Method and apparatus for making grooved wheels
Abstract
Abstract A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FABRICATING A GROOVED MEMBER FROM A DISC-SHAPED METAL BLANK. THE METHOD INCLUDES ROTATING THE BLANK, SPLITTING AND SEPARATING THE EDGE PORTION OF THE BLANK BY MEANS OF A SPLITTING TOOL SO AS TO FORM A PAIR OF FLANGES SEPARATED BY A GROOVE, AND SHAPING THE GROOVE BY MEANS OF A GROOVE-FORMING TOOL WHEREBY THE FORCE APPLIED TO THE BLANK BY OPERATION OF THE SPLITTING TOOL SERVES TO COUNTERACT THE FORCE APPLIED BY OPERATION OF THE FORMING TOOL. THE APPARATUS INCLUDES A SPINDLE MEANS FOR ROTATING THE BLANK, A SPLITTING TOOL WHICH OPERATES TO SPLIT THE EDGE PORTION OF THE BLANK INTO A PAIR OF FLANGES AND TO SPREAD THE FLANGES IN ORDER TO DEFINE A GROOVE, A GROOVE-FORMING TOOL WHICH OPERATES TO SHAPE THE GROOVE, AND MEANS WHEREBY THE FORCE APPLIED TO THE BLANK AND SPINDLE MEANS BY THE FORMING TOOL IS COUNTERACTED BY THE FORCE APPLIED TO THE BLANK BY THE SPLITTING TOOL.
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- 👤 Matthew Pacak
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