A method of forming a component from a powder metal includes forming the component to a desired shape from the powder metal, heating the component to a burnishing temperature of 900 to 1300 degrees Fahrenheit, and burnishing a surface of the component while the component is at the burnishing temperature to densify the surface.

A grinding apparatus includes: a grinding stone in which an outer circumferential surface thereof is pressed against the workpiece while being rotated and driven; and a fluid injection apparatus that has a fluid injection nozzle including an injection port from which a fluid is injected to the outer circumferential surface of the grinding stone, and a grinding oil supply apparatus that supplies a grinding oil to a processing point and that includes a grinding oil supply nozzle separate from the fluid injection nozzle, the processing point being an abutting section of the grinding stone and the workpiece, wherein the injection port is arranged so as to face the outer circumferential surface of the grinding stone in a state capable of injecting the fluid to a position different from the processing point in a radial direction of the grinding stone among the outer circumferential surface of the grinding stone.

A grinding apparatus includes: a grinding stone in which an outer circumferential surface thereof is pressed against the workpiece while being rotated and driven; and a fluid injection apparatus that has a fluid injection nozzle including an injection port from which a fluid is injected to the outer circumferential surface of the grinding stone, and a grinding oil supply apparatus that supplies a grinding oil to a processing point and that includes a grinding oil supply nozzle separate from the fluid injection nozzle, the processing point being an abutting section of the grinding stone and the workpiece, wherein the injection port is arranged so as to face the outer circumferential surface of the grinding stone in a state capable of injecting the fluid to a position different from the processing point in a radial direction of the grinding stone among the outer circumferential surface of the grinding stone.

A method of processing a crowned portion of a roller includes disposing first and second feed drums so as to extend parallel to each other, each of the first and second feed drums having an outer periphery formed with respective spirally extending threaded guide surfaces, the first and second feed drums being driven to rotate to transport the roller from a first location towards a second location through between the first and second feed drums, and successively processing the crowned portion of the roller, by means of a through feed processing with the use of a grinding stone. The threaded guide surface of one of the first and second feed drums is formed so that an angle of inclination of an outer peripheral surface of the roller relative to a processing surface of the grinding stone is varied in dependence on a roller passing position of the feed drum.

A method of processing a crowned portion of a roller includes disposing first and second feed drums so as to extend parallel to each other, each of the first and second feed drums having an outer periphery formed with respective spirally extending threaded guide surfaces, the first and second feed drums being driven to rotate to transport the roller from a first location towards a second location through between the first and second feed drums, and successively processing the crowned portion of the roller, by means of a through feed processing with the use of a grinding stone. The threaded guide surface of one of the first and second feed drums is formed so that an angle of inclination of an outer peripheral surface of the roller relative to a processing surface of the grinding stone is varied in dependence on a roller passing position of the feed drum.

A bearing comprising a plurality of rolling elements arranged between an inner and outer raceway thereof. A rolling contact interface is between a first rolling contact surface on at least one rolling element and a second rolling contact surface formed by one of the inner and outer raceways. The first rolling contact surface has a first RMS roughness R.sub.q1 and a first roughness pattern .sub.1, expressed in terms of the Peklenik number . The second rolling contact surface has a second RMS roughness R.sub.q2 and a second roughness pattern .sub.2. To minimize micropitting in the bearing, the rolling contact interface has a surface topography wherein (a) the roughness pattern of the first and second rolling contact surfaces are oriented in the direction of rolling, whereby .sub.13.0 and .sub.210.0; and (b) the first and of the second rolling contact surfaces have substantially equal roughness heights, whereby 0.8R.sub.q1/R.sub.q21.25.

A bearing comprising a plurality of rolling elements arranged between an inner and outer raceway thereof. A rolling contact interface is between a first rolling contact surface on at least one rolling element and a second rolling contact surface formed by one of the inner and outer raceways. The first rolling contact surface has a first RMS roughness R.sub.q1 and a first roughness pattern .sub.1, expressed in terms of the Peklenik number . The second rolling contact surface has a second RMS roughness R.sub.q2 and a second roughness pattern .sub.2. To minimize micropitting in the bearing, the rolling contact interface has a surface topography wherein (a) the roughness pattern of the first and second rolling contact surfaces are oriented in the direction of rolling, whereby .sub.13.0 and .sub.210.0; and (b) the first and of the second rolling contact surfaces have substantially equal roughness heights, whereby 0.8R.sub.q1/R.sub.q21.25.

Device and method for the finishing machining of an internal face of a workpiece, such as the track of a ball screw, including a workpiece holder and a finishing tool held on a finishing tool holder. A rotary drive is provided, by which the workpiece holder and the finishing tool is rotationally driven relative to one another about a rotational axis. A linear drive is provided, by which the finishing tool held on the finishing tool holder and the workpiece holder is driven in a translatory manner relative to one another along the rotational axis. An oscillating drive is provided, by which the finishing tool held on the finishing tool holder and the workpiece holder is driven in an oscillating manner relative to one another in the direction parallel to the rotational axis and wherein the finishing tool is pivotably held on the finishing tool holder about a pivot axis.

A superfinishing machine and a superfinishing method which can perform axially uniform finishing on a logarithmically crowned surface formed on an inner peripheral surface of an annular member in a short time, and an outer ring of a bearing having a raceway surface superfinished by the superfinishing method, are provided. A superfinishing machine 1 includes a linearly reciprocating mechanism 40 configured to linearly reciprocate a grinding stone 3 held by a pressing section 30, along a plane B touching a generatrix of the logarithmically crowned surface, and in a direction C inclined by a given angle with respect to a center axis O of an outer ring 10.

A superfinishing machine and a superfinishing method which can perform axially uniform finishing on a logarithmically crowned surface formed on an inner peripheral surface of an annular member in a short time, and an outer ring of a bearing having a raceway surface superfinished by the superfinishing method, are provided. A superfinishing machine 1 includes a linearly reciprocating mechanism 40 configured to linearly reciprocate a grinding stone 3 held by a pressing section 30, along a plane B touching a generatrix of the logarithmically crowned surface, and in a direction C inclined by a given angle with respect to a center axis O of an outer ring 10.