23rd week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 15 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160158818 | Ejector Head Cleaning Cart For Three-Dimensional Object Printing Systems - A cleaning cart for a three-dimensional object printing system wipes an ejector head to remove debris from the ejector head. The cleaning cart includes a platform having a plurality of bearings configured to move the platform on rails of the printing system. A cleaning mechanism is movably mounted to the platform, and an actuator is mounted to the platform. The actuator is configured to move the cleaning mechanism relative to the platform to enable the cleaning mechanism to clean an ejector head that is positioned opposite the rails of the printing system. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158819 | Compact Pneumatic Auto Body Hammer with Fine Control of Impact Force - A hand-held pneumatic impact tool for striking and planishing metal panels includes a monostable, reciprocating impact mechanism in a small form factor, with an air pressure regulator to control striking force and interchangeable toolheads to apply the force as necessary to repair dented or crumpled vehicle bodies. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158820 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING AN ANNULAR PART - An apparatus ( | 2016-06-09 |
20160158821 | PRESS FORMING METHOD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PRESS-FORMED PART - There is provided a method of manufacturing a curved channel part having a curved portion in a vertical wall portion by press forming, the method restricting stretch flange deformation, which occurs in the vertical wall portion and a flange portion. The method includes a shear deformation step as a step of forming the vertical wall portion. In the shear deformation step, a boundary-side portion of a base section of a blank with respect to a deformation section, and an outer portion of the deformation section are individually restrained, a portion to be a vertical wall portion of the deformation section is shear-deformed in a sheet face, and a material is caused to flow from a portion separated from a curved portion toward the curved portion in an outer edge portion of the portion to be the vertical wall portion. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158822 | HOT-PRESSED MEMBER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided is a hot-pressed member excellent in terms of paint adhesiveness and a method of manufacturing the hot-pressed member. A hot-pressed member has a coating layer containing Zn and Ni on the surface of a steel sheet of which the member is formed, an oxide film containing Zn on the coating layer, and a void formation rate is 80% or less for voids formed between the coating layer and the oxide film. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158823 | DRAW PRESS DIE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - A draw press die assembly includes an upper die, a lower die positioned beneath the upper die, a blankholder for supporting an associated workpiece, and a blankholder drive mechanism connected with at least one of the upper die and the blankholder. The blankholder drive mechanism is configured to provide a pulsating movement of the blankholder with respect to the upper die. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158824 | ROLLER HEMMING APPARATUS - A roller hemming apparatus is disclosed. A roller hemming apparatus for hemming an outer panel with respect to an inner panel according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include a tool body mounted at a front end of an arm of a robot, a pre-hemming roller mounted to a front side of a mounting block, which is disposed at a lower portion of the tool body, through a first mounting bracket, a main hemming roller mounted to a rear side of the mounting block through a second mounting bracket, and at least one heater mounted at a lateral side of the mounting block and configured to heat a flange portion of the outer panel. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158825 | PIN FIN FORMING METHOD - A pin fin forming method is a method of forming a plurality of pin fins on a surface of a metal plate by subjecting the metal plate to extrusion using a die having a plurality of through-holes and a roll. The pin fin forming method includes placing the metal plate between the die and the roll, and pressing the metal plate from a first end of the metal plate to a second end of the metal plate, by moving the roll relative to the die. The metal plate is pressed from the first end of the metal plate to the second end of the metal plate, in a state where a side surface of the second end of the metal plate and an upper surface of the second end of the metal plate are fixed. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158826 | FORGING APPARATUS - A forging apparatus and method is disclosed in which a die has two separate cavities, each having a first cavity portion and a second cavity portion. A billet of material is received in a first cavity portion and struck by a striking portion of an extrusion punch so as to be forced into the corresponding second cavity portion to form a shaped component. The billet of material can be placed into either of the two cavities for extrusion. This may increase the number of extrusion operations that can be performed by a single die. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158827 | Method of Making a Spanner - A method of making a spanner comprises the steps of preparing a flat metal blank, forging and pressing a part of the metal blank to form a head and a shank whose width is smaller than a width of the head, pressing the head to form a first arch-shaped part, pressing a shank end of the shank to expand the shank end and thence form a second arch-shaped part, and pressing the head and the shank end again to remove redundant scrap projecting from the first arch-shaped part and the second arch-shaped part and also punch finished holes in the head and the shank end respectively, thereby completing the finished spanner. Accordingly, the method reduces the waste of the material and the processing cost, decreases the use frequency of high-cost machines and promotes the processing efficiency by using the flat metal blank. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158828 | METHOD OF FORMING LAMINAR MOLD - A coated sand obtained by coating a refractory aggregate with a water-soluble binder is supplied onto a table disposed within a frame, and spread by a spreading member to form a thin sand layer having a predetermined thickness and a planar surface. The surface of the sand layer is covered by a mask, and an aqueous medium is sprayed from a sprayer over a part of the sand layer to be cured. By heating the part of the sand layer over which the aqueous medium has been sprayed, by using a heater, a mold layer having an intended shape is solidified or cured. By repeating the above-described steps for forming the mold layer a required number of times, mold layers are successively formed and superposed on each other, whereby a laminar casting mold having an intended three-dimensional configuration is obtained as a one-piece body consisting of the mold layers. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158829 | CORE COMPOSITION FOR CASTING, AND METHOD FOR PREPARING CORE FOR CASTING USING THE SAME - Disclosed are a core composition for casting and a method for preparing a core for casting using the composition. The core composition for casting includes: molding sand; a binder that includes a water glass-based binder and an oxide film inhibitor; and an additive, thereby improving a sand removing property without releasing harmful gases. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158830 | Brake Caliper for Disc Brake Assembly and Method and Apparatus for Producing Same - A brake caliper adapted for use in a vehicle disc brake assembly and method and apparatus for producing the same. The apparatus for producing the brake caliper comprises a mold member and a core member. The mold member has two mold sections meeting at a vertical interface, the first mold section having an extension from the vertical interface into the second mold section to form an integrally cast lug on the brake caliper. The core member has three extensions operative to form three integrally cast locating surfaces on the cast brake caliper, the extensions defining datum surfaces for subsequent machining of the cast brake caliper to predetermined tolerances using the three locating surfaces as the datum surfaces. