Patent ID: 6272726
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: B23C,B23P,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of manufacturing metal components, comprising the steps of:A) face-machining opposite sides of each of a plurality of ring-shaped metal blanks;B) securing the face-machined blanks on an arbor in axially adjacent relationship along an axis defined by the arbor, whereby the blanks are immovable relative to one another; andC) performing a plurality of different chip-removing machining operations on each blank for reshaping the blanks while the blanks remain secured on the arbor, one of the machining operations comprising employing a cutter for making axial cuts through the blanks in a direction parallel to the axis to separate each blank into a number of components distributed around the axis, wherein during a cutting operation an edge of the cutter is received in an axial groove formed between an outer periphery of the arbor and inner peripheries of all of the blanks.