Patent Publication Number: US-11020809-B2

Title: Machining jig and processing method

Description:
TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The present invention relates to a machining jig and a processing method. This application claims priority based on Japanese Patent Application No. 2016-131072 filed on Jun. 30, 2016, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. 
     BACKGROUND ART 
     As a method of manufacturing components that are difficult to compact with a die, Japanese Literature 1 discloses a method in which a powder raw material is subjected to lubrication compacting by using a die (a lubricant is caused to adhere to the die to perform compacting), the obtained compact is machined, for example, cut or ground, and the compact that has been machined is sintered. Japanese Literature 2 discloses a die that forms a compact by compacting, the compact including gears provided in two levels and having different diameters (large teeth and small teeth). 
     CITATION LIST 
     Patent Literature 
     
         
         
           
             PTL 1: Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2004-323939 
             PTL 2: Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2013-233568 
           
         
       
    
     SUMMARY OF INVENTION 
     A machining jig according to the present disclosure holds a workpiece with respect to a tool when machining the workpiece with the tool, the workpiece including a ridge that projects from an outer periphery of a cylindrical section in a radial direction and that extends so as to intersect a peripheral direction. The machining jig includes a holding jig that includes a cylindrical body section that is disposed at an outer periphery of the workpiece and a stopping section that projects inwardly from the body section and that stops a face of a surface of the ridge on a side where the tool leaves a processing portion of the ridge; and a base that is coaxial with the holding jig and to which the holding jig is fixed. 
     A processing method according to the present disclosure is such that a workpiece including a ridge that projects from an outer periphery of a cylindrical section in a radial direction and that extends so as to intersect a peripheral direction is machined with a tool such that a processing surface is formed in a direction that intersects a longitudinal direction of the ridge. The processing method includes, by using the machining jig according to the present disclosure above, stopping the surface of the ridge by the stopping section near a processing portion of the workpiece in an axial direction, and performing processing with the tool from a side opposite to a side where the ridge is stopped by the stopping section. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a schematic perspective view showing a machining jig of a first embodiment. 
         FIG. 2  is a schematic top view showing the machining jig of the first embodiment. 
         FIG. 3  is a schematic exploded perspective view showing the machining jig of the first embodiment. 
         FIG. 4  is a schematic perspective view showing a workpiece to be machined by using the machining jig of the first embodiment and a processed article obtained by the machining. 
         FIG. 5  is a schematic top view showing a machining jig of a second embodiment. 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS 
     Technical Problem 
     In the method of Patent Literature 1 above, by machining to form a compact having a hardness that is lower than the hardness of a sintered body, the machining is facilitated. The compact formed by compacting using the die in Patent Literature 2 above is machined after being sintered, an excess toothed portion (small teeth) of the gear is removed, and a circular cylindrical section is formed, thereby forming a double tooth sprocket in which the circular cylindrical section not having a toothed portion exists between the two gears having different diameters (large teeth and small teeth). 
     With, for example, improving the productivity of sintered components as a purpose, there is a demand for machining under severe conditions, such as increasing processing speed. However, when a compact prior to sintering is machined under severer conditions, it may be difficult to maintain good quality due to, for example, part of the compact breaking. In particular, when the toothed portion of the gear is to be removed, a portion on a side where a tool leaves the toothed portion tends to break. 
     Accordingly, an object is to provide a machining jig that is capable of reducing breakage caused by machining and that provides excellent productivity. Another object is to provide a processing method that is capable of reducing breakage caused by machining and that provides excellent productivity. 
     Advantageous Effects of Invention 
     The machining jig and the processing method according to the present disclosure are capable of reducing breakage caused by machining and provide excellent productivity. 
     DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS OF PRESENT INVENTION 
     First, the contents of embodiments of the present invention are listed and described. 
     (1) A machining jig according to embodiments of the present invention holds a workpiece with respect to a tool when machining the workpiece with the tool, the workpiece including a ridge that projects from an outer periphery of a cylindrical section in a radial direction and that extends so as to intersect a peripheral direction. The machining jig includes a holding jig that includes a cylindrical body section that is disposed at an outer periphery of the workpiece and a stopping section that projects inwardly from the body section and that stops a face of a surface of the ridge on a side where the tool leaves a processing portion of the ridge; and a base that is coaxial with the holding jig and to which the holding jig is fixed. 
