Workpiece conditioning grinder system
US4100700A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 7, 1976 |
| Grant date | Jul 18, 1978 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 7, 1996 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB24B49/16
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An elongated metal workpiece such as a slab or billet is moved longitudinally beneath a grinding head by a reciprocating carriage mounted on an elongated track. The carriage receives a billet from a charging table, reciprocates the billet beneath the grinding head for a plurality of grinding passes, and then delivers the finished billet to a discharge table. The grinder head includes a rotating grinding wheel mounted at the end of a first arm which is pivotally secured to one end of a pivotally mounted second arm. The vertical position of the grinding wheel, and hence the downward force exerted by the grinding wheel on the billet, is principally determined by the angular position and torque, respectively, of the first arm while the horizontal position of the grinding wheel transverse to the longitudinal axis of the billet is principally determined by the angular position of the second arm. Grinding wheel vibration is limited by clamping the second arm to a massive, rigid foundation during each grinding pass thereby limiting the movement of the grinding head to a single degree of freedom. The grinding head and carriage are instrumented with transducers for measuring such parameters …
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