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158831 | SALT CORES AND ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR PRODUCING SALT CORES - The invention relates to salt cores for producing castings, which salt cores have a layered structure and can be produced by means of an additive manufacturing method. Salt is preferably used as a molding material, the salt being applied in layers and being supplied with a binder. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158832 | PIPE WITH RIB AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PIPE WITH RIB - A method for manufacturing a pipe with a rib, in which a rib portion formed inside a pipe portion includes bent portions in accordance with bending of the pipe portion or a twisted portion in accordance with twisting of the pipe portion, includes drawing out molten metal held in a furnace by using a starter, from a surface of the molten metal, and drawing up the molten metal through a shape defining member defining a sectional shape of the pipe with the rib to be cast, and cooling and solidifying the molten metal passed through the shape defining member and drawn up. The bent portions are formed by moving at least one of the starter and the shape defining member in a horizontal direction. The twisted portion is formed by rotating at least one of the starter and the shape defining member about an axis extending along a vertical direction. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158833 | PULLING-UP-TYPE CONTINUOUS CASTING METHOD - A pulling-up-type continuous casting method according to an aspect of the present disclosure is a pulling-up-type continuous casing method for pulling up molten metal held in a holding furnace by using a starter. When the starter is accelerated to a predetermined pulling-up speed at a start of casting, the pulling-up-type continuous casting method includes a first acceleration section in which the starter is accelerated from a standstill state to a first speed at a first acceleration, a second acceleration section in which the starter is accelerated from the first speed to a second speed at a second acceleration, and a constant speed section in which the starter is pulled up at the first speed, the constant speed section being positioned between the first and second acceleration sections. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158834 | Castings and Manufacture Methods - A method for casting an article comprises a first region and a second region. The method comprises casting an alloy in a shell, the shell having a casting core protruding from a first metal piece; and deshelling and decoring to remove the shell and core and leave the first region formed by the first piece and the second region formed by the casted alloy. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158835 | DIE CASTING SYSTEM AND CELL - A method of manufacturing a component in a die casting cell that includes a die casting system according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, isolating a first chamber from a second chamber of the die casting system, melting a charge of material in the first chamber, sealing the second chamber relative to the first chamber, and simultaneously injecting the charge of material within the second chamber to cast the component and melting a second charge of material within the first chamber. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158836 | Casting device and associated method for investment casting with improved mechanicalproperties - The invention describes a method of casting a metal comprising the following steps: fabricating a pattern from wax or plastic having the geometry to generate a desired object, fabricating an investment mold from the wax, placing the mold in an open pressure vessel, filling the investment mold with a molten metal alloy, immediately thereafter closing and pressure sealing the pressure vessel, pressurizing the sealed pressure vessel with an inert gas for a predetermined measured time, depressurizing the sealed pressure vessel, opening the pressure vessel and removing the metal filled investment mold, and extracting the desired object from the investment mold. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158837 | Sand casting device and associated method with improved mechanical properties - The present invention describes a method of casting a metal alloy comprising forming a sand based mold having the geometry to generate a desired object to be cast, placing the mold in an open pressure vessel, filling the mold with a molten metal alloy, immediately thereafter closing and pressure sealing the pressure vessel, pressurizing the sealed pressure vessel with an inert gas for a measured time said predetermined measured time sufficient for the molten metal to cool and fully solidify, depressurizing the sealed pressure vessel and removing the metal filled sand mold, and extracting the desired object from the mold. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158838 | Casting device and associated method for lost foam casting with improved mechanical properties - The invention describes a method of casting a metal comprising the following steps: fabricating a pattern from polystyrene foam, coating the pattern with a ceramic slurry, filling sand around the pattern to create a sand mold, placing the sand mold in an open pressure vessel, filling the sand mold with a molten metal, immediately thereafter closing and pressure sealing the pressure vessel, pressurizing the sealed pressure vessel with an inert gas for a predetermined measured time, depressurizing the sealed pressure vessel, opening the pressure vessel and removing the metal filled sand mold, and extracting the desired object from the mold. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158839 | POWDER MIXTURES CONTAINING UNIFORM DISPERSIONS OF CERAMIC PARTICLES IN SUPERALLOY PARTICLES AND RELATED METHODS - Embodiments of a method for producing powder mixtures having uniform dispersion of ceramic particles within larger superalloy particles are provided, as are embodiments of superalloy powder mixtures. In one embodiment, the method includes producing an initial powder mixture comprising ceramic particles mixed with superalloy mother particles having an average diameter larger than the average diameter of the ceramic particles. The initial powder mixture is formed into a consumable solid body. At least a portion of the consumable solid body is gradually melted, while the consumable solid body is rotated at a rate of speed sufficient to cast-off a uniformly dispersed powder mixture in which the ceramic particles are embedded within the superalloy mother particles. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158840 | USE OF SPARK PLASMA SINTERING FOR MANUFACTURING SUPERALLOY COMPOUND COMPONENTS - A method of manufacturing a superalloy compound component is provided. The component includes a first component portion primarily consisting of a first superalloy and a second component portion primarily consisting of a second superalloy or of a refractory metal. The method includes using Spark Plasma Sintering for forming the superalloy compound component. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158841 | MULTIPLE FLUX CONCENTRATOR HEATING - A heating method is described. A plurality of flux concentrators and at least one part may be held in proximity to one another. One or more alternating electric current may be generated to generate a plurality of alternating magnetic fields by the respective flux concentrators. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158842 | Additive Manufacturing To Increase/Modify Equipment Operating Conditions - A method, including: applying an additive manufacturing process to processing equipment, wherein the additive manufacturing process increases a dimension of the processing equipment and expands an operating envelope of the processing equipment. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158843 | METHOD OF ACHIEVING FULL DENSITY BINDER JET PRINTED METALLIC ARTICLES - A method of producing full density binder-jet printed metallic articles. A metallic 3-D printed article is produced using a binder-jet printing method and is positioned in a hot isostatic press (HIP) container surrounded by stabilization powder. A vacuum is introduced into the inside of the HIP container. A binder used to bond powder articles together in the printed article is removed by heating the HIP container to decompose the binder and removing decomposition products by applying a vacuum to the HIP container. The HIP container is sealed with a vacuum therein and compacted under heat and pressure to remove all porosity in the printed article. The printed article thereafter is removed from the HIP container and finished to a final form. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158844 | Method Of Producing Alloyed Metallic Products - A method of producing a finished essentially 100% dense homogenous alloyed metallic product. First, a metal powder is provided comprised of particles with each particle having a predetermined alloy content. Next, the metal powder is blended with a mixture of a lubricant and a binder to form a composite powder. That composite powder is then compacted in a compacting die at room temperature to form a green part. The lubricant and binder ate then removed by heating the green part to at least a first temperature profile in a confined atmosphere with a predetermined dew point profile. Next, the remaining green part is heated to a second temperature higher than the first temperature and with predetermined dew point and H | 2016-06-09 |
