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Method and apparatus for removing blade ring in a ring flaker

US5313696A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 17, 1993
Grant dateMay 24, 1994
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Expiry dateSep 17, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49815
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A ring flaker has a housing with a back opening so that a blade ring mounted to an arbor assembly can be slid backwards away from the housing to allow the blade ring to be replaced without removing the housing. This arrangement reduces the down time generally necessary to replace a blade ring in a ring flaker. The back opening in the housing is of sufficient size to permit the blade ring to be axially withdrawn. The arbor assembly has a slide arrangement on the ring flaker carriage and there is provision to use a hydraulic jack to move the arbor assembly on the slide arrangement for a distance sufficient for the blade ring to be disconnected for removal and replacement.

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