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Xerox Corporation

Paul J Kaveny

Joseph C Mammino

William G Herbert

Alexander A Antonelli

Stuart B Berger

Anthony A Attardi

Fredrick A Warner

Ernest F Matyl

Frederick A Warner

Ernst F Matyi

Distortion-free method of mounting an end piece member on a thin-walled hollow tube member, particularly in the assembly of photoreceptor drums and the like, includes the steps of supporting an expandable end piece member within the chamber of an air centering device with its central axis aligned vertically; applying a layer of flowable adhesive to the interior surface of an open end of the hollow tube member; freely suspending the tube member above the end piece member with the open end remaining free of radial distortion and directed toward the end piece member; centering the tube member, by means of the air centering device, to concentrically align the tube member with the end piece member; inserting the end piece member into the tube member; deformingly expanding the end piece member until the layer of flowable adhesive is sufficiently compressed between an outer peripheral edge of the end piece member and the interior surface of the tube member, so as to absorb any dimensional discrepancies therebetween; ceasing the expansion of the end piece member once the radial distortion of the tube member reaches a predetermined distortion value; and curing the flowable adhesive to affix and maintain the end piece member concentrically within the tube member.

Distortion-free method of mounting an end piece on a thin-walled hollow

A method and apparatus for securing a drum blank for machining includes inserting a cylindrical mandrel within a bore of a drum blank, introducing a liquid support material into a space between the outer diameter of the mandrel and the inner diameter of the drum blank, and solidifying the support material. Once the support material is solidified, the drum blank is securely held to the mandrel. Machining operations can be performed by mounting the assembly in a lathe. After machining is completed, the support material may be treated so that the mandrel can be removed from the drum blank. The mandrel may then be recycled.

Method and apparatus for securing drum blanks on isostatic mandrel

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Rochester, NY, United States of America

Paul J Kaveny