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A new and beHer way
to broach blind splines
Cutting deeper blind splines wilh
improved dimensional aocuracy
and surface finish is now possible'
with a new Apex machine design.
Convenlionaillechnology required
mounting Ihe tooling 011 a dial table
which limited tile number 01pOSSible
stattons. On the' new Apex
machine, the tooling is mounted on
a, reciprocating table, Here enough
A part being 1000ded urrder the front ram.
,Rear ram Is stroking duwn. (Guards
removed for picture~clarity.)
stalions can be provided to
enhance part quality, tooillite and to
cut deeper splines,
If all stationsaren'l
used lhe table can
be shorl-slroked 10
f,educe cycle lime.
0' great advantage
to the user is that
looling is readily
accessible fm fast
chang e-ove r.
Progressive tooling fOf two different
parts, Spline surfaces are broached
within O,OO1,ln.TlR from
lOCating surfaces.
Typical parts before and after splines are
broached. Splines can be' external.
internal. or both.
Shown is a twin-ram Iln-!linetransfer
broaching machine that
cuts blind splines in two, dilfferenl
parts, one in each table direction.
One part is loaded while the other
is broached. With two rows 01 12
tool stations this machine Iperforms
operations that are not possible on
convsnticnal diall type equipment
If you have' machinimg to do
where' ,8 through-stroke of the tool
can not be mad'e, as in ClJl1linglblind
splines, keyways. or blind holes (of
any shape),. call' AP,cX. We can
he'lp.
APEX BROACH ,iMAC;HINE CO.
640'1 E. Seven Mile IRd.• Delrolt. Ml 48234
3131891-8600
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