a top view. Therefore, the diameter of generated chips decreases by the fact that the chips are curled while sinking in space formed at a lower position than the virtual extension line L1 of the first bottom surface 211. Consequently, the chip discharge direction is stabilized, thus achieving satisfactory chip discharge performance. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120279366 | PIPE CUTTER AND METHOD - A pipe cutter and methods are shown. Examples of pipe cutters allow a user to only rotate the pipe cutter back and forth by a small number of degrees sufficient to provide each path cut by a number of cutter wheels to intersect. Cutter wheels with shoulders are shown, that keep cutting blades from penetrating to an inner diameter of a protective housing. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20110146465 | PROCESSING METHOD FOR BRAKE ROTOR-EQUIPED WHEEL BEARING DEVICES - An outer member and an inner member constituting a wheel bearing device are assembled and the brake rotor is fixed to the hub ring of the inner member. In this state, the pad slide surfaces of the brake rotor are lathed with the reference provided by a wheel pilot end surface. Alternatively, the wheel pilot end surface of the hub ring by chucking the knuckle pilot of the outer member with the wheel bearing device put in its assembled state, and the pad slide surfaces of the brake rotor are lathed with the reference provided by the wheel pilot end surface. | 06-23-2011 |
