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EP0596999B1 - Revetement d'abrasifs egalise au moyen d'un outil coupant a pointes multiples - Google Patents

Revetement d'abrasifs egalise au moyen d'un outil coupant a pointes multiples Download PDF

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EP0596999B1
EP0596999B1 EP92916764A EP92916764A EP0596999B1 EP 0596999 B1 EP0596999 B1 EP 0596999B1 EP 92916764 A EP92916764 A EP 92916764A EP 92916764 A EP92916764 A EP 92916764A EP 0596999 B1 EP0596999 B1 EP 0596999B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B24—GRINDING; POLISHING
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  • the present invention relates generally to continuous coated abrasive articles of the type having flexible backings with front and rear surfaces and abrasive particles including abrasive grains attached along their front surfaces.
  • abrasive articles used to create new surfaces on objects.
  • examples of such abrasive articles are the endless abrasive belts used in conjunction with the camshaft grinder disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 4,833,834.
  • Such endless abrasive belts may be constructed using the abrasive agglomerates described in Bloecher et al. U.S. Patent number 4,799,939 which may contain abrasive grains made for example according to the teachings in Schwabel U.S. Patent Number 4,744,802.
  • U.S. Patent 4,215,516 to Huschle et al. discloses a splicing system for butt splicing flexible abrasive belts to form an endless abrasive belt.
  • Abrasive agglomerates may include a plurality of abrasive grains bonded together by a phenolic resin (e.g. a phenolic based make and size coat) or any other suitable binder to form a shaped mass, and the abrasive grains may be constructed from ceramic aluminum oxide, commercially available from the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company (3M) of St. Paul, Minnesota under the trade designation grade 120 "Cubitron" ceramic aluminum oxide abrasive grains, and may have a particle size of approximately 116 micrometers.
  • abrasive agglomerate is defined as a plurality of abrasive grains bonded together by a binder.
  • Figures 1 and 2 illustrate a coated abrasive belt 10 (e.g., the abrasive belt sold by Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing, St. Paul Minnesota, under the trade designation 3M "Multicut” T.M. Resin Bond cloth coated abrasive belts) after it is constructed but before it is used to abrade a workpiece.
  • a coated abrasive belt 10 e.g., the abrasive belt sold by Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing, St. Paul Minnesota, under the trade designation 3M "Multicut” T.M. Resin Bond cloth coated abrasive belts
  • Such an abrasive belt may be used, for example, in conjunction with the camshaft grinder disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 4,833,834 to grind pieces of metal stock having generally cylindrical portions into camshafts.
  • the coated abrasive belt 10 includes a flexible backing 11 (e.g. cloth or polymeric film, vulcanized fiber, paper, combinations thereof and treated versions thereof) with front and rear or “back” surfaces, and a mound or mountain-shaped abrasive coating 12 which includes abrasive agglomerates attached along the front surface of the backing 11.
  • the mountain-shaped surface of the abrasive belt includes numerous peaks and valleys. The "height" of a peak is defined in this specification as the shortest distance between the back surface of the backing and the top of the peak along the surface of the abrasive belt.
  • the endless abrasive belts used with the camshaft grinder disclosed in U.S. Patent 4,833,834 should produce a consistent finish on the surface of camshafts.
  • a coated abrasive belt such as the belt shown in Figures 1 and 2 may not leave the desirable finish on the workpiece until the mountain shaped abrasive is sufficiently worn.
  • Another problem associated with the initial uses of the prior art endless abrasive belts on a camshaft grinder such as the camshaft grinder shown in U.S. Patent 4,833,834 is that the caliper or "thickness" of the belt initially changes rapidly as the mountain-shaped portions are broken and worn away. The camshaft grinder is required to continually adjust for this rapid change of belt caliper until the wear characteristics of the belt stabilizes.
  • abrasive belts encounter problems even after their "start up" or initial use. For example, when an abrasive belt is used to abrade a metal workpiece (e.g. a camshaft) the metal pieces which are abraded from the workpiece tend to become welded over the surface of the abrasive. This prematurely ends the useful life of a belt.
  • a metal workpiece e.g. a camshaft
  • Some existing endless coated abrasive belts encounter problems due to their lack of uniform thickness.
  • Known butt splices are used to construct some endless abrasive belts. In a butt splice, two edges of the backing of an abrasive sheet are abutted, and thereafter joined together with a reinforcing strip which is bonded to the underside of the abrasive belt.
