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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2014
Aisin Aw Co., Ltd., Anjo-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
AISIN AW CO., LTD., Anjo, JP;
Abstract
A rotary machining apparatus that includes a rotary that supports and rotates a workpiece having helical teeth; a grinding wheel that grinds the helical teeth of the workpiece to be rotated by the rotary with grinding teeth; and a conveyor for carrying the workpiece in and out of the rotary, wherein the conveyor includes, around a turning center axis, a plurality of grippers for sandwiching the workpiece and a plurality of dressers for forming toothed surfaces of the grinding teeth, and turns around the turning center axis so that the grippers sequentially approach the rotary and the dressers sequentially approach the grinding wheel, and dress teeth of the dressers each have different shapes of toothed surfaces.