The present disclosure relates to a grinding machine. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a centerless grinding machine comprising a damping device. The present disclosure also relates to a spindle for a grinding machine, and to a damping device for a spindle of a grinding machine, particularly for a grinding spindle or regulator spindle of a centerless grinding machine, wherein the damping device comprises at least one damping unit including an auxiliary mass section, an elastic section and a damping section, which are integrated in the spindle, and which jointly define a damped vibratory system for increasing the dynamic stiffness of the spindle.

The present disclosure relates to a grinding machine. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a centerless grinding machine comprising a damping device. The present disclosure also relates to a spindle for a grinding machine, and to a damping device for a spindle of a grinding machine, particularly for a grinding spindle or regulator spindle of a centerless grinding machine, wherein the damping device comprises at least one damping unit including an auxiliary mass section, an elastic section and a damping section, which are integrated in the spindle, and which jointly define a damped vibratory system for increasing the dynamic stiffness of the spindle.

The abrasive nozzle head includes, within a hollow head body mounted to a nozzle adapter supplying high pressure water: a water nozzle; a mixing chamber; and an abrasive nozzle, which are arranged coaxially with the nozzle adapter. The abrasive nozzle head is provided with an abrasive supply portion that supplies an abrasive to the mixing chamber. The head body has a recessed hole formed by drilling from a side surface, the recessed hole intersecting with the jet axis of a water jet. A mixer member is removably inserted into the recessed hole, and formed with the mixing chamber and an abrasive supply port. The abrasive nozzle head also includes: a positioning portion that positions the mixing chamber coaxially with the water nozzle and the abrasive nozzle when the mixer member is fully inserted; and a fixing portion that releasably fixes the mixer member in the fully inserted position.

A cam grinding method using a cam grinding device includes: an intermediate-cam lift-data generating step of, based on first lift data of a first cam and second lift data of a second cam, generating imaginary intermediate cam lift data of a spline curve that contains profiles of both cams; a first cam grinding step of grinding the first cam; a second cam grinding step of grinding the second cam; and an intermediate-cam grinding step of removing an unground portion generated at a boundary portion between the first cam and the second cam by plunge grinding or spark-out grinding on the basis of the intermediate-cam lift data after the second cam grinding step.

Methods are disclosed for performing operations such as cleaning, inspection or data acquisition on an external surface of a hollow cylindrical tubular. Preferred embodiments include providing a fluid dispenser and an abrasion assembly on a buggy that travels up and down the length of the tubular as the tubular rotates. The fluid dispenser includes nozzles that dispense cleaning fluids onto the tubular's external surface. The abrasion assembly includes a swivel brush and a brush train providing different styles of abrasion cleaning of the tubular's external surface. Preferred embodiments of the buggy also carry a range finding laser generating samples of the distance from the laser to a sampled point on the tubular's external surface. The laser samples are processed in real time into surface contour data. Cleaning and inspection variables such as tubular rotational speed, or buggy speed, may be adjusted responsive to measured surface contour data.

Methods are disclosed for performing operations such as cleaning, inspection or data acquisition on an external surface of a hollow cylindrical tubular. Preferred embodiments include providing a fluid dispenser and an abrasion assembly on a buggy that travels up and down the length of the tubular as the tubular rotates. The fluid dispenser includes nozzles that dispense cleaning fluids onto the tubular's external surface. The abrasion assembly includes a swivel brush and a brush train providing different styles of abrasion cleaning of the tubular's external surface. Preferred embodiments of the buggy also carry a range finding laser generating samples of the distance from the laser to a sampled point on the tubular's external surface. The laser samples are processed in real time into surface contour data. Cleaning and inspection variables such as tubular rotational speed, or buggy speed, may be adjusted responsive to measured surface contour data.

A magnesium alloy molding device includes a support unit supporting a processing target to be rotatable, at least one heater module detachably disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the processing target and heating the processing target, a rotating unit opposite to the support unit and rotating the processing target supported by the support unit, and at least one roller unit applying a pressure to the processing target while being moved in an axial direction of the processing target and rotated along the outer circumferential surface of the processing target

There is disclosed a grinding method of a honeycomb structure, wherein a grind processing member having an outer peripheral surface, a first grinding wheel tapered surface and a second grinding wheel tapered surface and rotating around a central axis grinds a joined honeycomb segment assembly rotating around a central axis, and the above respective surfaces of the grind processing member form a first ground region, a second ground region, a center ground surface, a first tapered surface and a second tapered surface, to prepare the honeycomb structure including a cylindrical honeycomb base material, and a ring-like bulge portion which surrounds an outer periphery of the honeycomb base material, protrudes from the outer periphery of the honeycomb base material toward the outside in a flange manner, and has the first tapered surface, the second tapered surface and the center ground surface.

There is disclosed a grinding method of a honeycomb structure, wherein a grind processing member having an outer peripheral surface, a first grinding wheel tapered surface and a second grinding wheel tapered surface and rotating around a central axis grinds a joined honeycomb segment assembly rotating around a central axis, and the above respective surfaces of the grind processing member form a first ground region, a second ground region, a center ground surface, a first tapered surface and a second tapered surface, to prepare the honeycomb structure including a cylindrical honeycomb base material, and a ring-like bulge portion which surrounds an outer periphery of the honeycomb base material, protrudes from the outer periphery of the honeycomb base material toward the outside in a flange manner, and has the first tapered surface, the second tapered surface and the center ground surface.

An apparatus for machining a cylindrical workpiece has a hollow spindle with a driving center on its tip end. The hollow spindle is rotationally journaled within a spindle unit. A tail stock spindle, with a centering center on its tip end, is rotationally supported and axially movable within a centering unit. A shaft-like kelly is non-rotationally and axially movably supported within an inner bore of the spindle. A drive rotates the spindle. Cylinders axially drive the kelly and the tail stock spindle, respectively. The spindle, the tail stock spindle and the cylinders are arranged on the same axial line. The cylindrical workpiece is sandwiched between the driving center and the centering center. An outer circumferential surface of the workpiece is finish machined while rotating the workpiece under a condition where the kelly engages the workpiece within an inner bore of the workpiece.