Caterpillar Inc.

Benjamin C Thomas

Curtis John Graham

Trent A Simpson

Adam William Ostein

Jarrod David Moss

Patrick W Savage, Jr

A method of refurbishing a camshaft () having at least one defective portion () includes removing material from the at least one defective portion () to create a neck region (). An alignment feature () is introduced in the neck region () according to a previous orientation of the defective portion (). A segmented blank () is installed around the neck region () and oriented with the alignment feature ().

Refurbished camshaft and method

A method of refurbishing a camshaft () having at least one defective portion () includes removing material from the at least one defective portion () to create a neck region (). An alignment feature () is introduced in the neck region () according to a previous orientation of the defective portion (). A blank () is installed around the neck region () and oriented with the alignment feature ().

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Peoria, IL, United States of America

Benjamin C Thomas