Abstract: Copper particles are provided that each include a core particle made of copper and a coating layer that coats the surface of the core particle, wherein the coating layer is made of a copper salt of an aliphatic organic acid. It is also preferable that the copper particles have an infrared absorption peak in a range of 1504 to 1514 cm?1 and no infrared absorption peak in a range of 1584 to 1596 cm?1. It is also preferable that, in thermogravimetric analysis of the copper particles, the temperature at which the ratio of the mass loss value to the mass loss value at 500° C. reaches 10% is from 150° C. to 220° C. A method is also provided for producing copper particles, the method including bringing core particles made of copper into contact with a solution containing a copper salt of an aliphatic organic acid to thereby coat the surface of the core particles.

Abstract: A method of making a metal-polymer composite includes dealloying metallic powder to yield porous metal particles, monitoring a temperature of the mixture, controlling the rate of combining, a maximum temperature of the mixture, or both, and combining the porous metal particles with a polymer to yield a composite. Dealloying includes combining the metallic powder with an etchant to yield a mixture. A metal-polymer composite includes porous metal particles having an average particle size of about 0.2 ?m to about 500 ?m and a thermoplastic or thermoset polymer. The polymer composite comprises at least 10 vol % of the porous metal particles. A powder mixture includes porous metal particles having an average particle size of about 0.2 ?m to about 500 ?m and a metal powder. The powder mixture includes about 1 wt % to about 99 wt % of the porous metal particles.

Abstract: Methods for improving the electrical conductivity of iron by coating, or doping, it with a chitosan nanoemulsion. The electrical conductivity of the iron can be improved by increasing the concentration of chitosan in the nanoemulsion, increasing the voltage applied during the doping process, and increasing the duration of the doping process.

Abstract: In some examples, systems and techniques for repairing or otherwise forming a blade of a bladed disk. In one example, a method including positioning a shield member around a perimeter of a partial blade extending from a rotor disk of a bladed disk, the shield member being positioned adjacent to a build surface of the partial blade; and depositing, with the shield member around the perimeter of the partial blade, a material on the build surface using an additive manufacturing technique to form a repaired portion on the build surface of the partial blade.

Abstract: An electromagnet alignment system for in-situ alignment of a magnetic particulate material is provided. The magnetic particulate material is dispensed through an orifice of a dispensing nozzle used for 3D printing. The system has an electromagnet assembly having a coil. The coil is configured to generate a pulsed magnetic field having a target magnetic flux intensity upon energization of the coil when the magnetic particulate material is being heated and moved through the dispensing nozzle. As a result, the magnetic particulate material is at least partially aligned with respect to a direction by the pulsed magnetic field. The system further includes a power source for implementing the energization of the coil.

Abstract: A controlled environment system for the additive manufacture of metal objects using magnetohydrodynamic jetting. A sealing plate is placed against an Péclet gap seal of a volume enclosure. A flow of inert gas is used to maintain a high-purity volume in the interior of the volume enclosure. A print head accesses the interior and delivers build material through a hole in the sealing plate. A build plate is movable relative to the sealing plate within the interior of the volume enclosure on which objects can be fabricated.

Abstract: A system for building a three dimensional green compact comprising a printing station configured to print a mask pattern on a building surface, wherein the mask pattern is formed of solidifiable material; a powder delivery station configured to apply a layer of powder material on the mask pattern; a die compaction station for compacting the layer formed by the powder material and the mask pattern; and a stage configured to repeatedly advance a building tray to each of the printing station, the powder delivery station and the die compaction station to build a plurality of layers that together form the three dimensional green compact.

Abstract: The present application provides a method for manufacturing a metal foam. The present application can provide a method for manufacturing a metal foam, which is capable of forming in a very short time a metal foam comprising uniformly formed pores and having excellent mechanical properties as well as the desired porosity, and a metal foam produced by the above method. In addition, the present application can provide a method capable of forming a metal foam in which the above-mentioned physical properties are ensured, while being in the form of a thin film or sheet, in a short time, and such a metal foam.

Abstract: A device for fabricating a three-dimensional part by selectively melting a powder bed, the device including a first tank for containing a first powder and provided with a first powder dispenser valve, a second tank for containing a second different powder and provided with a second powder dispenser valve, a first and a second monitoring device for monitoring the quantity of first powder delivered by the first valve and the quantity of second powder delivered by the second valve, a mixer chamber in communication with the first and second valves and including a third powder dispenser valve, and a mixer for mixing the powder particles in the chamber, a support for receiving the powder delivered by the third valve and on which the parts is to be fabricated, a powder spreader for spreading powder on the support, and a heater member for locally melting the powder spread on the support.

