Method and apparatus for honing truck ring gear bearing surfaces
US4741129A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 1, 1987 |
| Grant date | May 3, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 1, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB24B33/02
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Apparatus for honing at least one of a spaced apart, coaxial pair of cylindrical inner surfaces. The apparatus includes a rotating shaft having a selected length; a pair of expansible and contractible honing tools spaced a selected distance apart and carried on the shaft, at least one of the tools comprising an abrasive stone; means for rotating the shaft; means for adjusting the distance between the honing tools; means for reciprocating the shaft to repeatedly transverse the honing tools over the coaxial cylindrical inner surfaces; and means for independently expandibly and contractibly adjusting each one of the honing tools independently of the other of the honing tools.
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