Patent ID: 6421906
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: B23C,B23P,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus for machining metal components, comprising:an arbor defining an axis, the arbor having a stop surface at one axial end thereof and a clamp at an opposite axial end thereof; a set of ring-shaped metal blanks clamped on the arbor between the stop surface and the clamp so as to be immovable relative to one another; and a plurality of machining tools for performing a plurality of different chip-removing machining operations on each blank for reshaping the blanks, one of the machining tools arranged for making axial cuts through the blanks in a direction parallel to the axis for separating each blank into a number of components distributed around the axis; wherein the arbor includes a cylindrical envelope surface having circumferentially spaced, axially extending grooves for receiving peripheral portions of the one machining tool which makes axial cuts.