  • Coated abrasive belts which incorporate butt splices may have a thickness which is greater at the splice than elsewhere along the belt.
  • the height of the peaks of the agglomerate at the splice area will generally tend to be greater than the heights of the peaks along the remainder of the endless belt due to the presence of the reinforcing strip. This additional thickness or "height" in the splice area tends to leave “splice marks" or undesirably deep “wild” scratches in the abraded workpiece.
  • Another known method of constructing an endless belt is known as a "lap splice" wherein two ends of an abrasive belt sheet are overlapped to form an endless abrasive belt.
  • the thickness of the belt at the joint may be greater than the thickness of the belt elsewhere due to the overlapped ends.
  • the difference in thickness or caliper of the belt at the lap splice tends to result in undesirable consequences ouch as marks or deeper "wild" scratches in the abraded workpiece.
  • the method comprises passing the cloth through a calibrating slit.
  • the calibrating slit is Formed by a support and a clamping element in the form of an abrasive drum.
  • the hardness of the abrasive drum grains has to be equal to, or more than, the hardness of the abrasive cloth grains.
  • the grains size of the abrasive drum has to be less or equal to the size of the abrasive cloth grains. As the grains of the cloth pass through the slit they engage with the grains of the drum and the apexes of the cloth grains are broken off.
  • This prior art discloses a method for dressing a polishing belt wherein an endless abrasive polishing belt driven by a roll is dressed by rubbing the belt with an abrasive cloth whereby the ends of the abrasive grains on the polishing belt are broken and fine grains of a desired mesh are said to be produced on the polishing belt.
  • the invention provides a coated abrasive comprising a flexible backing with Front and rear or “back" surfaces, a generally uniform width, and mounds of abrasive particles including abrasive grains attached along the front surface. Initially, the mounds of abrasive particles project different distances in a predetermined range from the front surface of the backing.
  • a multiple point cutting means having a width at least substantially equal to the width of the backing and having a cutting surface constructed from a material harder than the abrasive grains is used to cut the mounds of the abrasive particles to form generally coplanar surfaces generally parallel to the back surface.
  • the present invention may be characterized as a method of quickly and conveniently "dressing" a coated abrasive article that may be used in conjunction with automatic dressing mechanisms, which provides a more consistent uniform finish, which significantly reduces the tendency of the resultant coated abrasive article to create wild scratches or an otherwise deficient finish on a workpiece during the initial use of the abrasive article, and which provides a coated abrasive with more predictable wear characteristics and a more uniform caliper or thickness.
  • the coated abrasive of the present invention may be prepared by the process comprising the steps of: (1) providing a flexible backing with front and rear surfaces and having a generally uniform width, and attaching discrete mounds of abrasive particles including abrasive grains along the front surface, the mounds of abrasive particles projecting different distances in a predetermined range measured from the rear or back surface of the backing, (2) providing a multiple point cutting means having a width at least substantially equal to the width of the backing and having cutting surfaces constructed from a material harder than the abrasive grains, and then (3) cutting the mounds of the abrasive particles projecting more than a predetermined distance within the range with the cutting means to form generally coplanar surfaces generally parallel to the back surface.
  • the cutting means may have surfaces constructed from diamonds, boron nitride or any other suitable cutting material so long as the material is harder than the abrasive grains.
  • the present invention may be described as a method of grinding workpieces using endless coated abrasive belts each comprising a flexible backing with front and rear surfaces and mounds of abrasive particles including abrasive grains attached along the front surface.
  • the endless coated abrasive belts may be mounted on a means for driving the endless abrasive belt, such as the camshaft grinder described in U.S. Patent No. 4,833,834.
  • a multiple point cutting means having cutting surfaces harder than the abrasive grains is provided.
  • the abrasive belts are driven past a grinding station and the belts are used to grind several workpieces until the abrasive belt becomes dull, and then the endless abrasive belt is dressed while remaining mounted on the means for driving the endless abrasive belt by cutting the abrasive particles with the cutting means to remove debris and to resharpen the belt.
  • each of the coated abrasive belts may be simultaneously dressed while they are mounted on the camshaft grinder described in U.S. Patent No. 4,833,834 and before they are used to grind a workpiece.
