Patent ID: 9127664
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: B23P,F04B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of manufacturing a plurality of housings comprising: maintaining an inventory of initial products, each of said initial products including a central hollow body extending along a longitudinal axis and monolithically cast with a suction passage and a discharge passage, each of said initial products having a same initial length; receiving a first order for a first housing having a first length; machining a first product from the inventory of initial products to form the first housing having the first length by dividing the first product into a suction passage portion and a discharge passage portion; receiving a second order for a second housing having a second length; and machining a second product from the inventory of initial products to form the second housing having the second length by dividing the second product into a suction passage portion and a discharge passage portion; wherein the first length and the second length are different.