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Apparatus for cutting silicon having a pivoted work carriage utilizing an air bearing

US4209005A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 18, 1978
Grant dateJun 24, 1980
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Expiry dateDec 18, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T83/6556
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The machine tool of the invention comprises a frame (100) with an upper plate (1), an annular saw blade (3) of which the cutting part is made on its inner periphery and which is supported by a rotatable mandrel (23), and a bar-holder carriage (2) pivotable above the upper plate (1) of the frame (100). The bar-holder carriage (2) is in abutment on an air cushion formed between the lower face of the bar-holder carriage (2) and the upper face of the plate (1) of the frame (100).

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