     The above machining jig is capable of stopping the face (may hereunder be referred to as “exit-side face”) of the surface of the ridge on the side where the tool leaves the processing portion of the ridge. Therefore, by machining the vicinity of a portion of the ridge that has been stopped, it is possible to suppress breakage of the ridge caused by the machining. When the workpiece is machined, such as, cut or ground, a shearing force is produced due to a pressing force produced by the tool. When the ridge is machined, the exit-side face of the ridge, in particular, a ridge line between the exit-side face and a processing surface tends to break due to the shearing force. Therefore, by stopping the exit-side face of the ridge by the stopping section at the machining jig, it is possible to receive the shearing force by the stopping section and to reduce breakage caused by the machining. Since the above machining jig allows machining with the ridge stopped by the stopping section, it is possible to reduce, for example, breakage even if machining is performed under severe conditions, such as increasing processing speed. Therefore, processed articles that can be obtained by using the above machining jig are produced with excellent productivity. 
     Since, in the above machining jig, the holding jig can be fixed coaxially with the base, the holding jig, the base, and the workpiece that is mounted on the holding jig can be coaxially set. Therefore, it is possible to rotate (spin) the workpiece around this axis as a center or swing (revolve) the tool around this axis as the center to easily machine the outer periphery of the workpiece. 
     The above machining jig is used to mount a workpiece inside the body section of the holding jig⇒finely adjust the workpiece inside the body section in a peripheral direction and stop the ridge by the stopping section⇒machine the vicinity of a portion of the ridge that has been stopped⇒remove the workpiece from the holding jig, to make it possible to easily obtain a processed article after the machining. The above machining jig has a simple jig structure and allows the workpiece to be easily mounted and removed. Therefore, it is expected that the processing of the workpiece by using the above machining jig can be automated by using, for example, a robot. 
     The above machining jig is capable of suppressing, for example, breakage of the ridge by stopping the exit-side face of the ridge of the workpiece. Therefore, the form of manufacture of the compact does not matter (for example, one obtained by lubrication compacting with a die, one obtained by warm compacting with a die, one obtained by cold compacting with a die, and one in which a lubricant is added to powder). Therefore, by using the above machining jig, it is possible to increase the degree of freedom in the form of the workpiece. 
     (2) In an example of the above machining jig, the stopping section stops at least a surface of an end-side region of the ridge in a projection direction thereof. 
     When the ridge is machined, the end-side region of the ridge in the projection direction thereof tends to break. 
     Therefore, by stopping the surface of the end-side region of the ridge in the projection direction, it is possible to effectively reduce breakage in the ridge. 
     (3) In an example of the above machining jig, the workpiece has a form of a gear, and the ridge is a toothed portion of the gear. 
     The above machining jig can be suitably used in machining a workpiece having the shape of a gear. The number of toothed portions of the gear of a workpiece having the shape of a gear is large. However, since the machining jig is capable of individually stopping the exit-side faces of the toothed portions, the machining jig is capable of reducing breakage in each toothed portion and provides excellent productivity. 
     (4) In an example of the above machining jig, the holding jig is such that a gap is formed between a surface other than the stopping section and a surface of the workpiece. 
     Since it is possible to form a gap between a surface other than the stopping section and the surface of the workpiece, the workpiece is easily mounted on and removed from the holding jig. Therefore, it becomes easy to mount the workpiece on and remove the workpiece from the holding jig by a robot, and the machining of the workpiece can be easily automated. 
     (5) An example of the above machining jig further includes a pressing section that presses the workpiece against a side of the holding jig. 
     By including the pressing section, it is possible to more reliably maintain the state in which the ridge is stopped by the stopping section. 
     In particular, when a gap is provided between a surface other than the stopping section of the holding jig and the surface of the workpiece, it is possible to suppress any displacement of the workpiece with respect to the holding jig inside the gap. 
     (6) An example of the above machining jig further includes a circular cylindrical guide section that is coaxial with the holding jig and that is formed on an inner side of the holding jig, wherein an inside diameter of the body section is larger than a tip circle diameter of the toothed portion, the number of the stopping sections is same as the number of the toothed portions, an axial-direction thickness of the stopping section is smaller than an axial-direction length of the toothed portion of the workpiece, the stopping section includes a stopping surface and a facing surface, and a distance between the stopping surface and the facing surface, where the toothed portion is accommodated, is larger than a tooth thickness of the toothed portion that is accommodated. 
     Since the machining jig has such a structure, the workpiece is easily mounted on and removed from the holding jig. Therefore, it becomes easy to mount the workpiece on and remove the workpiece from the holding jig by a robot, and the machining of the workpiece can be easily automated. 
