Patents Assigned to Supfina Grieshaber GmbH
  • Patent number: 10751851
    Abstract: A finishing apparatus includes a workpiece-receiving device, a rotary drive configured to drive a workpiece in rotation about a workpiece axis and an oscillatory drive configured to produce a relative movement between the workpiece and a finishing tool in a direction that is parallel to the workpiece axis. A workpiece-conveying device has a workpiece holder that is moveable by a drive device between a working position in which the workpiece is in position to be machined and a loading/unloading position in which the workpiece is loadable/unloadable. The workpiece holder has a support device configured to support the workpiece. The drive device is formed as a swivel drive such that the workpiece holder is swivelable between the working position and the loading/unloading position along an arcuate swivel path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: SUPFINA GRIESHABER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Martin Seger
  • Patent number: 10632539
    Abstract: A device for the fine machining of a circumferential workpiece surface arranged eccentrically relative to an axis of a workpiece. The device comprises a pressure mechanism configured to press a fine-machining tool against the circumferential workpiece surface. The device also includes a drive unit configured to drive an active section of the pressure mechanism via a first drive and a second drive. The first drive drives the active section in a movement plane that runs crosswise to the workpiece axis along a first movement trajectory. The second drive drives the active section along a second movement trajectory that is at an angle to the first movement trajectory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: SUPFINA GRIESHABER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Michael Huber, Markus Mueller, Martin Seger, Alfons Haas, Oliver Hildebrandt
  • Patent number: 10427268
    Abstract: A finishing device for finish machining of a workpiece, in particular of a crankshaft or a camshaft, comprising a workpiece holder and a rotary drive for rotating the workpiece about the workpiece axis thereof, comprising at least one first finishing tool for machining a main bearing concentric to the workpiece axis and at least one second finishing tool for machining an additional bearing, wherein the finishing tools can be moved along a transport axis which extends via a working area defined by the workpiece holder so that the finishing tools can be moved into an additional area arranged outside the working area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: SUPFINA GRIESHABER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Oliver Hildebrandt
  • Patent number: 10307879
    Abstract: Device and method for the finishing machining of an internal face of a workpiece, such as the track of a ball screw, including a workpiece holder and a finishing tool held on a finishing tool holder. A rotary drive is provided, by which the workpiece holder and the finishing tool is rotationally driven relative to one another about a rotational axis. A linear drive is provided, by which the finishing tool held on the finishing tool holder and the workpiece holder is driven in a translatory manner relative to one another along the rotational axis. An oscillating drive is provided, by which the finishing tool held on the finishing tool holder and the workpiece holder is driven in an oscillating manner relative to one another in the direction parallel to the rotational axis and wherein the finishing tool is pivotably held on the finishing tool holder about a pivot axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: SUPFINA GRIESHABER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Alfons Haas
  • Patent number: 10207383
    Abstract: A finishing device has a pressing arm and a pressing tool for pressing a finishing tool against a workpiece, and method for setting up the device, the device being provided with a first connecting device for connecting a base support to the pressing arm, a second connecting device for connecting the base support to the pressing tool and a setting device for setting the orientation and/or position of the base support on the pressing arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: SUPFINA GRIESHABER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Michael Huber, Marcus Stephan, Simon Wolber, Anita Hug
  • Patent number: 10166648
    Abstract: A finishing belt device includes a pressure apparatus having a pressure roller that applies a pressing force to the rear side of a finishing belt that, when viewed in the running direction of the finishing belt, an active side of the finishing belt is pressed against a peripheral surface to be finished of a workpiece in a linear contact region at the level of the pressing force. A pressure roller support is provided with the pressure roller arranged as a first pressure roller and another pressure roller is arranged as a second pressure roller. When viewed in the running direction of the finishing belt, the active side of the finishing belt is pressed against the peripheral surface to be finished of the workpiece in two spaced-apart linear contact regions via the two pressure rollers. The invention also relates to a method for finishing a peripheral surface of a cam surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: SUPFINA GRIESHABER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Alfons Haas, Johannes Herrmann
  • Patent number: 10058971
    Abstract: A device for finishing a workpiece includes two pressing elements and a holding apparatus for holding the pressing elements. A finishing band is pressable against a workpiece surface to be finished. A flexurally resilient intermediate element is disposed so as to transmit a pressing force to the finishing band by means of a force-receiving surface and by means of a force-transmitting surface. The intermediate element or a plurality of them is configured to transmit pressing forces, which are offset relative to one another in a circumferential direction of the workpiece surface, to the finishing band. The force-transmitting surfaces of the intermediate element or the plurality of them are oriented in a substantially V-shaped manner relative to one another, and are substantially planar in an undeformed initial state and have a curvature in a same direction as the workpiece surface when there is a pressing force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: SUPFINA GRIESHABER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Oliver Hildebrandt, Simon Wolber
  • Patent number: 9987717
    Abstract: A finishing device includes a finishing belt, a finishing belt holding device, a first drive configured to rotationally drive a workpiece about a workpiece axis, and a second drive configured to oscillate the workpiece and the finishing belt relative to another along the workpiece axis. The finishing belt holding device has a holding section configured to hold a portion of the finishing belt. The portion has an active area configured to finish a circumferential workpiece surface. The portion extends in a plane which is vertical when referring to the direction of gravity and extends in a horizontal direction when referring to the direction of gravity and when viewing in the running direction of the finishing belt. The finishing device includes a workpiece holding device defining a workpiece holding axis which is vertical when referring to the direction of gravity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: SUPFINA GRIESHABER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Stephen Coelho
