Abstract: A biasing tool with a main body portion, for biasing a disc relative to a central axis of rotation of a motor hub by steps for biasing the disc adjacent the motor hub. The biasing tool includes; a first and second biasing finger each having a protruding disc engagement region, each biasing finger extending from the main body portion, and an attachment aperture confined within the main body portion accommodating alignment of the biasing tool relative to the disc. The steps include selectively engaging the disc with a disc engagement region of the first or second biasing finger, and aligning a center of rotation of an annular servo track written on the disc with the central axis of rotation of the motor hub by biasing the disc adjacent the motor hub, which forms a common rotational axis for the motor hub and the annular servo track.

Abstract: A method of balancing an embedded permanent magnet motor rotor includes the steps of: a) providing a non-magnetic cylindrical shaft having an axis of rotation and a generally cylindrical surface with an even number of recessed slots defining an even number of ribs therebetween; b) machining an axial slot having a cross-section with a top opening, a bottom and two sides in a center portion of each of the recessed slots; c) sliding at least one balance weight into at least one of the axial slots; and d) inserting locating rods into the axial slot on each side of the at least one balance weight.

Abstract: Tuning fork and method in which a pair of elongated tines having front and rear surfaces are disposed symmetrically about an axis, and balancing masses on the front surface of one tine and on the rear surface of the other tine are trimmed to reduce quadrature error and also to maintain mass balance between the tines.

Abstract: A rotational balance adjustment structure for an engine includes; a damper pulley having an elastic member provided on the outer periphery of a hub and a damper mass provided on the outer periphery of the elastic member; and an engine assembly having an engine body and a plurality of parts mounted on the engine body, the plurality of parts including the damper pulley. The engine assembly is assembled by mounting a plurality of parts to the engine body, the plurality of parts including the damper pulley, and the rotational balance of the engine assembly is adjusted by attaching a balance piece to the damper mass.

Abstract: A driveshaft assembly includes a yoke including a body portion, a pair of opposed yoke arms that extends generally in a first axial direction from the body portion, and a neck portion that extends generally in a second axial direction from the body portion. A driveshaft tube is secured to the neck portion of the yoke, such as by magnetic pulse welding. A ring is secured to the body portion of the yoke, such as by press fitting, and a balance weight is secured to the ring, such as by welding.

Abstract: A hard disk hub has a disk-mounting face formed at one end as a truncated conical surface of revolution symmetric about the hub axis. A cylindrical inner hub member is coaxial with the hub body outside diameter and the surrounding mounting face. The inner hub member is adapted to receive a planar disk with a central mounting hole with disk inside diameter fitted around it. The mounting face is disposed at a hub conning angle (?/2+/??) relative to the hub axis. Hub conning angle ? is selected so that a disk mounting force F applied to an inner disk portion surrounding the central mounting opening bends a portion of the disk interior to the hub inside diameter to conform contiguous facing relationship with the conical disk-mounting face. This interior bending portion reduces or eliminates the tendency of the outer disk portion to form an excessive conning angle ?.

Abstract: A process for balancing a vehicular driveline including a propeller shaft and an input shaft of a vehicle axle interconnected by a universal joint. First, the vehicle propeller shaft is balanced to a predetermined residual imbalance having an imbalance vector angle of 0° or 180° which lies inline with open set of cardan joint trunnions. The corrected residual imbalance is then visually marked. Next, the input shaft is balanced to a predetermined residual imbalance having an imbalance vector angle of 0° or 180° which lies inline with cross-holes in yoke ears. Again, the corrected residual imbalance on the input shaft is then visually marked. During the assembly of the vehicle, the assembly line operator couples the propeller shaft to the input shaft through a cardan joint cross by aligning the marks on the propeller shaft and the input shaft so that the marks are located opposite to each other.