     (7) A processing method according to embodiments of the present invention is such that a workpiece including a ridge that projects from an outer periphery of a cylindrical section in a radial direction and that extends so as to intersect a peripheral direction is machined with a tool such that a processing surface is formed in a direction that intersects a longitudinal direction of the ridge. The processing method includes, by using the machining jig according to any one of (1) to (6) above, stopping the surface of the ridge by the stopping section near a processing portion of the workpiece in an axial direction, and performing processing with the tool from a side opposite to a side where the ridge is stopped by the stopping section. 
     Since, in the above processing method, machining is performed with the ridge stopped by the stopping section by using the above-described machining jig, it is possible to reduce breakage caused by the machining, and productivity is excellent. 
     DETAILS OF EMBODIMENTS OF PRESENT INVENTION 
     Machining jigs according to embodiments of the present invention and a processing method using the machining jigs are described in detail below with reference to the drawings. The same reference signs in the figures denote portions having the same name. 
     First Embodiment 
     A machining jig  1  of a first embodiment is described with reference to  FIGS. 1 to 4 . As shown in  FIG. 1 , the machining jig  1  of the first embodiment holds a workpiece  100  in a predetermined position with respect to a tool  200 , and includes a holding jig  10  and a base  30 . The machining jig  1  of the first embodiment further includes a pressing section  50  ( FIG. 3 ) that presses the workpiece  100  against the side of the holding jig  10 . The workpiece  100  has the shape of a gear, and, as shown in  FIG. 4 , includes ridges (large-toothed portions  120   d  and small-toothed portions  140   d ) on outer peripheries of cylindrical sections provided in two levels and having different diameters (a large-diameter cylindrical section  120  and a small-diameter cylindrical section  140 ). The ridges project in a radial direction and extend so as to intersect a peripheral direction. The tool  200  performs machining so as to form a processing surface in a direction that intersects a longitudinal direction of the ridges (in this embodiment, the small toothed portions  140   d ) of the workpiece  100 . 
     The holding jig  10  includes a cylindrical body section  12  that is disposed at an outer periphery of the workpiece  100  near a processing portion of the workpiece  100 , and stopping sections  13  that project inwardly from the body section  12  (refer to  FIGS. 2 and 3 ). A feature of the machining jig  1  of the first embodiment is that the stopping sections  13  stop, of surfaces of the ridges (small toothed portions  140   d ), each face (exit-side face) on the side where the tool  200  leaves the processing portion of each small toothed portion  140   d . By machining with the exit-side faces of the small toothed portions  140   d  stopped by the stopping sections  13 , it is possible to reduce breakage in the small toothed portions  140   d  caused by the machining. 
     A structure of the workpiece  100  and a structure of a processed article  300  obtained by using the machining jig  1  of the first embodiment are described below. Then, each structure of the machining jig  1  is described in detail. 
     [Workpiece and Processed Article] 
     In the first embodiment, a form in which a compact (powder compact before sintering) having cylindrical sections provided in two levels and having different diameters as shown in  FIGS. 1 and 4  is described. As shown in top view of  FIG. 4 , the workpiece  100  includes the large toothed portions  120   d  on an outer periphery of the large-diameter cylindrical section  120  on one end side, and the small toothed portions  140   d  on an outer periphery of the small-diameter cylindrical section  140  having a length up to the large-diameter cylindrical section  120  from the other end side. 
     The small toothed portions  140   d  project in a radial direction and extend so as to intersect (in the embodiment, to be orthogonal to) a peripheral direction at the outer periphery of the small-diameter cylindrical section  140 . In the present embodiment, of an outer peripheral surface of the small-diameter cylindrical section  140 , a portion of the outer peripheral surface on the side of the large-diameter cylindrical section  120  is machined, and an outer peripheral surface of the workpiece  100  including the small toothed portions  140   d  is partly removed. By this, as shown in bottom view of  FIG. 4 , the processed article  300  (a double tooth sprocket) including a large-diameter cylindrical section  320  (the same as  120 ) having large toothed portions  320   d  (the same as  120   d ) on an outer periphery on one end side, a small-diameter cylindrical section  340  (the same as  140 ) having small toothed portions  340   d  (the same as  140   d ) on an outer periphery on the other end side, and a circular cylindrical section  360  (processing surface) that is disposed between the large-diameter cylindrical section  320  and the small-diameter cylindrical section  340 , that has a diameter that is smaller than the diameter of the small-diameter cylindrical section  340 , and that does not include a toothed portion is obtained. 
