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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 15, 1996
Thomas A Meyer, Ballwin, MO (US);
Steven K Molbach, Manchester, MO (US);
Hunter Engineering Company, Bridgeton, MO (US);
Abstract
A brake lathe includes a set of rotor cutting bits and a drum cutting bit. Each bit has associated therewith an encoder for measuring the displacement of the bit. The displacements as measured by the encoder are used by a controller to digitally determine various parameters such as absolute thickness of a rotor being lathed, the depth of cut into the rotor, absolute internal diameter of a drum being lathed, and the depth of cut into the drum. The lathe includes a display for displaying the values of the parameters. The lathe includes a calibration mode for calibration of either the rotor cutting or the drum cutting function of the lathe as desired.