  • the coated abrasive 20 comprises a flexible backing 21 with front and rear surfaces, and mounds of abrasive agglomerates 22 including abrasive grains 23 (e.g. ceramic aluminum oxide, commercially available from the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company (3M) of St. Paul, Minnesota under the trade designation grade 120 "Cubitron" ceramic aluminum oxide abrasive grains with a particle size of approximately 116 micrometers) attached along the front surface (e.g. by phenolic based make and size coats).
  • the mounds of abrasive agglomerates 22 initially project different distances in a predetermined range measured from the rear or back surface of the backing 21.
  • the coated abrasive 10 shown in Figures 1 and 2 may be selected.
  • the coated abrasive 10 may be constructed using the abrasive agglomerates described in Bloecher et al. U.S. Patent number 4,799,939 which may contain abrasive grains made for example according to the teachings in Schwabel U.S. Patent Number 4,744,802.
  • FIG. 7 and 9 there is shown a schematic illustration of a first embodiment of the method of making or "dressing" a coated abrasive according to the present invention generally designated by the reference number 40.
  • the coated abrasives shown in Figure 7 are endless coated abrasive belts 41 which may be formed by utilizing a lap or butt splice. As mentioned above, endless belts having lap or butt splices may be thicker in some portions than others and may tend to leave undesirable marks or wild scratches in the workpiece.
  • Figures 7 and 9 illustrate the prior art coated abrasives shown in Figures 1 and 2 after they are formed into the endless belts 41 and after they are mounted on a means for driving the endless abrasive belt 41, such as the camshaft grinder described in U.S. Patent No. 4,833,834 schematically illustrated as reference character 42.
  • Figure 8 illustrates a multiple point cutting means which is preferably constructed from a generally cylindrical piece of metal stock 50 which is similar to the pieces of metal stock which are ultimately ground into the asymmetrical cross-sections of the camshafts.
  • the use of a multiple point cutting means substantially reduces the time required to dress a coated abrasive when compared with the time required to dress a coated abrasive with a single point cutting tool.
  • the cutting means is used to cut material from the mountain-shaped surfaces ( Figure 1) to form coplanar surfaces 25.
  • the metal stock 50 has cutting surfaces 53 harder than the abrasive grains 23 attached thereto on surfaces which are generally spaced the same as the spacings of the lobes on the camshafts.
  • the cutting means may be continuously coated with cutting surfaces 53.
  • the cutting surfaces 53 may be attached to the periphery of the metal stock by any known method, such as but not limited to flame spraying or plating.
  • the cutting means may comprise a piece of metal stock 50 having generally cylindrical periphery portions and a metal binder coated (e.g. electroplated or brazed) to selected portions of its generally cylindrical periphery and with cutting surfaces 53 (e.g. diamonds or cubic boron nitride) applied to the metal binder.
  • Another method of making a suitable cutting means comprises the steps of providing a generally cylindrical piece of metal stock and adhesively applying a strip of "DIAPAD" T.M. abrasive (commercially available from Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing, 3M, St. Paul, Minnesota) to the periphery of the metal stock with, for example pressure and a hot melt adhesive.
  • DIPAD "DIAPAD" T.M. abrasive
  • the cutting means may be constructed by laminating (e.g. adhesively) or plating a coated abrasive containing the cutting surfaces 33 harder than the abrasive grain to the cylindrical piece of metal stock 30.
  • U.S. Patent Gorsuch 4,256,467 discloses another method of making a cutting means for use in the method of the present invention by electroplating a metal binder and abrasive grains to a mesh material.
  • X is preferably within the range of between 1.1 and 2, since if X becomes less than 1.1 then the resultant abrasive is underdressed and the attendant problems of scratching and rapid belt caliper change are encountered, and if X becomes greater than 2, then the belts tend to be overdressed which prematurely ends the useful life of the belt.
  • the "Multicut" T.M. coated abrasive may initially have a height of the tallest mound of the abrasive agglomerate 12 of approximately 1.66 mm (0.066 inches).
  • Such coated abrasives are useful for a variety of grinding operations and may be used, for example, as an endless coated abrasive belt used to grind camshafts using a camshaft grinder such as the camshaft grinder described in U.S. Patent No. 4,833,834.
  • Dressing of an abrasive belt also provides a coated abrasive with more predictable wear characteristics in that the useful life of a dressed belt is more readily predicted than a belt that is not dressed. It is believed that the pressures at the abrading interface of a dressed belt are more evenly distributed over the abrasive surface once the mountain-shaped portions are cut into the plateau shapes.
