Endless metal ring manufacturing method and endless metal ring resin removal device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10926310-B2
Application number	US-201816130243-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 13, 2018
Priority date	May 13, 2013
Publication date	Feb 23, 2021
Grant date	Feb 23, 2021

Abstract

Provided is an endless metal ring manufacturing method for manufacturing an endless metal ring by carrying out a barrel polishing step for polishing the endless metal ring by using a barrel of a resin material, a rolling step for rolling the endless metal ring which was cleaned, and a nitriding step for nitriding the endless metal ring which was rolled, wherein after the barrel polishing step and before the rolling step, provided is a resin removing step for removing resin that has adhered to the endless metal ring.

First claim

The inventioin claimed is:

1. An endless metal ring manufacturing method including: a barrel polishing step of polishing an endless metal ring by use of a barrel made of resin; a rolling step of rolling the endless metal ring having been washed; and a nitriding step of nitriding the rolled endless metal ring, wherein the manufacturing method further includes a resin removal step of removing the resin that has adhered to the endless metal ring, the resin removal step is performed after the barrel polishing step and before the rolling step, the resin removal step includes soaking the endless metal ring into a liquid to perform ultrasonic washing, the resin removal step includes rotating the endless metal ring in a circumferential direction about an axis of the endless metal ring to perform the ultrasonic washing of the endless metal ring from an outside of the endless metal ring, washing an inner surface of the endless metal ring using an inner surface washing nozzle, and washing an outer surface of the endless metal ring using an outer surface washing nozzle, the outer surface washing nozzle is placed to face the outer surface of the endless metal ring, the inner surface washing nozzle is placed to face the inner surface of the endless metal ring, and the outer surface washing nozzle and the inner surface washing nozzle are placed to face each other with the endless metal ring held therebetween, the endless metal ring is held in a washing jig such that a part of the endless metal ring protrudes outside an outermost part of the washing jig during the ultrasonic washing in the resin removal step, and the washing jig is a basket made of wire.

2. The endless metal ring manufacturing method according to claim 1 , wherein
the resin removal step is a step of performing the ultrasonic washing in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the endless metal ring.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• KOGA Mitsue
• Nishiyama Tomohiko

Classifications

• F16G5/16 Primary

  consisting of several parts · CPC title

• C21D1/06

  Surface hardening · CPC title

• C21D1/74

  Methods of treatment in inert gas, controlled atmosphere, vacuum or pulverulent material · CPC title

• B08B3/06

  using perforated drums in which the article or material is placed {(B08B3/042 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• C23C8/24

  Nitriding · CPC title