Abstract: A method is provided for quickly and inexpensively balancing an article, such a driveshaft tube for use in a vehicular driveshaft assembly, for rotation about an axis. Initially, a balancing structure is provided that includes a chamber that contains a quantity of a first component of a balancing material. The balancing structure is secured to the article. Then, a quantity of a second component of the balancing material is disposed within the chamber so as to initiate solidification of the balancing material. Lastly, before the balancing material solidifies, the article and the balancing structure are rotated so as to cause the balancing material to move within the chamber to a position wherein the combined assembly of the article and the balancing structure are balanced for rotation. The balancing material solidifies in this position, thus permanently balancing the article for rotation.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a driveshaft assembly takes advantage of the asymmetrical nature of the driveshaft tube and end fittings to reduce the initial imbalance of the driveshaft assembly. The method includes the initial steps of providing a driveshaft tube having a heavy side and providing an end fitting having a heavy side. The heavy side of the end fitting is aligned so as to be opposite the heavy side of the driveshaft tube. Finally, the driveshaft tube and the end fitting are secured together. The dimensional characteristics of the driveshaft tube and end fitting improve the balancing capability of the driveshaft assembly by permitting levels of imbalance of the driveshaft assembly to be lowered and better-managed.

Abstract: An aspect of the invention can be regarded as a method of balancing a rotary actuator for use in a rotatable head stack assembly (HSA) portion in a disk drive. The rotary actuator has a pivot axis, and the rotatable HSA portion has an installed HSA portion center-of-gravity. The method provides for determining a desired rotary actuator center-of-gravity location for locating the installed HSA portion center-of-gravity along the pivot axis for mitigating acceleration of the rotary actuator about the pivot axis due to external linear acceleration experienced by the disk drive during a track-follow operation. The method further provides for measuring weight distribution characteristics of the rotary actuator to determine an actual rotary actuator center-of-gravity. The method further provides for selectively modifying weight distribution characteristics of the rotary actuator to locate the actual rotary actuator center-of-gravity at the desired rotary actuator center-of-gravity location.

Abstract: An aspect of the invention can be regarded as a method of balancing a rotary actuator for use in a rotatable head stack assembly (HSA) portion in a disk drive. The rotary actuator has a pivot axis, and the rotatable HSA portion has an installed HSA portion center-of-gravity. The method provides for deetermining a desired rotary actuator center-of-gravity location for locating the installed HSA portion center-of-gravity along the pivot axis for mitigating acceleration of the rotary actuator about the pivot axis due to external linear acceleration experienced by the disk drive during a track-follow operation. The method further provides for measuring weight distribution characteristics of the rotary actuator to determine an actual rotary actuator center-of-gravity. The method further provides for selectively modifying weight distribution characteristics of the rotary actuator to locate the actual rotary actuator center-of-gravity at the desired rotary actuator center-of-gravity location.

Abstract: A spinning rotor for open-end spinning machines and a method for balancing the spinning rotor in the course of a single clamping process by removing material from a cylindrical-shaped section of the collar (20) of the rotor cup (19) to form an identification mark (21) thereon sufficiently to offset an imbalance and equalize the mass of the rotor. The mark (21), which preferably consists of a combination of a graphic symbol (22) and lettering (23), is used for identification and information.

Abstract: In order to permit a fast, precisely centric fastening of rotating tools, such as drills or milling tools in clamping sleeves, of such clamping sleeves or of workpiece holding devices, such as clamping chucks 4 in spindles 1 of turning machines, respective holding surfaces 9/10, 23/24 are provided in the respective parts to be connected with one another with profiles 11, 12, 25, 26 which are coordinated with one another in pairs and which each have at least two wedges 13, 15. The wedges rise over imaginary cylindrical reference surfaces 14, 16 radially toward the outside and inside and each drop again steeply onto the reference surfaces and are offset in the circumferential direction by identical angles and have a joining gap in a joining position.

Abstract: An automatic dynamic balance adjusting apparatus is provided that adjusts the dynamic balance of a rotating body on a workpiece. The dynamic balance adjusting apparatus includes a control unit, a turntable for carrying the workpiece along a predetermined path, and a plurality of stations, arranged along the path, at which processes are performed on the workpiece. The stations include a measurement station at which the dynamic balance of the rotating body is determined, a dispenser station at which the application of a balance-weight agent is performed to adjust the dynamic balance of the rotating body, and an inspection station at which the dynamic balance of the rotating body is checked.

Abstract: A method to dampen vibrations of a centrifuge by restraining vertical movement of a disk rotatably attached to the centrifuge's drive shaft. Damping bearings contact with the disk to restrain movement. Means responsive to the radial displacement of the disk activate the damping bearings beyond a predetermined displacement.

Abstract: Provided is a fast and efficient method of burnishing a brake pad. The brake pad is contacted with a heat source having a power density greater than about 270 Mw/m.sup.2. Also provided is pre-burnished brake pad having an increased coefficient of friction.

