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Microfinishing and roller burnishing machine

US5863239A · kind A · utility

17Cited by
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21Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 8, 1997
Grant dateJan 26, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 8, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB24B39/045
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A surface finishing tool for use in combination with a power driver for rotating a workpiece about a central axis including a microfinishing assembly adapted to be positioned adjacent the workpiece and having at least one finishing means for surface finishing the workpiece, the finishing means lying in a plane generally perpendicular to the central axis of rotation of the workpiece and a burnishing assembly for applying a burnishing pressure to the workpiece, the burnishing assembly positioned adjacent the workpiece and spaced apart from the microfinishing assembly, the burnishing assembly having at least one burnishing roller lying in the plane generally perpendicular to the central axis of rotation of the workpiece wherein the microfinishing assembly and burnishing assembly are operable upon rotation of the workpiece to microfinish and burnish the workpiece respectively.

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