Patent ID: 9694462
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: B24B,F16F

Claim:
1. A centerless grinding machine, comprising: a machine bed, a grinding spindle, that is mounted for rotation relative to the machine bed, coupled to a spindle drive and arranged to receive a grinding wheel, a regulator spindle that is mounted for rotation relative to the machine bed, coupled to a spindle drive and arranged to receive a regulating wheel, a workpiece mount for receiving a to-be-processed workpiece between the grinding spindle and the regulator spindle, wherein the grinding spindle and the regulator spindle are arranged at the machine bed and are moveable with respect to one another, and wherein at least one of the grinding spindle and the regulator spindle comprises an integrated damping device, wherein the damping device comprises: at least one damping unit, the at least one damping unit comprising: an auxiliary mass section, an elastic section, and a damping section, wherein the auxiliary mass section, the elastic section and the damping section are integrated in the spindle, and wherein the auxiliary mass section, the elastic section and the damping section jointly form a damped vibratory system.