Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a method of truing and angling the blades of a form-relieved face mill cutter during the blade sharpening process thus eliminating a separate time-consuming procedure for truing and angling. The position of the cutting edge of each blade is determined and a reference blade is selected. The sharpening plane of each remaining cutting blade is repositioned, if needed, such that after removing stock material from the blades in accordance with the newly repositioned sharpening plane, the cutting edge of each blade will follow essentially the same path when the cutter is rotated about its axis.
Abstract:
An universal cutting blade blank (40) and cutting blade formed therefrom is formed from a length of bar stock material and has a uniform cross section along the length. The front face of the blank and blade comprises a pair of mounting surfaces (48, 50) with a front rake surface (52) and connecting surface (54) located therebetween. The cutting blade formed from the blade blank (40) is more stable in a cutter head during cutting operations such as in the production of gears and related toothed articles. A single cutting blade blank can be used for forming inside and outside cutting blades regardless of the direction of cutter rotation.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a rotary cutter for cutting gears and the like. The rotary cutter has an axis of rotation (20) and comprises a disc-shaped cutter head (10) having a circumferential edge surface (12). The cutter head (10) further includes an inner wall surface (28) located radially inwardly with respect to the edge surface (12) and being concentric about and extending parallel to the axis of rotation (20). The rotary cutter further includes a cutter ring (40) located on the cutter head (10). The cutter ring (40) has at least one stock removing surface (42) located on a base portion (44) with the base portion (44) having an inside ring surface (50), an outside ring surface (48), and a base surface (46) with the outside ring surface (48) being perpendicular to the base surface (46). The cutter ring (40) is in a radially expanded condition whereby the outside ring surface (48) is seated against the inner wall surface (28) of the cutter head (10) and the base surface (46) is seated against the first surface (14) of the cutter head (10). The cutter ring (40) is expanded by an expanding means (60) located within the cutter ring (40) and contacting the inside ring surface (50). The expanding means (60) effects and maintains the cutter ring (40) in a radially expanded position whereby the cutter ring (40) is centered on the cutter head (10) concentrically about the axis of rotation (20).