  • the width of the periphery of a portion of the metal stock 50 having the individual cutting surfaces 53 attached thereto is approximately the width of a single belt.
  • the total area of the periphery of the metal stock 50 which has cutting surfaces 53 attached thereto is substantially equal to or greater than the total of the widths of each of the endless abrasive belts 41.
  • Such a cutting means affords the user the opportunity to dress multiple belts at the same time which substantially reduces the time required to dress the plurality of abrasive belts 41 when compared with the time required to individually dress individual belts.
  • a plurality of single-point diamond dressing tools may be used as the cutting means.
  • the cylindrical piece of metal stock 50 may be rotated clockwise (alternatively the stock 50 may remain stationary) relative to the frame 45 of the grinding means 42 ( Figure 7) by any suitable drive means as the belts 41 are driven by the grinding means 42, and then moved toward the abrasive belts 41 in a direction generally perpendicular to the axis of the cylindrical piece of stock 50 into contact with the abrasive until the desired amount of material is removed from the abrasive.
  • the endless abrasive belts 41 may also be redressed while remaining mounted on the means 42 for driving the endless abrasive belt by simply cutting the abrasive agglomerate with the cutting means 50, 53.
  • Figures 5 and 6 illustrate a coated abrasive after it is used to grind nineteen (19) camshafts on a camshaft grinder. At this point, the "Multicut" abrasives tend to begin to become dull. Also, metal particles tend to become welded over the front surface of the abrasive.
  • Figures 12 and 13 illustrate the coated abrasive of Figures 5 and 6 after it has been redressed to resharpen and to clean the abrasive.
  • Redressing or cutting the abrasive belts with the cutting means after the belts are used to abrade several workpieces is believed to "clean" the abrasive belt by, for example, removing the metal particles which tend to weld themselves to the surface of the abrasive during grinding.
  • redressing the belts at this time provides a belt with a more uniform thickness and thus restricts the likelihood of wild scratches.
  • the abrasive comprises an abrasive belt with an agglomerate that includes abrasive grains
  • redressing the abrasive at this time is believed to expose additional grains to thereby sharpen and extend the life of the abrasive belts.
  • the present invention has been described in conjunction with a camshaft grinder 42, it should be noted that the present invention may be practiced with any suitable grinding assembly which utilizes a coated abrasive.
  • the formed wheel grinding assembly, conveyorized grinding assembly, centerless grinding assembly, surface grinding assembly, flexible bed sheet grinding assembly, rotary table surface grinding assembly, and swing grinding assembly described on pages 19-21 of Metalworking, Reference Manual, published by the Industrial Abrasives Division of Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing, ISBN #60-4400-0366-7 (1294)JR may utilize the abrasive belts and the dressing methods of the present invention.
  • the backstands, polishing jacks or vertical slack belt machines sold by KLK Industries, Crystal, Minnesota, or G & P Industries, Indianapolis, Indiana may also utilize the abrasive belts and dressing methods of the present invention.
  • Figure 10 illustrates a second method of dressing coated abrasives according to the present invention, generally designated by the reference character 18.
  • a multiple point cutting means having a cutting surface 33 constructed from a material harder than the abrasive grains 23 is again used to cut the mounds of the abrasive particles 22 from the front surface to form generally coplanar surfaces 25 ( Figures 3 and 4) generally parallel to the front surface.
  • Figures 7 and 9 illustrate coated abrasive belts dressed on a grinding machine
  • Figure 10 illustrates an example of a method of dressing coated abrasives at a location remote from the location of their ultimate use.
  • the coated abrasives 20 may be dressed before they are shipped to the end user.
  • the coated abrasive 20 of the present invention may be prepared by the process comprising the steps of: (1) providing a flexible backing 21 with front and rear surfaces, and attaching discrete mounds of abrasive particles which includes abrasive grains 23 along the front surface, the mounds of abrasive particles projecting different distances in a predetermined range measured from the back surface of the backing (see Figure 1), (2) providing multiple point cutting means (e.g. 30) having cutting surfaces 33 constructed from a material harder than the abrasive grains 23, and then (3) cutting the mounds of the abrasive particles 12 projecting more than a predetermined distance within the range with the cutting means to form generally coplanar surfaces 25 generally parallel to the back surface.
