Abstract: The invention relates to an extraction device for a robot-assisted machine tool for surface processing. According to an exemplary embodiment, the extraction device comprises a housing with a vacuum nozzle and an outlet for connection of a hose. The extraction device also has a suspension that connects the housing to a mounting plate and is mounted on the mounting plate so as to be pivotable about an axis. A counterweight is connected to the suspension such that the counterweight substantially balances out the weight of the housing relative to the axis.

Abstract: A parting/grooving insert and a method of grinding a parting/grooving insert including rotating a plane grinding surface having a normal vector parallel to the axis of rotation and a tangential direction of rotation; providing a parting/grooving insert including a rake surface, a main clearance surface, and a main cutting edge formed between the rake and main clearance surfaces; orienting/positioning the insert relative to the grinding surface, such that the main clearance surface is parallel to the grinding surface, the normal vector of the main cutting edge being in the plane of the main clearance surface and with a vector component in the direction of rotation forming an angle to the tangential direction of rotation at the insert of at least 20 degrees from parallel orientation; and grinding the main clearance surface to provide grinding marks having an angle to the normal vector of the main cutting edge corresponding to the angle to the tangential direction of rotation.

Abstract: [Problem] To machine a workpiece such as a hard brittle material or difficult-to-cut material innovatively and accurately and to improve the machining rate significantly. [Solution Means] In grinding a workpiece W by a cup grinding wheel 3 while supplying a slurry 5 containing abrasive grains, the grinding wheel 3 is rotated at low peripheral speed. No more than 500 m/min., preferably 30 to 430 m/min., is appropriate for the peripheral speed of the grinding wheel 3. The slurry 5 at a flow rate of no more than 4.0 ml/cm2/h, preferably of 1.0 to 2.0 ml/cm2/h is dropped or sprayed little by little onto a ground surface of the workpiece W.

Abstract: A guide assembly for an ice skate sharpener cooperates with a template of a desired contour of a skate blade to control the relative disposition of a sharpening wheel and a skate blade. The guide assembly comprises a base and a carriage slidably mounted on the base so as to be moveable, relative to said base, along a predefined path. A support is provided for connection to a skateholder. The support is connected to the carriage to permit movement of a skateholder in a direction normal to the path. The support inhibits relative movement between the carriage and a skateholder in a direction parallel to said path. A follower connected between the skateholder and template, control movement of the skateholder in a direction normal to the path as the carriage is moved along said predefined path. The skateholder therefore follow the contour of the template.

Abstract: A complex geographical edge finishing system includes a fixture that holds an external part having a complex three-dimensional edge, a track disposed around the fixture and surrounding the edge of the part held in the fixture, and one or more finishing apparatuses that can sand, polish, buff, paint and/or apply coatings to the complex three-dimensional edge. The finishing apparatuses move about the track such that the three-dimensional edge of the part can be polished. The path of the track can substantially match, mimic or otherwise correspond to the path of the three-dimensional edge, such that special requirements for the finishing apparatuses are not required.

Abstract: A guide assembly for an ice skate sharpener cooperates with a template of a desired contour of a skate blade to control the relative disposition of a sharpening wheel and a skate blade. The guide assembly comprises a base and a carriage slidably mounted on the base so as to be moveable, relative to said base, along a predefined path. A support is provided for connection to a skateholder. The support is connected to the carriage to permit movement of a skateholder in a direction normal to the path. The support inhibits relative movement between the carriage and a skateholder in a direction parallel to said path. A follower connected between the skateholder and template, control movement of the skateholder in a direction normal to the path as the carriage is moved along said predefined path. The skateholder therefore follow the contour of the template.

Abstract: Hands free removal of layers of material simultaneously from a number of dies is accomplished by temporarily positioning a plurality of die holding devices into different segmented open areas of a template mounted over the grinding surface. In one embodiment, frictional force imparted to each holding device by the grinding wheel serves to position the holding device against a stop within the confines of each opening. The stop in each segment could be positioned at a different radial distance from the center of the grinding wheel in order to use different portions of the grinding wheel to grind each of the dies. In some embodiments, the segments are offset from each other around the template in order to increase the effective working area of the grinding surface.