Abstract: An improved method for producing a final balanced and noise suppressing brake drum including a generally closed outer end, a generally axially extending cylindrical main body, and an open inner end. The closed outer end of the brake drum includes a centrally located wheel spindle opening formed therein, and a plurality of lug bolt mounting holes spaced circumferentially around the wheel spindle opening. The cylindrical main body of the brake drum is formed during a casting operation and includes a plurality of discrete raised segments formed on an outer surface thereof. Preferably, at least three raised segments are provided on an outer surface of the brake drum, and at least two of the three segments are spaced apart from one another by generally equal angles. The discrete raised segments are provided at predetermined locations on the outer surface to reduce brake noise and are selectively machined during a machining operation to produce a final balanced brake drum.

Abstract: A method and apparatus to balance propeller blades including, but not limited to, those used on model aircraft provides relocation of the propeller's center mounting hole to the propeller's center of mass by installation of appropriate eccentric bushings into the center mounting hole, and preferably into an oversize center mounting hole that has been created in the propeller hub. Both spanwise and chordwise propeller balance can be made with this eccentric bushing method.

Abstract: A propeller balancing method and apparatus provides relocation of the propeller's center mounting hole to the propeller's center of mass. The method uses a conventional balance stand, by first attaching a balanced drill guide fixture to the hub of the propeller in such a way that the drill guide fixture can be moved slightly relative to the propeller hub to achieve balance and define a new center for the propeller. Once balance is achieved, the fixture and propeller assembly is removed from the balance stand. Then, a new oversize hole can be drilled in the propeller hub through the drill guide, and an appropriate (concentric) bushing installed.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a clutch disc for a friction clutch, in which two identical cover plates are used, each of which has areas with different outside diameters, whereby the area with the larger diameter has the openings for fastening rivets for lining carriers and the openings for the location of balancing rivets, and the areas with the smaller diameter make it possible to have access with a tool for peening the rivet heads from the other side. The individual cover plates are also assembled to one another in mirror inversion.

Abstract: A woven belt paper polisher imparts mechanical energy to paper by sliding a woven belt against a paper sheet while the sheet is supported against a shear inducing roll. The contact force, slide distance and the coefficient of friction of the polishing belt result in less polishing material wear, less chance for developing machine direction character on the paper surface, and less chance for machine component damage. The use of an extended belt run outside the polishing section, results in reduced wear, extended uptime, and better polishing surface reconditioning. The use of a commercially produced and modified woven paper machine fabric results in lower operating cost compared to the use of a specialty polishing material.

Abstract: A method of winding an armature coil, wherein out of slots (S1-S12) of an armature core (12), slots (S5, S8) away from eccentric portions (13a, 14a) of first and second balancers (13, 14) which are disposed at opposite sides of the armature core (12) are designated as the slots in winding starting positions, respectively, and coils (16) are wound from the slots (S5, S8) into slots (S2, S11), so that the coils (16) are not brought into contact with the eccentric portions (13a, 14a).

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an assembled steam turbine with at least one balancing ring. The assembled steam turbine includes a shaft rotatable about an axis and a housing, defining a machine interior. The housing has first and second axially-spaced end walls, with the shaft extending through the first end wall. A first bearing and a second bearing rotatably support the shaft. The first and second bearings are axially spaced along the shaft and at least the first bearing is positioned outside the machine interior, proximate the first end wall of the housing. At least one balancing ring which has a plurality of radial holes is coaxially-mounted on the shaft outside the machine interior between the first end wall of the housing and the first bearing. A method for balancing the assembled steam turbine disclosed above includes several steps.

Abstract: A balancing process for crankshafts that are assembled from a plurality of precisely machined, forged parts, in which the balancing process connects both revolving and reciprocating imbalances, allowing for optimum balancing conditions, which exceed the normal 50% balancing limit for weights that involve reciprocating unbalance. In this process, a substitute weight is positioned between two counterweight discs, that are part of corresponding sub assemblies of a temporary assembled crankshaft, with the substitute weight occupying the space normally occupied by the big end pin. The temporary assembled crankshaft, is placed on a dynamic balancing machine, and any imbalance is corrected. The connecting rod, prior to being assembled in the crankshaft, is balanced by placing the connecting rod on a weighing scale, that has been calibrated to zero position, using a master connecting rod of a known center of gravity.