     [Machining Jig] 
     Holding Jig 
     As shown in  FIGS. 1 to 3 , the holding jig  10  includes the circular cylindrical body section  12  that can be disposed at the outer periphery of the workpiece  100 , and the stopping sections  13  that project inwardly from the body section  12 . The holding jig  10  is disposed near a processing portion of the workpiece  100  in an axial direction, specifically, directly below the processing portion of the workpiece  100 .  FIG. 2  illustrates a form in which the workpiece  100  and the tool  200  both rotate (spin) clockwise, the tool  200  enters from upper surfaces of the small toothed portions  140   d  of the workpiece  100 , and the tool  200  leaves from lower surfaces of the small toothed portions  140   d . In each small toothed portion  140   d , a face on the side where the tool  200  enters is an entry-side face and a face on the side where the tool  200  leaves is the exit-side face. As shown in  FIG. 2 , the holding jig  10  has a function in which each stopping section  13  contacts the exit-side face of the surface of its corresponding small toothed portion  140   d  of the workpiece  100  and stops the exit-side face of its corresponding small toothed portion  140   d  while the workpiece  100  is machined. 
     The body section  12  is a ring-shaped body having a height that, when the workpiece  100  is disposed inside the body section  12 , allows a portion of the outer peripheral surface of the workpiece  100  to be machined by the tool  200  to be exposed, and allows each stopping section  13  to stop the exit-side face of its corresponding small toothed portion  140   d  directly below the processing portion (refer to  FIG. 1 ). An axial-direction thickness of each stopping section  13  is smaller than an axial-direction length of each small toothed portion  140   d.    
     The stopping sections  13  are provided in correspondence with the number of small toothed portions  140   d  formed in the workpiece  100 . In this embodiment, a plurality of stopping sections are uniformly provided in a peripheral direction of the body section  12 . The number of stopping sections  13  is the same as the number of small toothed portions  140   d . Each stopping section  13  is formed over the entire length of the body section  12  in a height direction thereof. That is, the stopping sections  13  stop the small toothed portions  140   d  existing directly below the processing portion of the workpiece  100  over a certain length. 
     As shown in  FIG. 2 , each stopping section  13  includes a stopping surface  13   m  that extends along, of the exit-side face of its corresponding small toothed portion  140   d , at least a surface of an end-side region of its corresponding small toothed portion  140   d  in a projection direction thereof, and a facing surface  13   n  that faces its corresponding stopping surface  13   m . When each small toothed portion  140   d  is machined, the end-side region of each small toothed portion  140   d  tends to break. Therefore, by stopping the exit-side face at the end-side region of each small toothed portion  140   d , it is possible to effectively reduce breakage in each small toothed portion  140   d . Each stopping surface  13   m  is made to extend along the surface of the end-side region at the exit-side face of its corresponding small toothed portion  140   d  to form a slight gap g between it and a surface of a root-side region of its corresponding exit-side face and a slight gap g between it and a surface of a radial-direction end of its corresponding tip (refer to the lower enlarged view of  FIG. 2 ). The inside diameter of the body section  12  is larger than a tip circle diameter of the small toothed portions  140   d , and a distance W 1  between each stopping surface  13   m  and its corresponding facing surface  13   n , where the corresponding small toothed portion  140   d  is accommodated, is larger than a tooth thickness W 2  of its corresponding small toothed portion  140   d  that is accommodated. The distance W 1  between each stopping surface  13   m  and its corresponding facing surface  13   n  is a radial-direction distance at a location where the stopping surface  13   m  and its corresponding small toothed portion  140   d  contact each other, and the tooth thickness W 2  of each small toothed portion  140   d  is a tooth thickness at this location. By forming the gaps g, even if a displacement occurs due to dimensional tolerance of the workpiece  100 , it is possible to reliably stop the surface of the end-side region at the exit-side face of each small toothed portion  140   d . In addition, by forming the gaps g, the workpiece  100  is easily mounted on and removed from the holding jig  10 . Each stopping surface  13   m  may be a surface along the entire exit-side face of its corresponding small toothed portion  140   d.    
     Each stopping section  13  has a rigidity that does not allow it to deform when the workpiece  100  is being machined. One way to increase the rigidity of each stopping section  13  is to reinforce each stopping section  13 . In the present embodiment, bulging sections  14  that are formed continuously with the corresponding stopping sections  13  along the peripheral direction of the body section  12  and that bulge inwardly from the body section  12  are provided. By providing the bulging sections  14  continuously with the stopping sections  13 , it is possible to reinforce the stopping sections  13  and to suppress any deformation of the stopping sections  13  caused by a pressing force produced by the tool  200 . By providing the bulging sections  14 , it is possible to prevent chips produced by the processing from easily entering a portion between the holding jig  10  and the workpiece  100 . When the bulging sections  14  are provided, the facing surfaces  13   n  are formed on the bulging sections  14 . 
