A method of conducting a material removal operation using a grinding system including moving an abrasive article relative to a workpiece, detecting a change in a dimension of the abrasive article during moving, and reducing resonance vibrations in the grinding system.

A gripper apparatus for loading workpieces to a grinding system includes a mount, a gas-supply coupler, a gas manifold, pneumatic cylinders, and grippers. The gas-supply coupler is supported by the mount and has a first end that detachably mates with a corresponding coupler attached to an external gas-supply conduit. The gas manifold is supported by the mount and is coupled to a second end of the gas-supply coupler. The pneumatic cylinders are supported by the mount, with each pneumatic cylinder being arranged to receive a supply of gas via the gas manifold. The grippers are respectively attached to the pneumatic cylinders. Each gripper has an opened state and a closed state brought about by controlled actuation of a corresponding pneumatic cylinder. The mount includes openings, with each of the openings being structured to receive a corresponding shaft for attaching the mount to a gantry assembly of the grinding system.

A modular apparatus (10) for machining flat sheets, in particular glass, plate glass, or mirror sheets or sheets made from stone materials or the like, comprising machining moduli consisting of a first store (16) suitable for receiving sheets to be machined (25) and a second store (18) suitable for receiving machined sheets (27), a first grinding machine (12), and a second grinding machine (14) suitable for performing grinding machinings along the peripheral edges of said sheets (25), one or more further moduli for machining said flat sheets, if any, of the corner cutting, drill, or washing machine types, possibly associated with said first and second grinding machines (12, 14), and interface means for transferring said flat sheets between said machining moduli.

A holding jig has a plate shape and is interposed between a workpiece with a circular plate shape and a chuck table when the workpiece is held by the chuck table in a grinding apparatus including the chuck table and a grinding unit including a grinding wheel. The holding jig has a first surface, a second surface on the opposite side of the first surface, and an outer circumferential surface that connects the first surface and the second surface. An altered layer that reaches a central region of the second surface from a central region of the first surface is formed. The material of the main component of the holding jig is the same as the material of the main component of the workpiece.

A tool for chamfering cleaved tips of optical fibers. The tool including conical bores of relatively smooth and hard material terminate at a cylindrical bore that is slightly larger than the fiber core maximum diameter and a fiber centering bore that is slightly larger than the fiber coating maximum diameter. The tool provided such that when a cleaved fiber tip is inserted into the centering bore the sharp edge falls upon the chamfering surface that, when rotated relative to the fiber, gently grinds the edge to the chamfer angle. Chamfering cannot occur on the core face due to the absence of tool surface at this dimension.

A random orbit sander includes a housing and a motor enclosed within the housing. The motor includes a motor shaft that is rotatable about a first axis. An eccentric carrier coupled to the motor shaft includes a circular internal bore that defines a second axis that is offset from the motor shaft. A bearing is received within the circular internal bore of the eccentric carrier. A sanding pad is supported by the bearing and is rotatable about the first axis in an eccentrically orbiting manner. The motor shaft and the eccentric carrier are integrally formed as a single piece.

A workpiece processing method includes a resin coating step of coating a resin on a front surface of a workpiece, a resin curing step of applying an ultraviolet ray to the coated resin to be cured, a resin grinding step of grinding the cured resin with grinding stones to be flattened, and a workpiece grinding step of holding the flattened resin side of the workpiece on a chuck table and grinding the back surface of the workpiece with grinding stones. In the resin grinding step, grinding is performed while cleaning the resin stuck to the grinding stones. Accordingly, it is possible to grind the resin coated on the front surface of the workpiece and the back surface of the workpiece in the same apparatus.

A grinding machine, includes a pivotable tool spindle with a workpiece spindle adapted to receive a gearwheel workpiece and for rotationally driving the gearwheel workpiece about a workpiece spindle axis, wherein the tool spindle is configured to receive a grinding tool and rotationally drive the grinding tool about a tool spindle axis, and is carried by a pivot axis in such a way that the tool spindle together with the grinding tool can be pivoted about the pivot axis, and wherein the pivot axis (A) intersects the workpiece spindle axis (C) in a common plane projection, and wherein the pivot axis is offset laterally relative to the workpiece spindle axis and does not intersect the workpiece spindle axis.

Disclosed in the application are a multifunctional wheel burr removing device, which includes a lower brush system, a turnover system, a synchronous clamping and rotating system, an upper brush system and the like. The multifunctional wheel burr removing device may be used for removing burrs from a riser, a cap seam allowance, a valve hole, bolt holes and bolt counter bores of a wheel, and has the characteristics of high automation degree, high removal efficiency, advanced process, strong universality, and safe and stable performance at the same time.

A cutting apparatus includes: a processing feeding unit that performs processing feeding of a chuck table adapted to hold a workpiece; and two cutting units in which rotational axes of two spindles coincide with each other and cutting blades mounted to the spindles face each other. Each cutting unit includes a flange mechanism in which the cutting blade having a cutting edge fixed to an outer peripheral edge of a one-side outer surface of a circular disk-shaped base is fixed to the spindle. The flange mechanism is fixed to a tip of the spindle, sucks an other-side outer surface of the base of the cutting blade, and fixes the cutting blade to the spindle with the one-side outer surface of the base exposed to the side of the tip of the spindle, and the one-side outer surfaces of the cutting blades fixed to the two cutting units.