Abstract: Implementations provide gas atomized metal matrix composite (“GAMMC”)-based feedstock for cold spray additive manufacturing (“CSAM”) enabling complex structural repairs. The feedstock is prepared by arranging a metal matrix composite (MMC) material in a gas atomization system, wherein the MMC material includes metal particles and ceramic particles. The feedstock is further prepared by performing gas atomization of the MMC material using the gas atomization system to atomize the MMC material, and producing a feedstock powder comprised of metal particles that are embedded with the ceramic particles from the atomized MMC material. The GAMMC-based feedstock comprises metallic (for binding to the substrate of the damaged part) and ceramic (for reinforcement) particles bonded together such that the ceramic particles bond directly to and within the metallic particles.

Abstract: A cutting insert may include an upper surface, a lower surface, a front cutting edge and a first lateral cutting edge. The upper surface may include a breaker protrusion. The first lateral cutting edge may include an inclined part which is closer to the lower surface as going away from the front cutting edge. The breaker protrusion may include a first region, a second region and a third region. The first region may be located further away from the lower surface than the inclined part. The second region may be located closer to the front cutting edge than the first region, and may be located closer to the lower surface than the inclined part. The third region may be located further away from the front cutting edge than the first region, and may be located closer to the lower surface than the inclined part.

Abstract: An indexable parting blade has opposite blade first and second sides, a blade peripheral edge, a central index axis, and at least first, second and third insert pockets located along the blade peripheral edge. The parting blade also has first, second and third coolant channels, each forming a coolant path from a corresponding inlet to a corresponding one of the insert pockets. Each coolant channel includes a rake outlet opening out to a rake side of its corresponding insert pocket and a relief outlet opening out to a relief side of that same insert pocket. The inlet corresponding to a given coolant channel is located further from that coolant channel's insert pocket than at least one of (a) the inlet corresponding to a different coolant channel, and (b) the central index axis.

Abstract: A power tool, in particular a hand-held power tool, includes a tool-holding device that rotates about an output axis. The tool-holding device is configured to hold a tool device on the power tool such that the output axis and a tool rotation axis substantially coincide. The tool-holding device has at least a driver device and a clamping device that is movable relative to the driver device. To transfer a driving force to the tool device, the driver device has at least one torque transfer region that is arranged at a distance from the output axis. The driver device and the clamping device are configured to reach through a cut-out of the tool device, which cut-out extends through the entire material thickness of the tool device, and to clamp the tool device via the clamping device, which is movable substantially in a direction radial to the output axis.

Abstract: Provided is a rotary tool with a compact tip tool holding portion (80). The rotary tool is provided with a sleeve (81) attached to an output shaft (41) to switch a tip tool (70) between a fixed state and a detachable state. The output shaft (41) has a through hole (46) formed therein radially penetrating from the inside to the outside of a mounting hole thereof. The through hole (46) has a steel ball (85) provided therein such that at least a part of the steel ball (85) overlaps at least a part of a case (10). The sleeve (81) defines a first position in the outward direction of the steel ball (85), while the case (10) regulates a second position on the radially outer side of the first position.

Abstract: A drilling machine, in particular a magnetic core drilling machine. The drilling machine having a magnetic base to detachably secure the drilling machine to a surface. A drive motor is arranged in a housing and has a rotor shaft with a rotor shaft longitudinal axis that is connected in a power-transmitting manner via a gear mechanism to a tool spindle with a spindle longitudinal axis. A tool holder is connected to the tool spindle to receive a drilling tool. The spindle longitudinal axis is aligned substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the rotor shaft, and the tool spindle is axially adjusted along the longitudinal axis of the spindle relative to the drive motor and the magnetic base.

Abstract: A cutting guide apparatus for guiding placement of bore holes in a door may include a first leg configured to be disposed along a first face of the door, a second leg configured to be disposed along a second face of the door opposite the first face, and a spacing element disposed between the first and second legs. At least one of the first leg or the second leg may include a handle hole guide structure and the spacing element may include an edge bore guide structure. A first portion of the handle hole guide structure that is proximate to the first or second face of the door may be undercut relative to a second portion of the handle hole guide structure that is opposite the first portion.

