Title:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CUTTING MULTS FROM A BILLET
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO1999058293
Kind Code:
B1
Abstract:
A rotating headstock (42), including an opening for a billet (18), mounted to a machine bed (26) for cutting mults (14) from a billet (18). Three-jaw chucks are attached to the front (50) and rear (54) of the headstock to mount a billet with a regular cross section. Four-jaw chucks are attached to the front and rear of the headstock to mount a billet with an irregular cross section. Cut-off wheel (82) is mounted to rotating saw arbor (70). Saw arbor (70) is slidably mounted so that the distance from the cut-off wheel (82) to the front (50) of the headstock may be varied to cut mults (14) of varying lengths. Means are provided to control the surface speed of the cut-off wheel as it decreases in diameter. Automatic and manual feed means are provided to pivot cut-off wheel (82) towards rotating billet (18) in the headstock (42).
Inventors:
BENTLEY RICHARD (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US1999/010262
Publication Date:
January 27, 2000
Filing Date:
May 11, 1999
Export Citation:
Assignee:
BENTLEY RICHARD (US)
International Classes:
B23D45/12; B23D47/10; B23D59/00; B23D59/02; B24B27/06; (IPC1-7): B24B1/00
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