20160158845 | Apparatus For Feeding Bars To A Machine Tool - An apparatus for feeding bars to a lathe comprises a first end couplable with a spindle of the lathe; a stationary arrangement for guiding and supporting a bar in a first region; a drum element between a first end and an intermediate zone; a movable supporting arrangement provided on the drum element; the movable supporting arrangement is slidably drivable along the drum element parallel to the rotation axis between a contracted disengagement configuration, in which the movable supporting arrangement is collected near the first end to enable a bar to be positioned on the stationary guiding and supporting arrangement, and an extended engagement configuration, in which it is distributed between the first end and the intermediate zone to engage with the respective bar to be supported and guided. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158846 | CHUCK GUARD FOR LATHE - A lathe or other rotating machine includes a chuck for holding a work piece or tool. The chuck is operated between grasping and releasing positions. A chuck guard is mounted on a housing of the rotating machine. The chuck guard has a transparent window and is mounted for pivoting movement between a position covering the chuck and a position exposing the chuck. A chuck guard extension with a window is attached at a front lower end of the chuck guard. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158847 | TOOL HOLDING FIXTURE - The invention relates to a tool holding fixture ( | 2016-06-09 |
20160158848 | CHUCK - In a chuck ( | 2016-06-09 |
20160158849 | SAFETY LOCK FOR LATHE CHUCK KEY - A lathe or other rotating machine includes a chuck for holding a work piece or tool. The chuck is operated between engaging and disengaging positions by rotating a chuck key that has been inserted into a key receiving opening in the chuck. A chuck key docking station on the machine includes a sensor to sense the presence or absence of the chuck key at the docking station. The sensor is connected to prevent operation of the machine at speed if the chuck key is not sensed in the chuck key docking station. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158850 | DRILLING JIG - Disclosed herein is a clamping device that can take the form of a drilling jig, which may be used to join objects arranged at an angle to each other. The drilling jig can include an upstand and a clamping handle that can be configured such that in use, an object, such as a piece of wood, is able to be clamped between the upstand and the clamping handle. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158851 | Iron-Cutting Drill - An iron-cutting drill includes a shank and two threaded section. The first threaded section extends from an end of the shank and includes a helical groove made of a helix angle smaller than 45°. The second threaded section extends from the first threaded section and includes several helical grooves, a cavity, several apertures and several blades. The helical grooves of the second section are in communication with the helical groove of the first threaded section. The helical grooves of the second section are made with a helix angle larger than 45°. The cavity is axially made in a free end of the second threaded section. The apertures are in communication with the cavity. The blades are formed around the cavity. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158852 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING A CAVITY IN A STATOR OF A PROGRESSIVE CAVITY PUMP - In a method for producing a cavity ( | 2016-06-09 |
20160158853 | Cutting Tool - A cutting tool may include a cutter body, and a cutting insert group coupled to the cutter body, wherein the cutter body includes a working length, wherein the cutting insert group forms a continuous cutting edge, and wherein the continuous cutting edge extends continuously through the working length of the cutter body. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158854 | CUTTING INSERT, CUTTING TOOL, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A MACHINED PRODUCT - A cutting insert has a cutting edge having a first corner cutting edge, a flat cutting edge, a connecting edge, a major cutting edge, and a second corner cutting edge in the order named. The major cutting edge has an upwardly protruding curvilinear portion, a first straight line portion extending from the curvilinear portion toward the connecting edge, and a second straight line portion extending from the curvilinear portion toward the second corner cutting edge. The flat cutting edge and the major cutting edge have a straight line shape, and the connecting edge has an outwardly protruding curvilinear shape in a top view. The flat cutting edge, the connecting edge, and the first straight line portion are located on a straight line in a side view. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158855 | CUTTING INSERT WITH INTERNAL COOLANT PASSAGES AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A cutting insert ( | 2016-06-09 |
20160158856 | CFRP Saw Blade - During manufacture of a saw blade ( | 2016-06-09 |
20160158857 | HORIZONTAL BAND SAW MACHINE - A horizontal band saw machine includes a pair of jaws, a pair of saw blade wheels, a band saw blade looped over the saw blade wheels, a pair of saw blade guides, a contact guide attached to the other of the pair of jaws, a coupling bracket connected to the other of the pair of saw blade guides to locate a distal end thereof below the other of the pair of saw blade wheels, and a follower member provided at the distal end of the coupling bracket. The contact guide and the coupling bracket are configured to move one of the pair of saw blade guides until the follower member contacts with the contact guide when the hand saw blade is fed circularly in a state where the band saw blade is clamped by the one of the pair of saw blade guides. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158858 | RECIP BLADE - A recip blade has a cutting edge defining a cutting direction and a repeating pattern of cutting teeth. Each repeating pattern includes (i) a leading tooth with respect to the cutting direction that includes a rake face defining a first rake angle that is negative, and (ii) a trailing tooth following the leading tooth with respect to the cutting direction that includes a rake face defining a second rake angle that is less negative than the first rake angle. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158859 | UNIBIT RE-SHARPENING DEVICE - A unibit re-sharpening device for reconditioning the surface of worn unibits by filing them in a tapered recess. The unibit re-sharpening device comprises a device housing having a tapered recess with a diamond infused file therein, with the file connected to an integrated electric motor and high frequency mechanical vibrator, with an attachable collet for securing a conventional unibit in the tapered recess. In use, a unibit is secured in the collet and the collet is placed in the tapered recess. The power switch is then turned on, causing the motor and vibrator to vibrate the file and resulting in material being cut from the cutting edge or face of the unibit by the vibrating file. While the file is vibrating, a user can rotate the unibit to expose its whole conical surface to the file, thereby sharpening the entire unibit. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158860 | Skiving Method And Corresponding Device - A method, and device, for producing gears in gearwheels with a skiving wheel that features cutting teeth, a workpiece spindle for receiving the gearwheel and a tool spindle, wherein the tool and workpiece spindles are positioned at an axial cross-angle relative to one another, wherein the gearing is produced in successive processing steps. Spacewidths between the teeth are incrementally cut deeper. The axial spacing between the tool and workpiece spindles and a turning angle is changed between the processing steps in such a way that a first cutting edge section of the cutting tooth engages on a tooth flank section of a first tooth flank produced during a preceding processing step with an at least reduced material removal referred to other cutting edge sections of this cutting tooth. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158861 | METHOD FOR MACHINING TOOTH EDGES AND MACHINING STATION DESIGNED FOR THIS PURPOSE - The invention concerns a method for the machining of the tooth edges between an axially facing surface and the tooth flanks of a gear with a machining tool that has a toothed contour. For the material-removing cutting operation, the machining tool, rotating about the axis of its toothed contour, is brought into rolling engagement with the toothed workpiece under a crossing angle different from zero between the rotary axes of the machining tool and the toothed workpiece. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158862 | METHOD, TOOL AND DEVICE FOR PROFILING A FINISHING TOOL - Method for profiling a finishing tool, in particular a grinding worm, having a first and a second finishing flank; the method providing the steps of: arranging a cutting portion of a profiling tool in contact with the first flank of the thread; causing the cutting portion to slide in contact with the first flank of the thread so as to profile it; removing the cutting portion from the thread; automatically rotating the profiling tool so as to arrange the cutting portion in contact with a second flank of the thread; and causing the cutting portion to slide in contact with the second flank of the thread so as to profile it. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158863 | WIRE ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINE CONTROLLER HAVING WIRE ELECTRODE REPLACEMENT FUNCTION - A controller for controlling a wire electric discharge machine is configured to monitor the remaining lifetime of a wire electrode and calculates an electric discharge machining time, thereby determining the timing of replacement of the wire electrode, so that it can recognize the timing of interruption of electric discharge machining. Consequently, a program operation can be suspended and the wire electrode can be cut and automatically replaced at that timing. After the replacement of the wire electrode, moreover, the wire electrode can be connected and the program operation can be restarted. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158864 | Functionalized Metal Oxide Soldering Methods and UV Sensor Manufactured Thereof - Provided are a method of soldering a functionalized metal oxide, and an electronic device manufactured thereby, and more particularly, a method of soldering a functionalized metal oxide which is capable of growing a solder structure by a hydrothermal synthesis method using a pulsed laser, and is usable in a UV sensor, and an electronic device manufactured thereby. According to the present invention, thermal diffusion generated from a laser is limited due to the use of a pulsed laser, and thus, nanosolder having high density and a shape to be precisely adjustable may be prepared by a hydrothermal synthesis method by the pulsed laser, thereby facilitating the joining of the nanostructure, and further, the nanosolder is formed between the nanostructures, thereby being usable as a metal oxide structure having functionality. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158865 | ARC SPOT WELDED JOINT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - In an arc spot welded joint manufacturing method in which two steel sheets configured by high strength steel having a component carbon content of 0.07% by mass or greater are overlapped, and the sheets are lap welded together in a spot pattern. The method includes a first welding pass in which a second steel sheet on the lower side is melted up to a back face side, and first weld metal is formed including a first reinforcement portion, and a second welding pass in which a second weld metal including a second reinforcement portion is formed over the first weld metal, such that the heights of the first reinforcement portion or the second reinforcement portion is formed at t/5 or greater with respect to the sheet thickness t of the steel sheets, and the average weld bead diameter is formed at from 3t to 10t. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158866 | AUTOMATED WELDING OF MOULDS AND STAMPING TOOLS - A tool welding system is disclosed that includes a table that heats a tool. A multi-axis robot includes a welding head that is moved relative to the table in response to a command. A controller is in communication with the robot and generates the command in response to welding parameters. The weld parameters are based upon a difference between an initial tool shape and a desired tool shape. The difference between the initial tool shape and the desired tool shape corresponds to a desired weld shape. The desired weld shape is adjusted based upon initial tool shape variations, which includes thermal growth of the tool. The tool is welded to provide the desired weld shape to achieve a desired tool shape. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158867 | WELDING ASSEMBLY FOR HIGH-BANDWIDTH DATA COMMUNICATION - A welding or cutting system is provided that uses welding cables between a wire feeder and a power supply for high-speed data communications between the wire feeder and the power supply. A system designed as discussed herein eliminates the need for voltage and/or current sense leads for communication arc voltages/currents detected at the welding operation. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158868 | WELDING ASSEMBLY FOR HIGH-BANDWIDTH DATA COMMUNICATION - A welding or cutting system is provided that uses welding cables between a wire feeder and a power supply for high-speed data communications between the wire feeder and the power supply. A system designed as discussed herein eliminates the need for voltage and/or current sense leads for communication arc voltages/currents detected at the welding operation. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158869 | WELDING ASSEMBLY FOR HIGH-BANDWIDTH DATA COMMUNICATION - A welding or cutting system is provided that uses welding cables between a wire feeder and a power supply for high-speed data communications between the wire feeder and the power supply. A system designed as discussed herein eliminates the need for voltage and/or current sense leads for communication arc voltages/currents detected at the welding operation. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158870 | INDUCTIVE DEVICES AND LOW FLOW PLASMAS USING THEM - Certain embodiments described herein are directed to devices that can be used to sustain a low flow plasma. In certain examples, the low flow plasma can be sustained in a torch comprising an outer tube and an auxiliary tube within the outer tube. In some examples, the auxiliary tube comprises an effective length to match the shape of a low flow plasma sustained in the torch using a flat plate electrode. Methods and systems using the torches are also described. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158871 | WELDING MACHINE FOR CONNECTION OF OVERLAPPING MATERIAL WEBS - Welding machine for edge-side connection at the edge of overlapping material webs, wherein the materials are connectable to one another under the effect of heat and subsequent pressure, with a chassis on which at least guide rollers, a heating device and at least one pressure roller are arranged. The heating device has a cantilevered contact heating element that can be inserted laterally between the edges of the material webs, wherein the chassis is driven by an electric motor which is arranged on a longitudinal leg of the chassis. The electric motor according to the invention is formed as a brushless DC motor and the reduction gear as a planetary gear, which are united by a drum drive motor. In this case, the direct current motor is preferably a disk rotor motor. The chassis has a lateral leg which is adjustable perpendicularly to the working direction relative to the longitudinal leg. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158872 | WELDING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR WELDING VEHICLE PART USING THE SAME - A welding device of a robot arm includes a welding machine having a first pressing member which includes a cylindrical first pressing part and a second pressing member which includes a second pressing part inserted into a hollow of the first pressing part. A transformer supplies a positive (+) current to the first pressing member and a negative (−) current to the second pressing member. The first and second pressing parts have the same co-axis. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158873 | METHOD FOR CONNECTING AT LEAST TWO SHEET METAL PARTS - The invention relates to a method for connecting at least two sheet metal parts ( | 2016-06-09 |