Abstract: A cutting insert of the present disclosure includes a top surface, a bottom surface, a side surface, and a corner cutting edge, a first cutting edge, a second cutting edge and a third cutting edge formed at a ridge line formed by the side surface and the top surface. The corner cutting edge has a first end and a second end. The first cutting edge extends from the first end in a first direction. The second cutting edge extends from the second end in a second direction. The third cutting edge extends from the second cutting edge in a third direction. The top surface has a first rake face adjacent to the first cutting edge, a second rake face adjacent to the second cutting edge, and a third rake face adjacent to the third cutting edge.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cutting insert that is economical and can be stably fixed to a tool body. A first edge line (10R) of a cutting insert (2) is a rectangle having a first side (11) and a third side (13) as long sides and a second side (12) and a fourth side (14) as short sides. Cutting edges are formed at the first side (11), the second side (12) and the third side (13); on the other hand no cutting edge is formed at the fourth side (14). At a second edge line (20R) having the same shape as the first edge line (10R), a sixth side (22) where a cutting edge is formed is opposite to the fourth side (14), and an eighth side (24) where a cutting edge is not formed is opposite to the second side (12). A peripheral side surface (30) includes a fourth side surface (34) facing the fourth side (14) and the sixth side (22). The fourth side surface (34) extends from a first end surface (10) to a second end surface (20) and is inclined in a direction from the second side (12) to the fourth side (14).

Abstract: A cutter assembly is configured to interchange a cutter bit and has a plurality of retaining features to secure the cutter bit to ensure positive retention and alignment along a rotational axis. A cutter bit is retained within a slot of the retainer component and the retainer component is coupled to a chuck component. The retainer component may be detachably attachable to the chuck component by external threads that are configured to thread into the internal threads of the chuck component. The cutter bit may be retained in the slot by a threaded retainer that extends through one side of the retainer component, through a cutter aperture in the cutter bit, through the slot and into a threaded retainer aperture in the opposing side of the retainer component. The threaded retainer is configured to extend orthogonally to the slot to pull the first side of the retainer component to the second side and pinch or compress against the cutter bit therein.

Abstract: A portable machine includes a controller to receive target parameters associated with a workpiece to be worked. A front assembly includes a first baseplate which is stationary during operation, a first actuator to controllably move the workpiece bidirectionally along a longitudinal axis thereof, a second actuator to controllably rotate a second baseplate relative to the first baseplate, and at least one tooling unit. A rear assembly includes a third baseplate with a rolling base, a fourth baseplate rotatably coupled to the third baseplate, and a rear workpiece clamp. Sensors generate signals representing a distance between the first and third baseplates, an orientation of the first baseplate relative to the second baseplate, and an orientation of the third baseplate relative to the fourth baseplate. The controller generates control signals to the tooling unit and the first and second actuators based on at least the target parameters and the sensor signals.

Abstract: Circular saws with lock assemblies are disclosed herein. The circular saws include a motor including a motor shaft configured to rotate about a shaft rotational axis. The circular saws also include an arbor configured to operatively attach a circular saw blade to the circular saw. The circular saws further include a switch configured to selectively apply an electric current to the motor and a switch lever configured to be selectively actuated, by a user of the circular saw and via an actuation force, to actuate the switch and direct the switch to apply the electric current to the motor. The lock assemblies include a switch lock, which defines a switch-locked configuration, in which the switch lock resists actuation of the switch lever by the user, and a switch-unlocked configuration, in which the switch lever is free to be actuated by the user.

Abstract: A chainsaw includes a housing, a guide bar, projecting from the housing, and one or more handles. The guide bar has a main direction of extension defined by its center-line. The housing comprises an outer shell made of plastic, which has at least a first outer groove filled with a contrasting plastic material, wherein the groove at least partly extends straight in a transverse direction that deviates less than 3 degrees from a direction perpendicular to the main direction of extension of the guide bar. This provides an indication that facilitates precise and safe felling of trees.

Abstract: The present invention shows an apparatus for a chamfer machining of a toothed workpiece comprising a workpiece spindle having a workpiece holder rotatably supported about an axis of rotation for holding the workpiece, a tool spindle having a tool holder rotatably supported about an axis of rotation for holding a finger mill, wherein the tool spindle is travelable relative to the workpiece holder via at least one linear axis of the apparatus, and a control having a machining function that rotates the workpiece held in the workpiece holder by controlling the workpiece spindle for the chamfer machining of a toothed workpiece while a finger mill held in the tool holder engages at the edge to be machined. It is characterized in that the machining function varies the rotational speed of the workpiece during the chamfer machining.