  • Patent number: 9802291
    Abstract: A belt-finishing device including a frame. A pressing arm is configured to pivotally mount on the frame. A pressing element, which is used to press a finishing belt against a workpiece surface to be treated, is arranged on the pressing arm. The device is provided with a position detection system for detecting a pressing-arm actual position that deviates from a desired position of the pressing arm. A malfunction or defect of the pressing element is detected by means of the pressing arm actual position that deviates from the desired position of the pressing arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: SUPFINA GRIESHABER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Michael Woehrle, Marcus Stephan
  • Patent number: 9744639
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pressing device for pressing a finishing belt against a workpiece surface, including a pressure belt and a pressure belt carrier which supports the pressure belt at two mutually spaced-apart support points, wherein the pressure belt is fastened releasably to the pressure belt carrier, wherein, in order to fix in each case one pressure belt end, provision is made of a fixing device that is provided separately from the pressure belt carrier, and wherein the fixing device is fastened or fastenable releasably to the pressure belt carrier in a state in which one pressure belt end is fixed to the fixing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: SUPFINA GRIESHABER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Oliver Hildebrandt, Simon Wolber, Michael Woehrle
  • Patent number: 9550265
    Abstract: A device for finish-machining a workpiece in the form of a crankshaft or a camshaft includes a workpiece holder and a rotational drive configured to rotate the workpiece about a workpiece axis. A first finishing tool is configured to machine a main bearing which is concentric with the workpiece axis. A second finishing tool is configured to machine an additional bearing which is radially offset from the workpiece axis. A first tool drive is configured to generate an oscillating movement of the first finishing tool in a direction parallel to the workpiece axis. A second tool drive is configured to generate an oscillating movement of the second finishing tool which is independent of the movement of the first finishing tool in a direction parallel to the workpiece axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: SUPFINA GRIESHABER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Oliver Hildebrandt
  • Patent number: 9221146
    Abstract: A belt finishing device includes a finishing belt, two bearing surfaces that are spaced-apart in a running direction of the finishing belt, and a pressing device for pressing the finishing belt against a workpiece surface. The pressing device has a pressure belt that is supported on the two spaced-apart bearing surfaces. At least one of a bearing surface and the pressure belt have a profile that deviates in a width direction of the finishing belt from a straight course.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Supfina Grieshaber GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Oliver Hildebrandt, Simon Wolber
  • Patent number: 9114497
    Abstract: A device for fine-machining a peripheral workpiece surface which is arranged eccentrically in relation to a workpiece axis of a workpiece, in particular of a pin bearing of a crankshaft, includes a rotary drive device for rotatably driving the workpiece about the workpiece axis, a pressing device for pressing a fine-machining tool against the peripheral workpiece surface, and a bearing device for supporting the pressing device on a frame. The device further includes a force application device which applies deceleration and/or acceleration forces on a bearing member of the bearing device, with the bearing member moving back and forth between two reversal positions when the workpiece rotates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: SUPFINA GRIESHABER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Oliver Hildebrandt, Christoph Weber
  • Patent number: 9050702
    Abstract: A finishing device for finish-machining of a workpiece includes a force-generating device for generating a driving force, a force-transmitting arm and a pressing device for applying a working force to a finishing tool, and further a measuring device for measuring a deformation of a segment of the force-transmitting arm arranged in the force flux between the driving force and working force and/or for measuring a deformation force applied in the segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: SUPFINA GRIESHABER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Oliver Hildebrandt
  • Publication number: 20140134925
    Abstract: A method for finish-machining a workpiece surface includes moving the workpiece surface relative to an active area of the finishing tool in a rotation direction about a workpiece axis, and superimposing on the relative movement of the workpiece surface and the active area an additional oscillatory movement with an oscillation frequency lower than 20 kHz in a direction perpendicular to the workpiece surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: Supfina Grieshaber GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Oliver Hildebrandt
  • Publication number: 20140094099
    Abstract: A belt finishing device includes a finishing belt, two bearing surfaces that are spaced-apart in a running direction of the finishing belt, and a pressing device for pressing the finishing belt against a workpiece surface. The pressing device has a pressure belt that is supported on the two spaced-apart bearing surfaces. At least one of a bearing surface and the pressure belt have a profile that deviates in a width direction of the finishing belt from a straight course.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Supfina Grieshaber GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Oliver Hildebrandt, Simon Wolber
  • Patent number: 8628382
    Abstract: A workpiece holder for a surface grinding machine is provided. The workpiece holder includes a central workpiece holder shaft around which the workpiece holder can be driven in rotation, at least one workpiece fixture to hold at least one workpiece, and at least two holder parts movable relative to one another that jointly define the at least one workpiece fixture and that can be fixed relative to one another by means of a joining device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Supfina Grieshaber GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Torsten Bergmann
  • Patent number: 8602849
    Abstract: A finishing device for finishing a surface of a workpiece includes a finishing belt, and a guide unit for guiding the finishing belt. The guide unit has a cup-shaped guide surface which bounds a receiving zone for the workpiece and along which the finishing belt is guided or guidable between an entry zone and an exit zone. The guide unit includes at least two separate guide members which have each a surface area, with the surface areas of the guide members jointly defining the guide surface and being movable relative to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Supfina Grieshaber GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Simon Wolber
  • Patent number: D696315
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Supfina Grieshaber GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Jürgen R. Schmid
  • Patent number: D726789
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Supfina Grieshaber GmbH & Co KG
    Inventor: Jürgen R. Schmid