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Roundness processing device of a slipper surface of a rocker arm

US5018313A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 12, 1989
Grant dateMay 28, 1991
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Expiry dateSep 12, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/5124
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A roundness processing device for a slipper surface of a rocker arm capable of rounding the slipper surface of the rocker arm without forming roundness on the polishing surface of a grinding wheel. A wheel side unit containing a disc-shaped grinding wheel, a jig side unit for holding and oscillating the rocker arm, a conveyor for conveying the rocker arm, and an access robot for moving in and out the rocker arm are automatically driven and controlled, as being mutually related, by automatic control such as numerical control. The polishing surface of the grinding wheel is formed on a plane vertical to the rotary shaft line of the grinding wheel, while the slipper surface of the rocker arm is oscillated about the oscillation shaft line positioned at a distance of a specific radius of curvature from the polishing surface. This oscillation shaft line is parallel to the polishing surface, and within a plane perpendicular to the polishing surface containing the contact line between the polishing surface and slipper surface.

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