  • multiple point cutting means e.g. 30
  • the cutting means has cutting surfaces 33 constructed from "super abrasives” such as diamonds, cubic boron nitride, metal carbides, metal nitrides or any other suitable cutting material as long as the material is harder than the abrasive grains 23.
  • the entire periphery of the cutting means includes cutting surfaces 33, unlike the metal stock 50 which only has selected portions coated with the cutting surfaces.
  • the width of the metal stock 30 should be at least substantially equal to the width of the coated abrasive 20 to afford efficient, effective dressing of the entire width of the abrasive 20.
  • the method of making a coated abrasive 20 shown in Figure 10 is particularly suitable for dressing large sheets or rolls of an abrasive belt prior to shipment to the ultimate user.
  • the dressing tool or multiple point cutting means comprises a cylindrical piece of metal stock 30.
  • the stock 30 may be rotated clockwise as the coated abrasive 20 is moved relative to the metal stock 30 from left to right in the figure.
  • Back-up means (not shown) are provided to support the coated abrasive 20.
  • the cutting means may be located proximate the coated abrasive then moved in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the cylindrical stock 30 toward the coated abrasive 20 into contact with the abrasive until the desired amount of material is cut from the coated abrasive 20.
  • the back-up means may comprise a hard flat surface or may comprise a hard cylindrical member adapted for clockwise rotation.
  • the cutting means may remain stationery or it may be oscillated.
  • FIG. 11 there is shown a schematic illustration of a third embodiment of the method of making or dressing a coated abrasive according to the present invention generally designated by reference character 70.
  • the method illustrated in Figure 11 is particularly suitable for dressing a wound abrasive from any suitable, known workpiece feed mechanism.
  • the workpiece feed mechanism may comprise an unwind wheel or drum 87 having a sheet of coated abrasives 71 wound and journaled thereon, a back-up wheel 72, and a take-up wheel 73.
  • a multiple point cutting means 82 (e.g. a generally cylindrical piece of metal stock) having cutting surfaces 53 harder than the abrasive grains 23 is provided.
  • the cutting means shown in Figure 11 may comprise a generally cylindrical piece of metal stock 82 having a periphery and a metal binder coated (e.g. electroplated or brazed) to its periphery and with cutting surfaces 83 (e.g. diamonds or boron nitride) applied to the metal binder.
  • the cutting means may be constructed by laminating (e.g. adhesively) a coated abrasive containing the cutting surfaces 83 harder than the abrasive grains to the cylindrical piece of metal stock 50.
  • the width of the metal stock 82 (not shown) should be at least substantially the same as the width of the coated abrasive roll 71.
  • a cutting means having a width substantially equal to the total of the widths of the coated abrasive 71 is used, a large stock roll of coated abrasives may be quickly, conveniently and efficiently dressed in a relatively short period of time.
  • the cylindrical piece of metal stock 82 may be rotated counterclockwise as the coated abrasive 71 is moved relative to the metal stock 82 by the take-up wheel 73 in the direction shown by the arrows in the figure.
  • the cutting means 82, 83 is moved in toward the back up wheel 72 into contact with the abrasive to efficiently cut the mounds of abrasive particles 22 until the desired amount of material is cut from the coated abrasive.
  • the cutting means may be oscillated while in contact with the abrasive.
  • Resin bond Cloth Belts or the abrasive belt also sold by Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, Minnesota, under the trade designation 3M 331D "Three-M-ite" T.M. Resin Bond Cloth Belts, or other abrasive belts that are not agglomerates.
  • the method of the present invention is particularly suitable for use with automatic dressing mechanisms which control the interference between the dressing tool/cutting means and the coated abrasive.
  • the cutting means has been described as a cylindrical piece of metal stock, the cutting means may comprise any suitable shape, such as, but not limited to flat, arcuate, triangular, hexagonal or combinations thereof, as long as the cutting means includes cutting surfaces harder than the abrasive grains 23.
  • the cutting means may comprise Diamond Impregnated Dresser Style No. 556, available from Carter Diamond Tool of Willoughby, Ohio that is intended for use with bonded wheels.

