Patent ID: 9605714
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: B24B,F16C

Claim:
1. A machining apparatus having a vertical line as a central axis, the machining apparatus provided for machining an end face of a tapered roller, the machining apparatus comprising: a transfer mechanism portion that is configured to transfer a tapered roller having a large end face directed outward in a radial direction by causing the tapered roller to revolve about the vertical line positioned on a side of a small end face of the tapered roller while causing the tapered roller to rotate; and a grinding wheel unit having a substantially C-shaped overall shape having the vertical line as the center, and having a grinding wheel surface that comes in sliding contact with the large end face of the transferred tapered roller on an inner peripheral side of the grinding wheel unit, wherein the grinding wheel unit has a seat that is fixed to an apparatus main body and has a substantially C-shaped overall shape, and a grinding wheel body that is separate from the seat, is detachably mounted to the seat, has a substantially C-shaped overall shape, and has the grinding wheel surface on an inner peripheral side of the grinding wheel body, and the grinding wheel body is constituted by a plurality of segments disposed along a circumferential direction.