Abstract: A power skiving tool, having a shank extending along a longitudinal axis of the tool and a cutting head arranged at a front end of the shank. The cutting head comprises a plurality of circumferentially arranged teeth, wherein each of these teeth comprises a planar rake face at a front end of the cutting head that faces away from the shank, wherein the rake face is inclined at an angle other than 90° with respect to the longitudinal axis. A transition face is in each case arranged between the rake faces of two adjacent teeth. The transition face is arranged at the front end of the cutting head and adjoins the rake faces of the two adjacent teeth. Surface normals in all points of the transition face form an angle greater than 0° with the rake faces of the two adjacent teeth.

Abstract: An electrochemical machining assembly for boring a passage in an electrically conductive workpiece. The electrochemical machining assembly includes an electrochemical machining tool having a telescoping collar with an articulating head coupled thereto. The telescoping collar is actuated between a contracted configuration and an extended configuration to advance the telescoping collar stepwise in the passage. The articulating head is tiltable relative to the telescoping collar to determine a direction of the passage. The electrochemical machining assembly is configured to remove material from the workpiece upon application of a voltage between the articulating head and the workpiece via a circulating electrolyte fluid to lengthen the passage.

Abstract: A system controller includes a light source, an optical guiding assembly, a sensor and a feedback controller, and is applied to perform a solder operation with a solder module. The light source emits waveband light guided to a to-be-soldered area for heating. The optical guiding assembly is disposed between the light source and the solder module, and the waveband light is guided to the solder module by the optical guiding assembly. The sensor is disposed on another side of the optical guiding assembly for receiving a sensing light beam and then generating a sensing signal. The sensing light beam is guided to the sensor by the optical guiding assembly. The feedback controller is connected with the sensor and the light source for receiving the sensing signal and then controlling the light source. The system controller is a static part, and the solder module is a dynamic part.

Abstract: A welding auxiliary joining part with which a welding connection, more particularly a resistance welding connection, can be established between a first component A made of a poorly weldable material and a second component made of weldable material. The welding auxiliary joining part is distinguished by a cylindrical punch shaft that can be punchingly pressed into the first component A approximately rotation-free. The punch shaft has an element head at the head underside of which only one continuous circumferential clamping ring is arranged that projects axially in the direction of the punch shaft.

Abstract: The current invention is a system and application that provides key insight into the technological processes that encompass a welding calculator apparatus consisting of a calculator casing, an optical rotary encoder in the calculator casing for providing weld length data, a time counter in the calculator casing for providing weld time data and a microcontroller device in the calculator casing for processing weld length data and weld time data, weld travel speed data and heat input data.

Abstract: An ultrasonic welding device includes a sonotrode, an anvil, a touching element, a lateral slide, a stop element and a receiving chamber in which joining partners are received and which is defined by bordering components of the ultrasonic welding device. The receiving chamber is defined on a first side by the sonotrode and on a second side by the anvil. The receiving chamber is further defined on a third side by the touching element and on a fourth side by the lateral slide. The receiving chamber is further defined on a fifth side, extending transverse to the first to fourth sides, by the stop element. The first stop element is electrically conductive on its surface directed toward the receiving chamber in order to form a first electrode.

Abstract: A member includes a first metallic region made of a first material; a second metallic region made of a second material that is a different from the first material; and a mix region made of mixture of the first and second materials between the first and second metallic region. In a cross-sectional view, an interface between the first metallic region and the mix region is represented by a line having a first curved line protruding toward the first metallic region and a second curved line protruding toward the first metallic region, and an angle at a cross point of the first and second curved lines, the angle being made by a tangent line of the first curved line and a tangent line of the second curved line in a region of the first metallic region, is equal to or larger than 70 degrees and smaller than 180 degrees.

Abstract: An additive manufacturing system includes a build platform and at least two laser heads. Each laser head includes at least one laser device, an optical sensor, and a computing device. The build platform includes a plurality of calibration marks. The laser device is configured to generate a laser beam. The laser beam is directed toward the plurality of calibration marks and the build platform. The optical sensor is configured to detect a scattering signal of the laser beam generated by reflecting off of the plurality of calibration marks and the build platform. The computing device is configured to receive the scattering signal from the optical sensor. The computing device is configured to align the laser heads such that the scattering signal aligns with the plurality of calibration marks and such that the laser heads align with each other.

Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention relates to a computing unit (RE) for executing a conversion algorithm, having an interface (UI) for acquiring a first cutting parameter data set (1SP); and having a processor (P) which is designed to extract a movement profile object (bpo) and which is also designed to execute a conversion algorithm that is stored in a memory of the electronic computing unit (RE) so that it can be loaded and/or executed to calculate and provide the second cutting parameter data set (2SP) to the acquired first cutting parameter data set (1SP), wherein the second cutting parameter data set (2SP) is calculated as a function of the extracted movement profile object (bpo).

Abstract: A series of laser pulse bundles or bursts are used for micromachining target structures. Each burst includes short laser pulses with temporal pulse widths that are less than approximately 1 nanosecond. A laser micromachining method includes generating a burst of laser pulses and adjusting an envelope of the burst of laser pulses for processing target locations. The method includes adjusting the burst envelope by selectively adjusting one or more first laser pulses within the burst to a first amplitude based on processing characteristics of a first feature at a target location, and selectively adjusting one or more second laser pulses within the burst to a second amplitude based on processing characteristics of a second feature at the target location. The method further includes directing the amplitude adjusted burst of laser pulses to the target location.

Abstract: An additive manufacturing system includes an electrode head comprising an array of electrodes for depositing material to form a three-dimensional part. The array includes a first plurality of electrodes formed from a first metallic material having a first ductility and a first hardness, and a second plurality of electrodes formed from a second metallic material having a second ductility and a second hardness, wherein the first ductility is greater than the second ductility and the second hardness is greater than the first hardness. A power source provides electrical power for establishing a welding arc for each electrode. A drive roll system drives each electrode.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for making a metal article including repetitively depositing a layer of metal and cold working each metal layer to form the metal article. The method can be used to make a new article or repair an existing article. The metal article includes a customized local grain structure orientation which can vary by region based on design requirements.

Abstract: A high resolution system for additive manufacturing, soldering, welding and other laser processing applications. A blue laser system for additive manufacturing, soldering, welding and other laser processing applications and operation for additive manufacturing of materials. Systems and methods for laser processing of materials, laser processing by matching preselected laser beam wavelengths to the material to be processed to have high or increased levels of absorptivity by the materials, and in particular laser additive manufacture of raw materials into large structures, parts, components and articles with laser beams having high absorptivity by starting raw materials.

Abstract: A purpose of the present invention is to quickly change a focal point of a laser emission system so that processing with high quality and good processing efficiency can be performed. In a laser processing apparatus including: a laser oscillator configured to output a laser pulse; a laser deflector configured to deflect the laser pulse in a two-dimensional direction; and a controller configured to control the laser oscillator and the laser deflector, the laser processing apparatus being configured to emit the laser pulse to a workpiece for processing the workpiece, the laser processing apparatus has a feature in which an electrooptic device capable of, under control of the controller, electrically changing a focal point of the laser pulse to be input to the laser deflector is arranged in an input side of the laser deflector.

Abstract: A forming system includes a femtosecond laser and a control unit that includes one or more processors operatively connected to the femtosecond laser. The femtosecond laser is configured to emit laser pulses onto an inner surface of a face sheet of an acoustic inner barrel. The acoustic inner barrel includes an acoustic core comprising an array of hexagonal cells attached to an outer surface of the face sheet that is opposite the inner surface. The control unit is configured to control the femtosecond laser to laser drill a plurality of perforations in the face sheet via emitting laser pulses at pulse durations between about 100 femtoseconds and about 10,000 femtoseconds and at frequencies over 100,000 Hz.

Abstract: A weld analytics system and method of tracking weld quality for a group of sequential welds. In one example, a weld analytics system receives a welding plan for a plurality of welds being performed by at least one welding machine. The weld analytics system determines an overall weld quality for the plurality of welds, based at least upon weld data from the at least one welding machine; and transmits a signal indicative of the overall weld quality of the plurality of welds to an interactive user terminal.

Abstract: In a method for manufacturing a solder joint part, at least one of a first metal base material and a second metal base material is an alloy containing Ni in an amount of more than 0 wt % and less than 44 wt % and Cu in an amount of more than 56 wt %, and solder is a solder alloy containing Ga and inevitable impurities or a solder alloy containing Ga as a main component and having a melting point of 30° C. or lower. The method includes applying the solder to a surface of the first metal base material and placing the second metal base material on the applied solder, and heating the first and second metal base materials to a temperature of 90° C. or lower in a specified atmosphere or in a liquid to generate CuGa2 or (Cu, Ni)Ga2 between the first and second metal base materials, thereby joining the first and second metal material.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a processing system includes a processing device. The processing device performs at least a first determination of determining whether or not a detector contacts a welding object. The detector includes a plurality of detection elements arranged in a first direction. The detector transmits an ultrasonic wave toward the welding object and detects a reflected wave. The first determination is based on a detection result when the reflected wave is detected by the detector.