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L'invention décrit un outil d'égalisation s'utilisant dans des procédés servant à ''égaliser'' des revêtements d'abrasifs (par exemple, tels qu'une bande sans fin). L'outil comporte des surfaces périphériques pourvues d'abrasifs et présentant généralement la même largeur que le revêtement d'abrasif. L'outil effectue simultanément l'égalisation de bandes abrasives multiples. L'invention décrit également plusieurs procédés d'égalisation d'un revêtement d'abrasif.

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  1. Méthode de fabrication d'un abrasif appliqué comprenant les étapes consistant à :
    • réaliser un support souple ayant une surface frontale et une surface arrière et une largeur généralement uniforme,
    • fixer des reliefs de particules abrasives contenant des grains d'abrasif le long de la surface frontale, les reliefs de particules abrasives dépassant à des distances différentes, dans une plage prédéterminée, mesurées à partir de la surface arrière du support,
    • réaliser des moyens de taille multi-pointes ayant une surface de taille réalisée dans un matériau plus dur que les grains d'abrasif et ayant une largeur au moins égale à la largeur du support souple, et
    • ensuite tailler les reliefs des particules abrasives contenant les grains d'abrasif à l'aide des moyens de taille afin de former des surfaces généralement coplanaires et généralement parallèles à la surface arrière.
  2. Méthode de fabrication d'un abrasif appliqué selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle les reliefs ont des hauteurs mesurées à partir de la surface arrière du support souple, et les surfaces coplanaires ont des hauteurs mesurées à partir de la surface arrière du support souple telles que les hauteurs des reliefs avant la taille et la hauteur des surfaces coplanaires après la taille sont décrites par l'équation: P1 ≈ X (P2)
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     dans laquelle :
    X est compris entre 1,1 et 2 ; et
    P1 est la hauteur du relief le plus haut des particules abrasives avant la taille ; et
    P2 est la hauteur de la surface coplanaire la plus haute des particules abrasives après la taille par les moyens de taille.
  3. Méthode de fabrication d'un abrasif appliqué selon la revendication 2, dans laquelle X est égal à 1,35.
  4. Méthode de fabrication d'un abrasif appliqué selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle l'étape de réalisation des moyens de taille multi-pointes ayant une surface de taille réalisée à partir d'un matériau plus dur que les grains d'abrasif comprend les étapes consistant à :
    • réaliser un outil de dressage ayant une surface généralement cylindrique et une périphérie,
    • revêtir la périphérie de l'outil de dressage avec un liant métallique, et
    • fixer un grain d'abrasif diamant sur la périphérie de l'outil de dressage.
  5. Méthode de fabrication d'un abrasif appliqué selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle l'étape de réalisation des moyens de taille multi-pointes ayant une surface de taille réalisée à partir d'un matériau plus dur que les grains d'abrasif comprend les étapes consistant à :
    • réaliser un outil de dressage ayant une surface généralement cylindrique et une périphérie,
    • revêtir la périphérie de l'outil de dressage avec un liant métallique, et
    • fixer un grain d'abrasif au nitrure de bore cubique sur la périphérie de l'outil de dressage.
  6. Méthode de fabrication d'un abrasif appliqué selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle l'étape de taille des reliefs des particules abrasives comprend les étapes consistant à :
    • faire tourner les moyens de taille, et
    • déplacer les moyens de taille pour les mettre en contact avec l'abrasif appliqué jusqu'à ce que la quantité de matière voulue ait été enlevée de l'abrasif appliqué.
  7. Méthode de rectification de pièces utilisant une bande sans fin d'abrasif appliqué comprenant un support souple avec une surface frontale et une surface arrière, une largeur sensiblement uniforme et des reliefs de particules abrasives contenant des grains d'abrasif, les particules abrasives ayant des surfaces généralement coplanaires et généralement parallèles à la surface arrière, fixés le long de la surface frontale, ladite méthode de rectification de pièces comprenant les étapes consistant à :
    • réaliser des moyens d'entraînement de la bande abrasive sans fin,
    • réaliser des moyens de taille multi-pointes ayant des surfaces de taille plus dures que les grains d'abrasif et ayant une largeur au moins sensiblement égale à la largeur du support,
    • monter la bande abrasive sans fin sur les moyens d'entraînement de la bande abrasive sans fin,
    • rectifier la pièce à l'aide de la bande abrasive sans fin jusqu'à ce que la bande abrasive soit émoussée, et
    • ensuite dresser la bande abrasive sans fin sur les moyens d'entraînement de la bande abrasive sans fin en taillant les particules abrasives à l'aide des moyens de taille multi-pointes afin de réaffûter la bande.