     It is desirable that, in the holding jig  10 , a gap g be formed between a surface other than each stopping section  13  (stopping surface  13   m ) and the surface of the workpiece  100 . That is, it is desirable that each bulging section  14  have a size that allows a gap g to be formed between it and the surface of the workpiece  100 . By providing the gap g between the surface other than the stopping surface  13   m  of each stopping section  13  and the surface of the workpiece  100 , it is easy to mount the workpiece  100  on and remove the workpiece  100  from the holding jig  10 . The gap g between the surface other than each stopping surface  13   m  (surface of its corresponding bulging section  14 ) and the outer peripheral surface of the workpiece  100  is such that, for example, a minimum length between the surface of each bulging section  14  and the outer peripheral surface of the workpiece  100  is greater than or equal to 0.5 mm. 
     The holding jig  10  is fixed coaxially with the base  30  described below. In the present embodiment, the holding jig  10  includes mounting sections  18  including bolt holes  18   h  through which corresponding bolts  18   b  extend for fixing the holding jig  10  to the base  30 . The mounting sections  18  are a plurality of projecting pieces (in the present embodiment, four pieces) that project outward in the radial direction from a lower end of the body section  12 . The number of mounting sections  18 , the mounting locations of the mounting sections  18 , etc. can be changed as appropriate. 
     Base 
     As shown in  FIG. 3 , the base  30  is a plate member having bolt holes  34   h  for screwing the bolts  18   b  therein. By causing the bolt holes  34   h  of the base  30  and the bolt holes  18   h  of the holding jig  10  to overlap each other, and inserting the bolts  18   b  into the bolt holes  18   h  and screwing the bolts  18   b  into the through holes  34   h , it is possible to fix the holding jig  10  to the base  30 . The base  30  is set on an installation target (not shown). 
     The base  30  is fixed coaxially with the holding jig  10 . That is, the base  30 , the holding jig  10 , and the workpiece  100  that is mounted on the holding jig  10  are all coaxially disposed. In the present embodiment, a shaft section  32   b  is disposed coaxially with the base  30 , the holding jig  10 , and the workpiece  100 . An installation target is, for example, a rotary table that is made rotatable by a driving source (not shown) such as a motor. By coaxially disposing the base  30 , the holding jig  10 , and the workpiece  100 , when the base  30  is rotated, it is possible to rotate (spin) the workpiece  100  around the shaft section  32   b  as a rotary shaft. 
     The base  30  has a through hole  32   h  in a center thereof for inserting the shaft section  32   b  therein. The base  30  also has a recessed section  32  near the through hole  32   h . A cylindrical guide section  38  that has a diameter that is less than or equal to the inside diameter of the workpiece  100  and that has a length that is less than or equal to an axial-direction length of the workpiece  100  is disposed in the recessed section  32 . Specifically, by forming a projecting portion  38   p  on the guide section  38  and fitting the projecting portion  38   p  to the recessed section  32 , the guide section  38  is disposed in the base  30 . With the guide section  38  disposed in the base  30 , when mounting the workpiece  100  on the machining jig  1 , it is possible to cause the workpiece  100  to be placed along an outer periphery of the guide section  38  and the workpiece  100  is easily mounted inside the holding jig  10 . 
     The guide section  38  has a through hole  38   h  formed in the center thereof for inserting the shaft section  32   b  therein, and an inner peripheral surface of the through hole  38   h  has an internal thread. An end portion of the shaft section  32   b  has an external thread. By fitting the projecting portion  38   p  of the guide section  38  to the recessed section  32  of the base  30 , inserting the shaft section  32   b  into the through hole  32   h  of the base  30 , and connecting the external thread of the shaft section  30   b  and the internal thread of the through hole  38   h  of the guide section  38  to each other, it is possible to fix the guide section  38  to the base  30 . 
     Pressing Section 
     As shown in  FIGS. 1 and 3 , the pressing section  50  is a plate member that presses the workpiece  100  against the side of the holding jig  10 . The pressing section  50  has a size that allows it to contact an upper end surface of the workpiece  100 , and has a through hole  50   h  formed in the center thereof for inserting a shaft section  50   b  therein. An end portion of the shaft section  50   b  has an external thread. By placing the pressing section  50  on the upper end surface of the workpiece  100 , inserting the shaft section  50   b  into the through hole  50   h  of the pressing section  50 , and connecting the external thread of the shaft section  50   b  and the internal thread of the through hole  38   h  of the guide section  38 , it is possible to press the pressing section  50  against the side of the workpiece  100 . By pressing the workpiece  100  against the side of the holding jig  10  by the pressing section  50 , it is possible to reliably maintain a state in which the exit-side face of each small toothed portion  140   d  is stopped by its corresponding stopping section  13 . 