Abstract: A device for fixing a material used for balancing of a roll in which a support and fixing construction for a fluidized balancing material is placed into the roll interior in contact with an inner face of the roll. The fluidized balancing material is then placed inside the roll at the location required by the balancing, where it is fixed and hardens. The support and fixing construction includes openings, which permit the balancing material to be placed at both sides of the support and fixing construction before it hardens and is fixed at the location required by the balancing.

Abstract: A device (19) for generating a rotating force vector and an oscillatory couple includes a plurality of non-concentric eccentric masses (22A, 22B, 22C, 22D, 22E, 22F) co-rotating at the same angular speed; and means (24A, 24B, 24C, 24D, 24E, 24F) for individually controlling the angular position of each of the masses; whereby, by selectively controlling the angular position of each eccentric mass, the device may generate a desired rotating force vector and a desired oscillatory couple. In use, the device performs an improved method for opposing the propagation of vibration from a dynamically unbalanced rotating rotor through a supporting structure (12).

Abstract: Setting pitch on a windmill airfoil having a longitudinal axis, a rotor blade and a rotor base secured to the rotor blade is accomplished by marking a windmill rotor hub for receiving the rotor base with a reference mark at a location corresponding to a first plane parallel to a plane of rotation of the windmill airfoil in use. The airfoil is positioned along a second plane relative to and substantially completely intersecting the longitudinal axis of the airfoil. The rotor base is marked at a location substantially parallel to the second plane. The airfoil is positioned relative to the windmill rotor hub so that the rotor base is in substantial engagement with the hub. The airfoil is moved relative to the hub so that the mark on the rotor base is aligned with the reference mark on the windmill rotor hub and the rotor base is secured to the windmill hub. An apparatus for marking pitch on a windmill airfoil is also provided.

Abstract: A system is disclosed for assembling and balancing automotive wheels. Each wheel includes a wheel rim having a valve stem opening and a tire adapted to be mounted on the rim. The circumferential position and magnitude of any tire imbalance is marked on the tire. A plurality of valve stems is also provided wherein the valve stems vary in weight from each other. The tire is positioned with respect to the rim so that the valve stem opening is substantially diametrically opposed to the circumferential position of the tire imbalance and a valve stem having a weight substantially the same as the magnitude of the tire imbalance is then positioned in the valve stem opening. The tire is then inflated thus completing the assembly and balancing of the tire.

Abstract: A rotary compressor has an electric motor and a compressing mechanism drivingly connected together by a crank shaft and disposed in a closed housing. The compressing mechanism has a rolling piston rotatable in a cylinder bore and driven by an eccentric portion of the crank shaft. First, second and third balancers are mounted on an end of the crank shaft and on the opposite ends of a motor rotor, respectively. The second and third balancers are formed therein with weight-adjusting holes by which the masses of the second and third balancers are finely adjusted to fall within tolerable ranges.

Abstract: In a double belt press, in which the steel belts are supported on the back by rollers, inherent compressive stress occurs on the side of the steel belts of a double belt press that are supported on the back by rollers, resulting in an undesirable bowl-shaped deformation of the steel belts. In order to avoid this deformation, at least the side of the steel belts which faces away from the rollers is subjected to treatment by shot blasting before being installed in the double belt press.

Abstract: In an assembly method of the rotary shaft in use for a ball-bearing type turbocharger, there includes steps of inserting an inner race of the first ball bearing into a rotary shaft to locate it in proximity of a turbine impeller before disposing the rotary shaft into the center housing; inserting a sleeve into the rotary shaft before mounting the second ball bearing on the rotary shaft; applying a compensation force to the inner race of the first ball bearing by way of the sleeve so as to bring one side of the inner race into a tight engagement with a boss portion of the turbine impeller, a magnitude of the force falling within a range from 20% to 120% of an axial force applied in the direction along the rotary shaft when the compressor impeller is secured to the rotary shaft by tightening the screw nut; releasing the compensation force from the inner race of the first ball bearing, and carrying out imbalance-correction of the turbine impeller prior disposing into the center housing.

Abstract: A centrifuge rotor having a balancing ring integrally formed with and raised from the upper surface thereof is manufactured by removing material from the ring to balance the rotor in the upper plane. The balancing ring is on the same radius as the rotor tube cavities and of width less than the diameter of said cavities such that the ring, when the tube cavities are drilled, is broken into segments of precisely known area which make the amount of material to be removed to balance the rotor readily determinable.

