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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2011
Stefan Rittman, Kirchheimbolanden, DE;
Ralf Rossmanith, Oestrich-Winkel, DE;
Steven Doyle, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Stefan Rittman, Kirchheimbolanden, DE;
Ralf Rossmanith, Oestrich-Winkel, DE;
Steven Doyle, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Federal Mogul Wiesbaden GmbH, Wiesbaden, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a tool for machining sliding surfaces of a bearing shell (), comprising a rotary drive for driving a drilling spindle () that can be rotated about a rotational axis and at least one first cutting cartridge that is mounted on the drilling spindle () in order to cut the bearing shell () to a certain wall thickness by rotating the drilling spindle (). The tool is characterized in that the first cutting cartridge can be adjusted by an adjustment means in a direction of adjustment that has a component in the radial direction of the drilling spindle, while the drilling spindle () is rotated by the rotary drive. The invention further relates to a bearing shell () comprising a deliberately structured sliding surface () and to a method for producing a bearing shell () comprising a deliberately structured sliding surface ().