Patent · US Expired

Process and apparatus for producing service blades

US7513027B2 · kind B2 · utility

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29Claims

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Assignee

ALSTOM Technology Ltd · CH

Inventors

Hans Volker Boehm · Homburg, DE
Volker Harr · Speyer, DE
Josef Scherer · Brunnen, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 29, 2005
Grant date	Apr 7, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 12, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T409/305656
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A process for machining a blank from all directions with a machine tool, such as a milling machine, involves the machining from all directions being based on a three-dimensional template. In a first step, the three-dimensional form and, if need be, also the surface finish of the three-dimensional template may be automatically measured, and the associated data may be saved. In a second step, a blank may be held by at least one clamping adapter and a first region is brought into its final, ready to use partial form by the machine tool or the milling machine using said data for numerical control. In a third step, the partially machined blank may be held by at least one clamping adapter in the first, finally machined region and the remaining region may be brought into its final, ready to use overall form by the same machine tool or milling machine.

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