     As a mechanism for pressing the upper end surface of the workpiece  100  against the side of the holding jig  10 , it is possible to use a cylinder, such as an air cylinder, in addition to the pressing section  50 . 
     [Use] 
     The above-described machining jig  1  is capable of being suitably used in machining, such as cutting or grinding, the outer peripheral surface of the workpiece  100 , such as a compact obtained by compacting a powdered raw material with a die or a sintered body obtained by sintering the compact. In particular, the machining jig  1  is suitable for machining a compact having a low hardness. In addition, the machining jig  1  is suitable for machining to form an undercut form that is difficult to compact with a die. The workpiece  100  may be a hollow cylindrical section as in the present embodiment, or may be a solid cylindrical member (columnar member or rod-shaped body). The ridges of the workpiece  100  may be orthogonal to a peripheral direction of the workpiece  100  as in the present embodiment, or may have spiral shapes that intersect obliquely in the peripheral direction. Examples of the cutting include cutting using a rotary cutting tool, such as a milling cutter or an end mill, and cutting using a fixed cutting tool, such as a turning tool. Examples of the grinding include grinding using a grinding tool, such as a grinding wheel. 
     [Processing Method] 
     A processing method of the first embodiment includes a step of stopping the surface of each ridge (small toothed portion  140   d ) of the workpiece  100  by its corresponding stopping section  13  by using the above-described machining jig  1 , and a step of machining with the tool  200  from a side opposite to the side where each ridge is stopped by its corresponding stopping section  13 . It is to be noted that, in the present embodiment, a form in which machining is performed with a side cutter, which rotates and revolves, while the base  30  is fixed to a rotatable installation target and the machining jig  1 , that is, the workpiece  100  rotates (spins) is described. 
     As a precondition, the holding jig  10  is fixed to the base  30  by the bolts  18   b . By fitting the projecting portion  38   p  of the guide section  38  to the recessed section  32  of the base  30  and inserting and screwing the shaft section  32   b  into the through hole  32   h  of the base  30  and the through hole  38   h  of the guide section  38 , the guide section  38  is fixed to the base  30 . By this, in disposing the workpiece  100  at the machining jig  1 , the workpiece  100  is easily mounted on the holding jig  10 . 
     Step of Stopping Ridges (Toothed Portions) 
     First, the workpiece  100  is mounted inside the body section  12  of the holding jig  10 . Specifically, while placing an inner peripheral surface of the workpiece  100  along the outer periphery of the guide section  38 , an end portion of the workpiece  100  is placed on an upper surface of the base  30 . Since the holding jig  10  is formed such that the gaps g are formed between surfaces other than the stopping sections  13  (stopping surfaces  13   m ) and the surface of the workpiece  100  (refer to  FIG. 2 ), the workpiece  100  is easily mounted inside the body section  12 . 
     Next, the workpiece  100  is finely adjusted (rotated) in the peripheral direction inside the body section  12  to stop the surfaces of the small toothed portions  140   d  (specifically, the surfaces of the end-side regions of the small toothed portions  140   d  in the projection direction) by the stopping sections  13 . This is because, since the gaps g are provided between the surfaces other than the stopping sections  13  and the surface of the workpiece  100 , merely placing the workpiece  100  on the base  30  inside the body section  12  does not necessarily result in the stopping sections  13  stopping the surfaces of the end-side regions of the small toothed portions  140   d  in the projection direction. 
     Lastly, after the small toothed portions  140   d  have been stopped by the stopping sections  13 , the pressing section  50  is disposed on the upper end surface of the workpiece  100 , and the shaft section  50   b  is inserted and screwed into the through hole  50   h  of the pressing section  50  and the through hole  38   h  of the guide section  38 . This makes it possible to fix the workpiece  100  to the machining jig  1  with the surfaces of the small toothed portions  140   d  stopped by the stopping sections  13 . 
     The machining jig  1  may be disposed as appropriate near a processing portion of the workpiece  100  along the axial direction of the workpiece  100  such that, of the outer peripheral surface of the workpiece  100 , the portion to be machined by the tool  200  is exposed. 