20160158874 | RESISTANCE SPOT WELDING STEEL AND ALUMINUM WORKPIECES WITH ELECTRODE INSERT - A method of resistance spot welding a steel workpiece and an aluminum or aluminum alloy workpiece together includes several steps. In one step a workpiece stack-up is provided. The workpiece stack-up includes a steel workpiece and an aluminum or aluminum alloy workpiece. Another step involves providing a first welding electrode that confronts the aluminum workpiece, and providing a second welding electrode that confronts the steel workpiece. The first welding electrode has an electrode body and an insert that functions to limit or eliminate heat flux into the electrode body. Other steps of the method involve bringing the first and second welding electrodes into contact with opposite sides of the workpiece stack-up and resistance spot welding the stack-up. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158875 | Fabrication Method of Steam Turbine Blade Equipped with Erosion Shield - A fabrication method of a steam turbine blade equipped with an erosion shield includes the steps of preparing constituent elements including the steam turbine blade having a blade part, the erosion shield to be joined to a leading edge part of the blade part on the tip side thereof, and a shim to be disposed between the blade part and the erosion shield, any of the constituent elements having a backing part to serve as a backing for preventing burn through of molten metal at the time of the electron beam welding; assembling the constituent elements; performing electron beam welding to the leading edge part of the blade part, the erosion shield and the shim while utilizing the backing; and machining including removal of the backing part, after the electron beam welding, thereby forming the steam turbine blade in the shape of a final product thereof. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158876 | ULTRASONIC WELDING OF COMPOSITES USING C FRAME TOOLING - A number of variations may include a weld gun and a method of operating the weld gun including a motor operably coupled to a converter. The converter may be operably coupled to a booster. A horn may be operably coupled to the booster. An anvil may be operably coupled to the horn wherein vibration of the horn may be caused by the motor. Moreover, the vibration of the horn may produce heat in order to weld a piece which may be disposed adjacent to the horn. The weld gun may not require separate or additional tooling. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158877 | DUAL ULTRASONIC WELDER - A dual ultrasonic welder unit may be coupled to and carried by a mounting bracket including a base member extending in a an end of a robot arm and may include a first welder including a welding horn adjustable in a Z-axis direction by a first motor mounted within a mounting bar assembly of the first welder. The mounting bar assembly may be coupled to the base member and include a support for adjusting the location of the first welder in an X-axis direction by a second motor mounted to an extension member coupled to the base member and including a threaded member coupled to a follower member coupled to the mounting bar assembly. The dual ultrasonic welder may include a second ultrasonic welder fixedly coupled to the base member. Methods of controlling and operating the dual ultrasonic welding unit include steps of operating the robot and the first and second motors to position the first welder relative to the second welder unit for simultaneously performing ultrasonic welds on at multiple locations on a workpiece. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158878 | FRICTION WELDING METHOD - The present invention is a friction welding method for friction welding of metal members characterized by starting friction welding in a state inserting an insert material between surfaces of the metal members facing each other, wherein the insert material consists of a metal having a melting point (centigrade temperature) of 60 to 80% of the melting point (centigrade temperature) of the metal members, melting the insert material, and pushing the melted insert material out from between the pair of metal members. Due to this, the adverse effects due to high temperature heating like in the past are eliminated while a quality of joint equal to or better than the past is obtained in a short time period. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158879 | Method of Making a Bracket Assembly for a Brake Assembly - A method of making a bracket assembly for a brake assembly. The method may include friction welding a brake wing to a camshaft tube that may receive a camshaft for actuating a brake pad assembly. Rotation of the brake wing and/or the camshaft tube about an axis may be controlled to fix an angular position of the brake wing with respect to the camshaft tube within a predetermined tolerance. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158880 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SEPARATING A FLAT WORKPIECE INTO A PLURALITY OF SECTIONS - A method of separating a workpiece into a plurality of sections includes generating one or a plurality of lines of modified material along one or a plurality of predefined separating lines in the workpiece in a first step by local material processing using a laser beam through a surface of the workpiece, which results in a reduction of breaking stress of the workpiece along the separating lines, and dividing, in a second step, the workpiece into the sections along the separating lines by thermal laser beam separation, wherein the one or the plurality of lines are generated completely or at least in portions at a distance from the surface in the workpiece. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158881 | WAFER PRODUCING METHOD - A wafer producing method for producing a hexagonal single crystal wafer from a hexagonal single crystal ingot includes a separation start point forming step of setting the focal point of a laser beam inside the ingot at a predetermined depth from the upper surface of the ingot, which depth corresponds to the thickness of the wafer to be produced, and next applying the laser beam to the upper surface of the ingot while relatively moving the focal point and the ingot to thereby form a modified layer parallel to the upper surface of the ingot and cracks extending from the modified layer, thus forming a separation start point. In the separation start point forming step, the laser beam is applied to the ingot plural times with the focal point of the laser beam set at the modified layer previously formed, thereby separating the cracks from the modified layer. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158882 | WAFER PRODUCING METHOD - A hexagonal single crystal wafer is produced from a hexagonal single crystal ingot. The wafer producing method includes a separation start point forming step of setting the focal point of a laser beam to the inside of the ingot at a predetermined depth from the upper surface of the ingot, which depth corresponds to the thickness of the wafer to be produced, and next applying the laser beam to the upper surface of the ingot while relatively moving the focal point and the ingot to thereby form a modified layer parallel to the upper surface of the ingot and cracks extending from the modified layer, thus forming a separation start point. A plate-shaped member having a thickness corresponding to the thickness of the wafer is separated from the ingot at the separation start point after performing the separation start point forming step, thus producing the wafer from the ingot. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158883 | WAFER PRODUCING METHOD - A wafer producing method for producing a hexagonal single crystal wafer from a hexagonal single crystal ingot is disclosed. The wafer producing method includes a separation start point forming step of forming a modified layer parallel to the upper surface of the ingot and cracks extending from the modified layer to thereby form a separation start point in the ingot. The separation start point forming step includes a first separation start point forming step of setting the focal point of a laser beam at a first depth which is N times (N is an integer not less than 2) the depth corresponding to the thickness of the wafer from the upper surface of the ingot and next applying the laser beam to the ingot to thereby form a first separation start point composed of a first modified layer and first cracks extending therefrom. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158884 | Determining Deviations of an Actual Position of a Laser Machining Head from a Desired Position - Implementations of the present disclosure include methods, systems, and computer-readable storage mediums for determining a deviation between an actual position and a desired position of a laser machining head of a laser machining machine. Implementations include actions of selecting at least two different machining positions of the laser machining head, in which a laser beam emitted by the laser machining head is directed onto a desired position of a workpiece, moving the laser machining head into a first selected machining position and forming a through-opening into the workpiece at or around the desired position by operation of the laser beam, moving the laser machining head into a second selected machining position and detecting radiation generated by an interaction between the laser beam and the workpiece, and determining whether there is a deviation between an actual position of the laser machining head and the desired position based on the detected radiation. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158885 | Laser-Based Marking Method and Apparatus - A method for marking a thin workpiece is designed to prevent deformation of the workpiece. A plurality of lasers are opposed to respective opposite sides of the workpiece so as to both sides are heat treated. The lasers can operate synchronously with the respective emitted beams aligned with one another. As a result, the workpiece does not exhibit signs of deformation upon the completion of the marking. The workpiece is made either from plastic or metals and has a thickness not exceeding 2 millimeters. The lasers each are configured as either a fiber laser or a gas laser. The marking can be performed by lasers which are configured uniformly or non-uniformly and includes annealing, engraving and ablating. The marking can be performed synchronously or sequentially. The multi-surface marking could also be used to cause “distortion of the surface in a more controlled or desired fashion. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158886 | INTERFEROMETRIC LASER PROCESSING - The present disclosure relates to the field of laser induced modification and processing of materials. Modification is achieved by confining laser-material interaction within an array of narrow zones characterizing an optical interference profile. Disclosed is a method of laser induced modification of a material comprising applying at least one laser pulse to the material, the at least one laser pulse being incident on the first interface of the material, wherein the material is selected on the basis that it can support an optical interference pattern such that a thin volume at a site of at least one intensity maxima of the optical interference pattern is characterized by a laser intensity above a threshold value to responsively produce the laser induced modification of the material at a location relative to the first interface. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158887 | DEVICE FOR MACHINING MATERIAL USING A LASER BEAM - A device for guiding a laser beam for machining a work piece, the laser beam being guided via a mirror system and a focusing optical system to processing points on the work piece that are preselectable by a suitable alignment of the mirrors. The mirror system is disposed farther away than the simple focal length from the optical main plane of the optical system. The device makes it possible to machine work pieces having elevations with the aid of a laser scanning device without the occurrence of self-shading. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158888 | INFINITE THICKNESS LASER PROCESSING SYSTEM - A laser material processing system comprises: a housing defining an engraving chamber, an xy laser beam steering system, a non-telescoping focus mechanism, and a camera system that facilitates production of engravings that exceed the xy dimensions of the engraving chamber. The housing includes a removable bottom panel that allows processing of workpieces that exceed dimensions of the engraving chamber. The focus mechanism includes a carriage mirror subassembly, a sliding member moveably attached to the carriage mirror subassembly, and a focusing lens subassembly attached perpendicularly to a lower portion of the sliding member. The carriage mirror subassembly and focusing lens subassembly are configured to receive and focus a laser beam to a focal point. The focusing lens subassembly is adjusted along a z-axis by disengaging the locking component and vertically sliding the sliding member and is locked into a position by engaging the locking component with the sliding member. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158889 | CONTROL OF SOLIDIFICATION IN LASER POWDER BED FUSION ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING USING A DIODE LASER FIBER ARRAY - A method of method of forming or repairing a superalloy article having a columnar or equiaxed or directionally solidified or amorphous or single crystal microstructure includes emitting a plurality of laser beams from selected fibers of a diode laser fiber array corresponding to a pattern of a layer of the article onto a powder bed of the superalloy to form a melt pool; and controlling a temperature gradient and a solidification velocity of the melt pool to form the columnar or single crystal microstructure. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158890 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCRIBING PHOTOVOLTAIC STRUCTURES - A system for scribing a photovoltaic structure is provided. During operation, a conveyor can move a photovoltaic structure along a path, and a scribing apparatus is directed toward that path to scribe a groove of a predetermined depth. In one embodiment, the groove does not penetrate an interface between a base layer and an emitter layer of the photovoltaic structure. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158891 | LASER PROCESSING APPARATUS SUITABLE FOR FORMATION OF LASER PROCESSED HOLE - A laser processing method for forming a laser processed hole in a workpiece having a first member including a first material and a second member including a second material, the laser processed hole extending from the first member to the second member, the laser processing method including: applying a pulsed laser beam to the workpiece; using a plasma detecting means to detect the wavelength of plasma light generated by applying the pulsed laser beam to the workpiece; controlling, via a controller, a laser beam applying means according to a detection signal from the plasma detecting means; and stopping the application of the pulsed laser beam when both: (i) the light intensity detected by a first photodetector is decreased, and (ii) the light intensity detected by a second photodetector is increased to a peak value and next decreased to a given value that is slightly less than the peak value. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158892 | WAFER PRODUCING METHOD - A wafer producing method produces a hexagonal single crystal wafer from a hexagonal single crystal ingot. The method includes a separation start point forming step of setting the focal point of a laser beam to the inside of the ingot at a predetermined depth from the upper surface of the ingot, which depth corresponds to the thickness of the wafer to be produced, and next applying the laser beam to the upper surface of the ingot while relatively moving the focal point and the ingot to thereby form a modified layer parallel to the upper surface of the ingot and cracks extending from the modified layer, thus forming a separation start point. The separation start point forming step includes an indexing step of relatively moving the focal point in a direction of formation of an off angle to thereby index the focal point by a predetermined index amount. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158893 | WELDING DEVICE AND METHOD OF WELDING AUTOMOBILE PARTS - A welding device provided for welding automobile parts received in a pallet to a vehicle body includes: an aligner configured to grip and align the parts received in the pallet; a mover configured to move the aligner to take out the parts and let the taken out parts adhere to an installation position of the vehicle body; and a welding machine configured to weld the adhering portion between the parts and the vehicle body. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158894 | EARTH-BORING TOOLS WITH PRECISE CUTTER POCKET LOCATION AND ORIENTATION AND RELATED METHODS - A method of forming an earth-boring tool includes forming a tool body including at least one inverted cutting element pocket, at least a portion of the at least one inverted cutting element pocket having a profile substantially matching a profile of an actual cutting element to be secured within a cutting element pocket to be formed by subsequently machining the at least one inverted cutting element pocket. Hardfacing material may be applied to portions of the tool body. The actual cutting element pocket is formed by removing material of the tool body within the at least one inverted cutting element pocket subsequent to applying the hardfacing material to portions of the tool body. A cutting element is affixed within the actual cutting element pocket. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158895 | Luminescent Braze Preforms - A braze preform is provided that includes a filler metal and a luminescent material that covers at least a portion of the filler metal and that can luminesce when exposed to a black light. The luminescent material may include a luminescent ink and a solvent that are mixed together before being applied to filler metal. Presence of the braze preform may be determined using automated equipment by detecting luminescence of the braze preform with a sensor. A decision may be made on whether to advance a parts assembly for brazing based on the determination of presence or absence of the braze preform on such parts assembly. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158896 | Solder Paste - A solder paste whereby metal does not flow out of a joint during a second or subsequent reflow heating stage. The solder paste excels in terms of temporal stability and exhibits high joint strength at room temperature and at high temperatures. The solder paste comprises a powdered metal component and a flux component, the powdered metal component comprising the following: 10-70 mass % of a powdered intermetallic compound comprising copper and tin and 30-90 mass % of a solder powder including tin as a main component. Neither the powdered intermetallic compound nor the solder powder contains a copper-only phase, inhibiting the elution of copper ions into the flux. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158897 | Solder Paste - A solder paste whereby metal does not flow out of a joint during a second or subsequent reflow heating stage. The solder paste exhibits high joint strength at room temperature and at high temperatures, excels in terms of temporal stability, exhibits minimal void formation, and can form highly cohesive joints. The solder paste comprises a powdered metal component and a flux component, the powdered metal component comprising: a powdered intermetallic compound that comprises copper and tin and has metal barrier layers covering the surfaces thereof and a solder powder including tin as a main component. Neither the powdered intermetallic compound nor the solder powder contains a copper-only phase, inhibiting the elution of copper ions into the flux. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158898 | BRAZING ALLOYS - The present invention relates to novel brazing filler metals comprising copper, silver, zinc, manganese and at least one metal selected from the group indium, gallium and tin, the brazing filler metal is free from cadmium and phosphorus, aside from unavoidable impurities, comprising copper, from 15.5 weight percent to 49 weight percent silver, from 10 weight percent to 35 weight percent zinc, from 6 weight percent to 19 weight percent manganese, from 0.1 weight percent to 5 weight percent of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Indium, Gallium, Tin and combinations thereof, the balance being copper and unavoidable impurities, with the proviso that if the silver content is from 35 weight percent to 49 weight percent, the manganese content is more than 8 weight percent. The present invention further relates to a sandwich brazing filler metal, Use of the brazing filler metal, and a combination of a brazing filler metal with a flux and a method for joining metal parts by brazing, a brazed article. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158899 | POSITIONING ATTACHMENT FOR A WELDING TORCH - A positioning attachment for definition of torch angle and torch to workpiece distance during welding and/or training is provided. The positioning attachment includes one or more legs of equal or varied lengths capped with a tip, which contacts the workpiece, and a body, which may be permanently attached or removably secured to the welding torch nozzle. Certain embodiments may be made of heat resistant metals or ceramic to withstand high temperatures during welding. The positioning attachment may be mounted on the welding torch nozzle or provided as an extension of the contact tip. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158900 | Vortex Tube - A vortex tube is disclosed. A vortex tube is a slender tube with a diaphragm closing one end of the tube with a discharge hole in the center of the diaphragm with tangential inlet nozzles. The vortex tube separates an inlet gas stream into two compartments. The present invention relates to an optional geometry of the vortex tube for use with compressed natural gas. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158901 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOVING STATOR VANES FROM A CASING OF A ROTARY MACHINE - A stator vane removal system includes a reaction platform configured to couple between opposing sides of a slot defined in an inner surface of a casing of a rotary machine. At least one stator vane is retained in the slot. The reaction platform includes at least one wedge surface. The system also includes an actuator configured to couple to the reaction platform. The at least one wedge surface facilitates inducing a coupling force exerted by the reaction platform to the opposing sides of the slot when the actuator applies a pushing force to the at least one stator vane in the slot. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158902 | NON-SLIP MAT FOR LATHE - A lathe or other rotating machine includes a chuck for holding a work piece or tool. The chuck is operated between grasping and releasing positions. At least one non-slip mat rests on the housing of the rotating machine, including raised edges. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158903 | ADAPTER FOR A DENTAL MILLING BLOCK HOLDER AND A WORKPIECE HOLDER - The invention provides an adapter for a dental milling block holder with a dental milling block ( | 2016-06-09 |
20160158904 | MACHINE TOOL COMPRISING A LONGITUDINAL RAIL, A TRANSVERSE ARM, AND A MOTORIZED UNIT - A machine tool adapted to perform operations, in particular machining, on the surface of a part of large dimensions. The machine tool comprises a longitudinal rail and a transverse arm orthogonal to the longitudinal rail, fixed at a first end to slide on the longitudinal rail. A second end of the transverse arm is fitted with at least one motorized unit comprising at least one sucker allowing the unit to be held in position on the part during an operation. The unit is motorized and comprises a movement system for crawling over the part parallel to the longitudinal rail. The transverse arm carrying a tool is thus positioned precisely on the part. The unit is articulated relative to the transverse arm around a pivot of axis parallel to said transverse arm, in order to adapt to the curvature of the part along the longitudinal rail. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158905 | LIGHTED TOOL POST GUARD - A lathe or other rotating machine includes a tool rest on a carriage that is movable along the work piece. The carriage includes a post that is movable with the tool rest. The post supports a guard that is disposed between the user and the work piece. The guard may include a frame surrounding a transparent portion. The frame may support a plurality of light emitting elements directed onto the work piece. An extendable/retractable transparent portion may be extended from the guard between the user and the work piece. The extendable/retractable portion and/or the transparent portion may be a magnifier. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158906 | VERTICAL MACHINING CENTER - A vertical machining center includes a base; a tilting rotary table, a tool spindle, a tilting shaft, a recessed area, a slide door, and an inner cover. The tilting rotary table is disposed on the base and configured to turn and tilt a table face of a rotary table. The tool spindle is rotatable about a vertical axis line and movable in an X axis direction, a Y axis direction, and a Z axis direction. The tilting shaft is disposed in the tilting rotary table and oriented in the Y axis direction. The recessed area is disposed on a front surface of the vertical machining center. The recessed area is adjacent to a support supporting the tilting shaft. The slide door is configured to cover the front surface. The inner cover is integral with the slide door. The inner cover is configured to cover the recessed area. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158907 | Wheel Rim Processing Machine - A wheel rim processing machine for processing a wheel rim blank into a finished product of a defined wheel rim, comprises an infeed device, a detecting device, a first processing device, a second processing device, a third processing device, a discharge device, a movable clamp device, and a controlling device, wherein the controlling device can control actuations of each of the devices; as the controlling device received detection signal sent from the detecting device, the controlling device is able to control the first processing device, the second processing device, and the third processing device to conduct particular processes corresponding to the detection signal received from the wheel rim blank. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158908 | DETERMINATION OF GAIN FOR EDDY CURRENT SENSOR - A method of controlling polishing includes polishing a substrate at a first polishing station, monitoring the substrate with a first eddy current monitoring system to generate a first signal, determining an ending value of the first signal for an end of polishing of the substrate at the first polishing station, determining a first temperature at the first polishing station, polishing the substrate at a second polishing station, monitoring the substrate with a second eddy current monitoring system to generate a second signal, determining a starting value of the second signal for a start of polishing of the substrate at the second polishing station, determining a gain for the second polishing station based on the ending value, the starting value and the first temperature, and calculating a third signal based on the second signal and the gain. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158909 | CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING FASTENING DEVICE - A chemical mechanical polishing fastening device includes an annular base and a fastening ring. The annular base has a first combining plane, a first inner annular plane, a first jointing plane, and a second inner annular plane. The diameter of the first inner annular plane is greater than that of the second inner annular plane. Two sides of the first inner annular base are connected to the first combining plane and the first jointing plane. Two sides of the first jointing plane are connected to the first inner annular plane and the second inner annular plane. The fastening ring has a second combining plane and an inner annular flange protruded from the second combining plane. The inner annular flange has an outer annular wall to be combined with the first inner annular plane and a top plane to be combined with the first jointing plane. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158910 | RETAINER RING FOR CHEMICAL-MECHANICAL POLISHING DEVICE - A retainer ring for a chemical-mechanical polishing device. The ring prevents damage that occur during polishing work and being usable in stable fashion up until a predetermined lifespan has elapsed, by ensuring that a first ring body mounted on the chemical-mechanical polishing device and a second ring body making contact with a polishing pad are firmly coupled together by means of securing bodies which pass through coupling holes in the first ring body and are coupled to recessed coupling parts in the second ring body, and also by means of adhesive parts which are provided in the coupling holes or the recessed coupling parts and adhere and secure the securing bodies. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158911 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONDITIONING A POLISHING PAD - A method of conditioning a surface of a polishing pad is used for conditioning a polishing pad on a polishing table for polishing a thin film formed on a surface of a substrate. The conditioning method includes bringing a dresser into contact with the polishing pad, and conditioning the polishing pad by moving the dresser between a central part of the polishing pad and an outer circumferential part of the polishing pad. A moving speed of the dresser at a predetermined area of the polishing pad is higher than a standard moving speed of the dresser at the predetermined area of the polishing pad. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158912 | CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An apparatus for polishing a semiconductor wafer using a pad resurfacing arm and an apparatus therefor are disclosed. Embodiments may include providing a semiconductor wafer on a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) tool, the CMP tool including a polish pad and a pad resurfacing arm which includes a pad cleaning part, a pad conditioning part, and a slurry dispensing part, dispensing a slurry to the polish pad utilizing the pad resurfacing arm, and polishing the semiconductor wafer utilizing the polish pad. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158913 | GRINDING WHEEL AND METHOD - A method for distributing a coolant to a grinding site of a grinding wheel, including rotating the grinding wheel, injecting the coolant in an inlet of the grinding wheel disposed proximate to an axis of rotation of the grinding wheel, moving the coolant fluid from the inlet along a plurality of internal grooves of the grinding wheel outwardly towards a plurality of outlets, and expelling the coolant outwardly from the plurality of outlets at an angle of at most 15 degrees with respect to a tangent to a circumference of the grinding wheel at the outlet. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158914 | SHOT PEENING METHOD - A method of shot peening according to the present invention includes: placing a jig having an appropriate dimension at one face side of a stamped workpiece; and performing shot peening on another face side of the workpiece in a state where the jig is placed at the one face side of the workpiece, and conforming the workpiece to the jig. At this time, the shot peening may be performed in such a way that residual stresses in the inner side and the outer side of the curved part of the workpiece will become compressive stresses. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158915 | COMBINATION VENTURI MEDIA BLASTER AND WATER BLASTER ASSEMBLY - An abrasive media blaster assembly includes a container to hold at least one abrasive media, an external air source to provide a compressed air supply, a reservoir to hold water and rust inhibitor solution and a venturi blaster gun. The venturi blaster gun comprises an exterior nozzle, a media blaster block and a trigger with a handle. The fittings in the media blaster block create a venturi effect and draw the water and rust inhibitor solution so as for it to mix with the abrasive media where the dustless blaster sprays the mix to remove surface finishes from a metal surface and simultaneously provides a rust inhibitor to the surface, thereby allowing the device to be capable of performing any one, two or all of dry media blasting, slurry blasting, and water blasting. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158916 | Plating Stripping Device - The purpose of the present invention is to provide a plating stripping device that is capable of quickly stripping plating from used plated magnets without reducing the weights of the recovered magnets and recycling the magnets to manufacture new magnets. To solve this problem, the present invention provides a plating stripping device characterized by being equipped with an abrasive projection unit for projecting an abrasive to a plated magnet, a magnet fixing unit for fixing the magnet, and a motor for rotating either the magnet fixing unit or the abrasive projection unit, and characterized in that the magnet fixing unit has a movable mechanism for changing the surface of the magnet that directly faces the abrasive projection unit. | 2016-06-09 |
20160158917 | Wood-Based Abrasive Blasting Media - A wood-based blasting material is formed for introduction into a blasting fluid by mixing high-density pellet particles of various sizes. The pellet particles are formed from sawdust or fiber pressed under high pressure, resulting in brittle pellets. The pellets may then be crumbled and screened into particles of an appropriate size. The particles do not disassociate into their constituent materials when mixed with the blasting fluid, and thus maintain their density during use in the abrasive blasting process. | 2016-06-09 |