Abstract: The template device according to the present invention permits to determine the procedure for an angular displacement of the diamond milling cutter heads in respect to the size of the slab to be worked, and precisely the slab thickness, in order to obtain the same profile of the template. The lower part of the template (1) is orthogonal to the direction of feed of the slab (4) and forms a base (5) which is provided with coupling means which permit the coupling with the supporting frame (6) of the slab border polishing machine in the feed sector of the slab itself. The said coupling means which permit the coupling with the supporting frame or bracket (6) may be screws or other similar coupling means. The said template (1) cooperates with contact elements such as a sliding block (7) or the like which are arranged on the delivery side of the shaft of a spindle (8) which is equipped with a diamond milling cutter (9).

Abstract: A machine for machining a volume, in particular an inlay, by automatic duplicating, includes an abrasive disc having a rotatable drive, a support for a blank of the volume, the disc and the blank being rotatable, a rotatable duplicator support a touch-sensing probe capable of being urged into contact with the duplicator outer surface, there being relative displacement between the blank support and the disc and between the duplicator support and the touch-sensing probe so as to enable the disc and the touch-sensing probe to remain permanently in contact with the blank and the duplicator, and a mobile carriage having at least two degrees of freedom on which are mounted the support for the blank and for the duplicator, the carriage commanding and controlling the drive of the rotatable disc and the duplicator support.

Abstract: There is disclosed a polishing machine capable of flattening a wafer surface uniformly. The machine can modify the flatness of the surface during polishing. The machine has an index table and a polishing head 18. The table attracts the wafer to be polished such that the wafer faces upward. The table rotates to the primary polishing station. The polishing head has a pressure application cylinder 21 and a base plate 22. The cylinder is held to a carrier at a given angle. The base plate holds polishing cloth 24 and is mounted to the cylinder so as to be swingable in three dimensions. The cloth touches the wafer surface and rotates at a high speed, thus flattening it. At the second polishing station, polishing cloth attached to another polishing head touches the wafer surface and rotates at a high speed, thus finally polishing the wafer surface.

Abstract: A template (1) intended for the lens of a pair of glasses (4), in which the template includes holes (14) for determining a drilling position for applying marks. The template (1) can be connected to a blocking member (10, 11) provided on the lens of the glasses (4) so that the template cannot be displaced and remains rotationally fixed relative to the blocking member (10, 11). The hole or the mark thus remains in a fixed position relative to the glasses lens.

Abstract: A process for surface grinding of a flange surface of a wheel hub onto which a brake disk can be mounted for a motor vehicle includes the mounting of the wheel bearing on the wheel hub before the grinding operation. An outer bearing ring is then clamped on a stationary support and, as the wheel hub is rotated, the surfaces ground by a cup-shaped grinding disk rotated about an axis parallel to that of the axis of rotation of the hub.

Abstract: A chemical mechanical planarization tool and method are presented employing a non-linear motion of the carrier arm relative to the polishing pad. The non-linear motion of the carrier arm relative to the polishing pad can be accomplished in a variety of ways, for example, employing a mechanical template having an irregular opening or programming the carrier displacement mechanism to move the carrier in an irregular, non-rotational X-Y path over the polishing pad.

Abstract: Method to hone curved and shaped profiles which belong to furniture elements, which are advantageously of furniture of an antique style, such as surfaces of tables, mouldings of furniture or pictures, panels, doors of kitchen cupboards, seat elements, etc.

Abstract: A chemical mechanical planarization tool and method are presented employing a non-linear motion of the carrier arm relative to the polishing pad. The non-linear motion of the carrier arm relative to the polishing pad can be accomplished in a variety of ways, for example, employing a mechanical template having an irregular opening or programming the carrier displacement mechanism to move the carrier in an irregular, non-rotational X-Y path over the polishing pad.

Abstract: An apparatus for successively grinding the edges of a series of like, sheetlike articles, such as glass sheets, and especially irregularly shaped glass articles such as automotive windows. The apparatus includes a frame, a table rotatably secured to the frame, a clamp for clamping an article on the table, and a template of the article carried by the table, but at an elevation below that of the article. The apparatus also has a swing arm assembly which carries a spindle near its outer free end, an inner end of the swing arm assembly being pivotally secured to the frame, the swing arm assembly being movable in a plane to move the spindle toward or away from the table. The spindle of the swing arm assembly has a rotatable grinding wheel which is positioned to engage the edge of an article on the table and a motor drive for rotating the grinding wheel. The spindle further has a cam follower which is positioned to engage the edge of the template when the grinding wheel engages the article.