  8. Méthode de dressage d'un abrasif appliqué comprenant un support souple avec une surface frontale et une surface arrière et des reliefs de particules abrasives contenant des grains d'abrasif, l'abrasif appliqué ayant une largeur généralement uniforme, ladite méthode de dressage d'un abrasif appliqué comprenant les étapes consistant à :
    • réaliser des moyens d'entraînement de l'abrasif appliqué pendant l'abrasion d'une pièce,
    • réaliser des moyens de taille multi-pointes ayant des surfaces de taille plus dures que les grains d'abrasif et ayant une largeur au moins sensiblement égale à la largeur du support,
    • monter l'abrasif appliqué sur les moyens d'entraînement de l'abrasif appliqué,
    • entraîner l'abrasif appliqué pour le faire passer sur un poste de dressage, et
    • ensuite dresser l'abrasif appliqué sur les moyens d'entraînement de l'abrasif appliqué en taillant les particules abrasives à l'aide des moyens de taille afin d'obtenir une épaisseur de bande uniforme.
  9. Méthode de dressage d'un abrasif appliqué selon la revendication 8, dans laquelle l'étape de dressage de l'abrasif appliqué comprend les étapes consistant à :
    • faire tourner les moyens de taille, et
    • déplacer les moyens de taille pour les mettre en contact avec l'abrasif appliqué jusqu'à ce que la quantité de matière voulue ait été enlevée de l'abrasif appliqué.
  10. Méthode de dressage d'abrasifs appliqués comprenant les étapes consistant à :
    • réaliser une pluralité de bandes sans fin d'adhésif appliqué comprenant chacune un support souple avec une surface frontale et une surface arrière, une largeur, et des reliefs de particules abrasives contenant des grains d'abrasifs,
    • réaliser des moyens d'entraînement des bandes abrasives sans fin, monter les bandes abrasives sans fin sur les moyens d'entraînement des bandes abrasives sans fin,
    • réaliser une pluralité de moyens de taille ayant une surface de taille plus dure que les grains d'abrasif, et
    • ensuite dresser simultanément chacune des bandes abrasives sans fin en taillant les particules abrasives à l'aide des moyens de taille.
  11. Méthode de dressage d'abrasifs appliqués selon la revendication 10, dans laquelle :
    • les bandes abrasives sans fin ont des surfaces généralement coplanaires et généralement parallèles à la surface arrière, fixées le long de la surface frontale,
    • ladite pluralité de moyens de taille ayant des surfaces de taille plus dures que les grains d'abrasif sont des moyens de taille multi-pointes ayant une largeur au moins sensiblement égale ou supérieure à la somme des largeurs de chacune des bandes abrasives sans fin, et
    • ledit dressage simultané de chacune des bandes abrasives sans fin est réalisé sur les moyens d'entraînement des bandes abrasives sans fin en taillant les particules abrasives à l'aide desdits moyens de taille multi-pointes.
  12. Système combinant un appareil à rectifier ayant une pluralité de bandes d'abrasif appliqué espacées, chaque bande abrasive comprenant un support souple avec une surface frontale et une surface arrière, une largeur, et des reliefs de particules abrasives contenant des grains d'abrasifs, laquelle bande abrasive est utilisée pour rectifier des arbres à cames ayant des lobes espacés,
    • des moyens d'entraînement des bandes d'abrasif appliqué , et
    • un outil de dressage adapté pour permettre le dressage simultané de la pluralité de bandes abrasives, comprenant :
    • une partie périphérique comprenant :
    • une première partie ayant des surfaces de taille multi-pointes fixées le long de la partie périphérique et réalisées dans un matériau plus dur que les grains d'abrasif, ladite première partie ayant une largeur généralement égale à la largeur d'une bande abrasive sur l'appareil à rectifier,
    • une deuxième partie exempte de surfaces de taille et ayant une largeur généralement égale à la distance séparant les bandes abrasives sur l'appareil à rectifier, et
    • une troisième partie ayant des surfaces de taille multi-pointes fixées le long de la partie périphérique et réalisées dans un matériau plus dur que les grains d'abrasif, ladite troisième partie ayant une largeur généralement égale à la largeur d'une bande abrasive sur l'appareil à rectifier.
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