Abstract: The invention described herein generally pertains to a system and method for evaluating one or more conditions or preliminary weld condition related to a welding system and/or method that utilizes a welding sequence to perform two or more welds with respective welding schedules. In an embodiment, an operator registration is provided that verifies the operator and identifies welding sequences to which the operator is authorized to perform. In another embodiment, one or more fixture locations are monitored to determine whether a workpiece is accurately configured prior to a welding operation. In still another embodiment, locations on a workpiece can be displayed to assist an operator in performing two or more welds utilizing a welding sequence. Moreover, a wireless system communications a data signal to a welding work cell in which such data is used to identify a welding sequence.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus to control weld current in a preheating system are disclosed. An example preheating power supply includes power conversion circuitry configured to output welding-type power via a first output power connector and a second output power connector, and a bypass path prevention circuit configured to prevent less than a threshold voltage applied to the first output power connector and the second output power connector from a different power supply from causing current to flow between the first output power connector and the second output power connector.

Abstract: A system for controlling multiple wire feed motors for use in a welding-type system including a push motor controlled to operate at a target wire feed speed and a pull motor disposed in a welding torch controlled to apply a target torque to the fed welding wire. Such a system eliminates shaving and bird nesting of welding wire.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for applying tags with attached elastic anchor bands onto the tops of objects such as bottles in a high speed packaging application. The apparatus includes an infeed assembly for feeding a web, a conveyor assembly that receives a web and conveys it along a path in an upstream direction, a rotating selector wheel, a placement assembly, a pair of rotating jaw assembles, a vacuum cup of the selector wheel, and stretched elastic bands over the tops of respective bottles being conveyed along a path below the placing assembly. The elastic bands then snap onto the tops of their respective bottles to secure the tags to the bottles.

Abstract: A press-fitting direction position of a pressing surface of a pressing portion of a press-fitting tool and a press-fitting direction position of a restriction surface of a restriction portion of the press-fitting tool are set so that one of a press-fitting component and a press-fitting target component is stopped at a prescribed press-fitting stop position.

Abstract: A plant for managing products provides a plurality of work areas, each bounded by perimeter walls. Each work area has at least one robotic unit for moving and handling the products. The work areas are connected together by at least one overhead conveying unit for conveying products from one work area to another. The plant is efficient, reliable, versatile and safe.

Abstract: An upright vise supports and stabilizes a liquid paint displacement pump so that an individual technician on the road can safely, quickly, accurately, and securely open the pump, removed damaged piston packings from within the pump, replace with new piston packings and close the pump. A clever two-part locking and stabilizing mechanism secures the pump in an upright position to permit the technician to replace worn or defective piston packings using only an ordinary torque wrench.

Abstract: A cylinder block fixture for securing a workpiece is disclosed. The cylinder block fixture includes a base and clamping members. The clamping members are positioned apart at a distance facing each other on the base. Each of the clamping members includes a support plate at one end and a hand wheel at another end. Each of the support plates comprises a shaft, support bars, and support rods facing the opposite clamping member. The support rods extend from the support bars. The shafts at the support plates receive a camshaft housing of a workpiece. The workpiece includes a cylinder block. The support rods secure the workpiece. The hand wheel rotates and causes the workpiece to rotate. The workpiece rotates to align and take reference from a main bore or a pan rail surface of the workpiece to perform machining operations on the workpiece.

Abstract: A reprocessing apparatus, in particular a cleaning and/or preserving apparatus, for tools, tool holders and/or tool units is proposed, with at least one reprocessing unit, in particular for a reprocessing of used and/or contaminated tools, tool holders and/or tool units, with at least one holding unit for an exchangeable holding of the tools, tool holders and/or tool units, and with at least one handling unit which is configured, for an execution of a cleaning process on the tools, tool holders and/or tool units, to bring the holding unit and at least one cleaning region of the reprocessing unit together in an at least semiautomated manner, and after execution of the cleaning process, to remove the holding unit and the cleaning region of the reprocessing unit from each other in an at least semiautomated manner, and/or after execution of the cleaning process, to bring the holding unit and at least one further cleaning region of the reprocessing unit together for an execution of a further cleaning process.