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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7441484 | CNC prescribe method to encourage chip breaking A method for pre-scribing a workpiece to facilitate chip breaking when machining the workpiece on the same machine with the same tooling used for cutting, utilizing an invokable CNC cycle of the CNC machine completing the workpiece machining. The machine includes a ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7344342 | Machining apparatus A machining apparatus capable of irregularly forming a plurality of dimples on a surface of a workpiece in a short period of time. The machining apparatus includes a tool for machining a plurality of dimples on a surface of a workpiece, each dimple having a depth in... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7340985 | Method and device for vibration control A device and method for vibration control in a machine for cutting, said machine comprising a cutting tool supported by a tool holder. The device comprises a control unit and converting means which are connectible to the control unit and comprise a vibration sensor ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7234379 | Device and a method for preventing or reducing vibrations in a cutting tool An arrangement for reducing vibrations in a tool holder (4) with a cutting tool (3) and has a vibration sensor on the tool holder (4) that is connected to a guide unit (11). The tool holder (4) has further two piezo-electric actuat... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7114420 | Vibration attenuator clip and attenuator using the same A clip engages a pair of legs of a vibration attenuator to reduce the local separation of the legs, thereby increasing the force of friction pads, affixed to the legs, against a brake disk to compensate for reduced thickness of the friction pads due to wear. The cli... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7066064 | Method and apparatus for vibration dampening of barfeeders A barstock bar feeder with a guide channel for encasing a barstock in a electro- or magneto-rheological hydrostatic oil bearing. Electro- or magneto-field generators are provided along the guide channel for selectively applying a field to the guide channel for chang... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6925915 | Method and device for controlling a turning operation A device increases the surface smoothness of a turned surface. The device comprising a control system with a control unit and an actuator connectible to the control unit and connectible with a tool holder. The actuator in adapted to impart a vibrating motion in the ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6776563 | Method of controlling elliptical vibrator An elliptical vibratory cutting apparatus includes a control mechanism which applies a sinusoidal voltage having a predetermined phase difference to piezoelectric elements. Flexure vibrations are accordingly generated in X and Y directions. The vibrations in the X d... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6637303 | Elliptical vibration cutting method and elliptical vibration cutting apparatus A workpiece is cut by a cutting tool that is attached to a cylindrical support body vibrated by at least two piezoelectric drive elements. The efficiency of the mechanical vibration is improved by attaching the piezoelectric drive elements to a cylindrica... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6585462 | Device in a tool holding assembly for moving a rotatable shaft in the axial direction A device in a tool holding assembly for axially moving a rotatable shaft on which is arranged at a first end of the shaft a device for performing work during rotation of the shaft includes an electric motor for rotating the shaft, and at least one bearing... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6579047 | Guide and support device for small machine tools, in particular for rotating-mass balancing machines It is provided a support and guide device for small machine tools, in particular for rotating-mass balancing machines, comprising: a base element (2), at least one moving element (3) in engagement with the base element (2), support elements (4) for the mo... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6357565 | Shock-absorbing device for spindle headstocks A shock-absorbing device is intended to be mounted on a spindle headstock of a machine tool. The spindle headstock includes a motor driven spindle unit connected to an upright by a support. The shock-absorbing device comprises a yieldable structure connec... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6202521 | Method, apparatus and controller for machining non-circular work pieces A method, apparatus and controller for machining non-circular work pieces. The apparatus, method and controller are preferably used in combination with rotating, equipment, such as a turning center having an x-y table capable of gross movements. The appar... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6082236 | Noise elminating adaptor for a cutting tool An adaptor is inserted between a cutting tool and a clamping section of a tool machine. The adaptor comprises a tool clamping part holding the tool, and an adaptor clamping part which is held by the machine. Between the two parts there is a bearing which ... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6058816 | Actively controllable support device for a cantilever beam Apparatus is disclosed for supporting a beam having a longitudinal axis. The apparatus includes a clamping assembly that surrounds and grips a portion of the beam. The clamping assembly is relatively compliant to deflections of the beam in at least one di... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5913955 | Vibration damping method and apparatus The present invention provides vibration damping method and apparatus that can damp vibration in more than one direction without requiring disassembly, that can accommodate varying tool dimensions without requiring re-tuning, and that does not interfere w... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5911802 | Cutting method by vibratory cutting tool A cutting method using a vibratory cutting tool enables efficient creation of chips by breaking or separating of chips, and can retard both a deterioration of machined surface roughness of a workpiece and an increase in cutting resistance. The vibration o... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5778745 | Chip-broken turning method and apparatus With a device for reciprocating a cutting tool in small steps, the cutting tool is reciprocated in small steps in such a way that a feed mark (track of the cutting tool on the workpiece) is inverted each time the workpiece makes a round, by which the chip... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5582085 | Dynamic infeed control with workpiece oscillation for segmenting swarf in a lathe application A dynamic infeed control is used to segment swarf produced in a lathing operation into short manageable segments. The preferred dynamic method for segmenting the swarf is to add a sine wave motion to the nominal infeed motion. The amplitude of the sine wa... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5331870 | Apparatus and method for use in controlling machining chip and length of such machining chip An apparatus and a method for controlling machining chip and the length of such chip make use of a lathe tool support on which an electromagnetic tool mount is disposed. The electromagnetic tool mount comprises a front clamping block and a rear clamping b... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5291812 | Turning apparatus with improved chip handling A metal turning chip breaking apparatus includes an impulse actuator in the form of a piezoelectric element that rapidly expands and contracts in response to a rapidly applied and removed voltage. This, in turn, is used to impulsively move a cutter suppor... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5274564 | Method and apparatus for machining a non-circular workpiece An apparatus for machining a non-circular workpiece such as a piston wherein a tool is moved back and forth against the workpiece in accordance with profile data defining a desired final shape of the workpiece while the workpiece is rotated at a predeterm... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5271301 | Vibrating cutting tool A vibrating cutting tool capable of making uniform micro-vibrations at the cutter edge generated during machining. The vibrations at the cutter edge are transmitted to balls biassed by springs, compressing the springs. The vibrations are transmitted from ... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5240358 | Method and apparatus for tool balancing A method and apparatus for balancing tools 16 is disclosed which may uniquely characterize a needed balance for each of the individual tools 16 and which may then store the needed balance conditions so as to use the balancing data upon every use of the in... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5218893 | Vibration machining method and cutting device therefor A vibration machining method and device in which a cutting tool is vibrated as its cutting edge cuts a workpiece. The cutting tool is so positioned that its cutting edge is inclined at a specific angle relative to the cutting speed direction, and the cutt... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5152202 | Turning machine with pivoted armature The invention relates to a high speed turning machine for machining a rotating workpiece to have a predetermined profile surface by using a cutting tool mounted on a pivotal tool holder that is reciprocated rapidly toward and from the workpiece surface. A... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5113728 | Method and apparatus for forming intermittent chips when machining a rotating workpiece The formation of intermittent chips or chip breakage are assured while machining a rotating workpiece by causing the undeformed chip thickness to vary periodically and be reduced to zero in each period of its variation. To obtain the periodic reduction of... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5054340 | Apparatus for machining a non-circular workpiece An apparatus which moves a tool back and forth in synchronism with rotation of a workpiece with respect to the workpiece to machine the workpiece into a non-circular shape. The tool is attached to a tool mount placed on a tool mount table which is connect... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5042335 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing a body with a surface of revolution at its end with the axis thereof aligned with an axis of the body An apparatus for manufacturing a body provided at one end with a surface of revolution. The axis of the apparatus is aligned with a predetermined longitudinal axis of the body. The apparatus including a mechanism for the compensation of the oscillations o... | 08/27/1991 |
| 5019115 | Method and apparatus for producing fractured chips when performing a turning operation The feed advance speed, or rather its scalar value, of a turning cutting tool edge is varied for a time duration which is short relative to the time duration required for one full revolution of a work piece. The varying of the scalar value of the feed adv... | 05/28/1991 |
| 4979851 | Grooving or threading tool An elongated grooving or threading tool has a cutting section, an intermediate section including a devibrator body, and a rearward cemented carbide section which are, respectively, held together in axial alignment by a drawbolt which engages the cutting s... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4911044 | Ultrasonic vibration cutting device First and second metal portions are tightened integrally on both surfaces of one or plural sheets of electrostrictive element bodies polarized in the thickness direction and divided in two uniform halves using a tightening tool, thereby a flexible vibrato... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4864904 | Ultrasonic vibrational cutting apparatus The present invention includes a radial force detection mechanism for detecting a radial force generated by cutting operation of a cutting tool by use of an ultrasonic vibrator, a depth-of-cut feed mechanism for moving the cutting tool in the depth-of-cut... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4856391 | Ultrasonic oscillation machining apparatus The present invention provides an ultrasonic oscillation machining apparatus wherein accurate oscillation machining can be attained using a small vertical ultrasonic oscillating element which oscillates with a high frequency. The ultrasonic oscillation ma... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4831785 | Wireless arrangement for controlling the speed of advance of a tool toward a workpiece A vibration sensor, located on a chuck member for a workpiece and rotating therewith, detects the signal emitted at the instant a tool member contacts the workpiece. The vibration sensor produces an output signal to modulate a transmitter and a receiver f... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4829862 | Modular locking system A locking assembly for locking components of a machine tool together including a rotatable bar having wedges reversibly movable thereon for simultaneously engaging wedge receiving spaces of one of the tool components while a portion of the wedges are secu... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4821460 | Arrangement for controlling the speed of advance of a tool toward a workpiece The arrangement enables controlling the speed of advance of the tool part of a machine tool during its approach phase toward a workpiece and reducing such speed as soon as the tool contacts the workpiece. It includes an acoustic sensor adapted to detect the si... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4708539 | Tap lubricating system A self-contained system for applying a viscous tapping fluid to a tapping tool at a machining work site independent of any other cutting fluid system. A supply tank, control cabinet and an air actuating nozzle are interconnected to supply the tapping flui... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4693146 | Method and apparatus for achieving chip separation while machining work pieces Chip separation is assured while turning work pieces, by causing an oscillating movement of the turning or lathe tool during the work piece rotation. The tool oscillation is controlled in response to the work piece rotation and so that the tool oscillates... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4683788 | Method of and apparatus for chip-cutting of workpieces The invention describes a method and a device for processing by chip-cutting of workpieces. It is preferentially applied for the cross-cutting and chamfering of extruded plastics material tubes. A chip-raising or cutting tool may be fed forward radially w... | 08/04/1987 |