     Step of Machining 
     With the surfaces of the small toothed portions  140   d  stopped, processing is performed with the tool  200  from a side opposite to the side where each small toothed portion  140   d  is stopped by its corresponding stopping section  13 . In the present embodiment, the machining is performed while rotating the machining jig  1  around the shaft section  32   b  as a center. That is, the workpiece  100  is machined by rotating (spinning) the workpiece  100  around its center axis. By using, as the tool  200 , a disk-shaped cutter that spins and that revolves around the workpiece  100 , the entire periphery of the workpiece  100  is cut by the tool  200 . The spinning axis of the workpiece  100  and the revolution axis of the tool  200  correspond to the shaft section  32   b . The spinning direction of the workpiece  100  (counterclockwise arrow in  FIG. 2 ) and the spinning direction of the tool  200  (clockwise arrow in  FIG. 2 ) are opposite to each other. The spinning direction and the revolution direction of the tool  200 , itself, are opposite to each other. 
     Since the machining can be performed with the exit-side face of each small toothed portion  140   d  of the workpiece  100  stopped, it is possible to suppress, for example, breakage even if the machining is performed under severe conditions such as increasing the processing speed (for example, greater than or equal to 150 m/min, and, further, greater than or equal to 160 m/min). It is possible to considerably reduce the processing time by increasing the processing speed. It is possible to set the processing time to, for example, less than or equal to 20 s/piece, and less than or equal to 15 s/piece, particularly, less than or equal to 10 s/piece. 
     The processed article (powder compact) obtained by the above-described processing method is such that powder may be missing from the processing surface (surface of the circular cylindrical section  360  in  FIG. 4 ) that has been machined. In addition, a feed mark of the tool  200  remains on the processing surface, and is not deformed and does not disappear even if the processed article is sintered. In the sintered body obtained by sintering the processed article (powder compact) obtained by the above-described processing method, a sintered skin remains on the processing surface obtained by machining the powder compact before the sintering. Therefore, the sintered skin obtained by machining and sintering the compact differs from the sintered skin obtained by machining the sintered body. Specifically, the sintered skin that is obtained by machining and sintering the compact is a sintered skin having a feed mark, and the sintered skin obtained by machining the sintered body is a processing skin having a feed mark. 
     [Effects] 
     The machining jig  1  of the first embodiment is capable of suppressing breakage of the small toothed portions  140   d  by only stopping the exit-side face of each small toothed portion  140   d  by its corresponding stopping section  13 , so that excellent productivity is provided. Specifically, the above machining jig  1  is used to perform the procedure of mounting the workpiece  100  inside the body section  12  of the holding jig  10  finely adjusting the workpiece  100  inside the body section  12  in the peripheral direction and stopping the small toothed portions  140   d  by the stopping sections  13  machining the vicinity of portions of the small toothed portions  140   d  that have been stopped, to make it possible to obtain the processed article  300  with reduced breakage. Therefore, it is expected that, by using the above machining jig, the manufacturing of, for example, the processed article  300 , which is a double tooth sprocket, as shown in  FIG. 4  can be automated. 
     Second Embodiment 
     As shown in  FIG. 5 , in a machining jig  2  of a second embodiment, a holding jig  10  includes stopping sections  13  each having an isosceles trapezoidal shape in cross section and including a stopping surface  13   m  that extends along an exit-side face of its corresponding small toothed portion  140   d  and a facing surface  13   n  that faces its corresponding stopping surface  13   m  at the same inclined surface as the stopping surface  13   m . Gaps g are formed between the facing surfaces  13   n  and corresponding entry-side faces of adjacent small toothed portions  140   d . That is, in the machining jig  2  of the second embodiment, a holding jig  10  does not include bulging sections  14  ( FIG. 2 ) described in the first embodiment. Even in the second embodiment, the inside diameter of a body section  12  is larger than a tip circle diameter of the small toothed portions  140   d , and a distance between each stopping surface  13   m  and its corresponding facing surface  13   n , where the corresponding small toothed portion  140   d  is accommodated, is larger than a tooth thickness of its corresponding small toothed portion  140   d  that is accommodated. An axial-direction thickness of each stopping section  13  is smaller than an axial-direction length of each small toothed portion  140   d.    
     In the machining jig  2 , surfaces of end-side regions at the exit-side faces of the small toothed portions  140   d  only need to be capable of being stopped by the corresponding stopping sections  13  (stopping surfaces  13   m ); and the larger a gap g between each surface other than the stopping surfaces  13   m  and the surface of the workpiece  100  is, the more easily the workpiece  100  is mounted on and removed from the holding jig  10 . Therefore, it is desirable that each stopping section  13  be small to a degree that does not cause deformation of each stopping section  13  by a pressing force produced by the tool  200 . The maximum thickness of each stopping section  13  is approximately greater than or equal to 40% and less than or equal to 60% of the maximum length between adjacent small toothed portions  140   d  of the workpiece  100 . In a state in which each stopping section  13  is stopped at a predetermined position of the exit-side face of its corresponding small toothed portion  140   d , a gap g of approximately 1 mm (dimension measured in a radial direction of the holding jig  10 ) is provided between the surface of a radial-direction end of a tip of each small toothed portion  140   d  and the surface of the body section  12 . 