Abstract: A process for measuring an unbalance of a torque converter, in which an outer member and an inner member of the torque converter are assembled, and oil is filled into the outer member to establish a condition similar to an actual service state of the torque converter. In this condition, the two members are rotated in unison. If the rotational speed of the torque converter reaches a measuring rotational speed, a plurality of measurements are conducted with the phase of the outer and inner members being varied between each measurement through a predetermined angle, thereby correctly detecting only an unbalance due to the outer member, with an unbalance due to the inner member being canceled from the results of the measurements. Cutting a balance weight having a weight sufficient to correct the detected unbalance from a metal tape and attached said cut balance weight to an outer periphery of the outer member of the torque converter at a given position by spot-welding or adhesive-bonding.

Abstract: A method for producing a densified layer on the surface of a porous material having gas-containing voids which includes: (1) heating the outer surface of the porous material to cause localized removal of the gas contained in the voids so that the voids coalesce and form surface-connected channels, and (2) deforming the surface of the porous material to close the surface-connected channels so that a distinct, densified layer is formed at the surface of the porous material. The method is particularly applicable to the production of lightweight structural components.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method for directly measuring the amount of surface cold work due to a surface treatment operation. Such methods of this type, generally, allow the surface cold work created by a shot peening operation to be directly measured without having to destruct the substrate.

Abstract: Manufacture of brake drums having an annular brake ring and a drum back for mounting the ring for rotation about an axis defined at least in part by one or more openings in the back. Radial runout of the brake ring is measured, and the mounting openings in the drum back are located at a position to substantially cancel the first harmonic of measured radial runout. The radially inwardly directed braking surface of the drum ring is then finish-machined on a cylinder of revolution coaxial with the drum back mounting openings so as to provide a brake ring of substantially uniform thickness and weight distribution about the axis of rotation defined by the drum back mounting openings.

Abstract: A method of centering and thus balancing workpieces to be machined only in part comprises a provision of centering bores in and faces of the workpiece and/or a circular machining of peripheral surfaces on which the workpiece is adapted to the gripped. Before the workpiece is machined it is repositioned so that the rotary unbalance of the workpiece is reduced in that the position and/or mass distribution of the workpiece relative to its axis of rotation is changed. The workpiece is subsequently provided with the centering bores and/or with the surfaces to be gripped, which define the balanced and centered position of the workpiece and the associated axis of rotation.

Abstract: The present invention provides for a method of generating an electronic bobweight signal used to offset an unbalance signal before the unbalance signal is received at the input portion of the electronic circuitry of the unbalance detection system. The electronic bobweight signal and unbalance signal are matched in their phase angle and are each sampled a specified number of equally spaced times per revolution of the workpiece to provide accurate bobweighted unbalance data without the need for use of physical bobweights and their inherent disadvantages.

Abstract: A rotary tool is provided with a shank and a collar-like section, and further includes a plurality of screw-threaded holes drilled in a vertical end face of the collar-like section, in parallel relationships with the axis of the collar-like section. A plurality of balancing weights are removably screwed in the holes as required to balance the tool.

Abstract: The present invention provides for a method of generating an electronic bobweight signal used to offset an unbalanced signal before the unbalance signal is received at the input portion of the electronic circuitry of the unbalance detection system. The electronic bobweight signal and unbalance signal are matched in their phase angle and are each sampled a specified number of equally spaced times per revolution of the workpiece to provide accurate bobweighted unbalance data without the need for use of physical bobweights and their inherent disadvantages.

Abstract: During the manufacture of a paper product such as paper or cardboard, a moving web of sheet material which is to form the paper product is lapped over a roll while the relatively smooth, hard surface of a smoothing member is pressed against an outer surface region of the sheet material across the entire width thereof while an inner surface region thereof engages the roll, so as to impart in this way desired characteristics to the surface of the web engaged by the smoothing member, with a frictional rubbing action being provided between the web and the surface of the smoothing member. The above roll may be the roll of a press section, a drying section, or a calendering section of a paper machine, and a suitable support structure carries the smoothing member to maintain the latter in engagement with the moving web. The smoothing member may be fixed to the supporting structure or may take the form of a smoothing roller supported for rotary movement by the supporting structure.