     Since each gap gin the machining jig  2  of the second embodiment 2 is larger than each gap g in the machining jig  1  of the first embodiment, the workpiece  100  can be easily mounted on and removed from the holding jig  10 . Therefore, by using the machining jig  2  of the second embodiment, it is easier to automate the mounting of the workpiece  100  on and the removal of the workpiece  100  from the holding jig  10  by, for example, a robot; and it is expected that the manufacturing of, for example, the processed article  300 , which is a double tooth sprocket, as shown in  FIG. 4  can be automated by, for example, a robot. 
     Experimental Example 1 
     In partly removing an outer peripheral surface of a compact (workpiece) obtained by compacting a powder raw material with a die, by using the machining jig  2  of the second embodiment, cutting was performed with the compact held with respect to a tool to check for any breakage in a processed article. In the present example, as the compact, a compact obtained by cold-compacting with a die a material in which a lubricant was added to a powder was used. In the present example, the compact (refer to  FIGS. 1 and 4 ) including toothed portions on cylindrical sections having different diameters and provided in two levels was cut over the entire periphery of a portion of the outer peripheral surface of a small-diameter cylindrical section, the portion of the outer peripheral surface being on the side of a large-diameter cylindrical section, so that teeth were removed to manufacture a processed article (refer to  FIG. 4 ), which was a double tooth sprocket, including the large-diameter cylindrical section, the small-diameter cylindrical section, and a circular cylindrical section. The large-diameter cylindrical section included large toothed portions on an outer periphery on one end side, the small-diameter cylindrical section included small toothed portions on an outer periphery on the other end side, and the circular cylindrical section was disposed between the large-diameter cylindrical section and the small-diameter cylindrical section and had a diameter that was smaller than the diameter of the small-diameter cylindrical section. That is, in the present example, the cutting was performed with an exit surface of a surface of each toothed portion stopped by its corresponding stopping section. 
     The cutting condition was a cutting speed greater than or equal to 150 m/min. 
     For comparison, cutting was performed without a surface of each toothed portion of a compact being stopped by a stopping section, that is, without doing anything to the toothed portions, to check for any breakage outside an allowable range for its processed article. 
     The cutting condition was the same as the cutting condition indicated above. 
     As a result, when the cutting was performed with each toothed portion of the compact stopped by its corresponding stopping section, breakages outside the allowable range occurred in none of 200 compacts. In contrast, when the cutting was performed without stopping each toothed portion of the compact, breakages outside the allowable range occurred in 16 out of 100 compacts. That is, it was found that, by stopping each toothed portion of the compact near a portion to be cut, it is possible to reduce breakage caused by the cutting and to improve yield. 
     The present invention is not limited to these exemplifications and is indicated by the scope of the claims, and is intended to encompass all meanings equivalent to the scope of the claims and all changes within the scope. It is possible to change as appropriate, for example, the form of the workpiece (whether the material is a compact or a sintered body, the shape, the size, etc.) and the processing condition (whether an undercut form is to be formed). Although, in the present embodiments, the form in which the workpiece rotates (spins) and the tool rotates (spins and revolves) is described, a form in which the workpiece is fixed and the tool rotates (spins and revolves) and a form in which the workpiece rotates (spins) and the tool is fixed (does not spin and revolve) to form a cut are possible. 
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               1 ,  2  machining jig 
               10  holding jig
             12  body section     13  stopping section  13   m  stopping surface  13   n  facing surface     14  bulging section     18  mounting section  18   h  bolt hole  18   b  bolt   g gap   
         
               30  base
             32  recessed section  32   h  through hole  32   b  shaft section     34   h  bolt hole     38  guide section  38   p  projecting portion  38   h  through hole   
         
               50  pressing section  50   h  through hole  50   b  shaft section 
               100  workpiece
             120  large-diameter cylindrical section  140  small-diameter cylindrical section     120   d  large toothed portion  140   d  small toothed portion   
         
               200  tool 
               300  processed article
             320  large-diameter cylindrical section  340  small-diameter cylindrical section  360  circular cylindrical section     320   d  large toothed portion  340   d  small toothed portion   
         
             W 1  distance between stopping surface and facing surface 
             W 2  tooth thickness