Methods of manufacturing sheet film forming rolls

{
  "publication_number": "US9375792B2",
  "country": "US",
  "kind": "B2",
  "title": "Methods of manufacturing sheet film forming rolls",
  "abstract": "A sheet film forming roll is manufactured by processing a thin cylindrical work used as an external cylinder of the sheet film forming roll by holding the thin cylindrical work using a holding jig and machining an outer peripheral surface of the thin cylindrical work. The holding jig includes a holding member, a diameter changing unit, and a pair of circular side plates. The holding member is made of a metal and has a cylindrical shape and an elastically expandable or contractible diameter. An outside diameter of the holding member is held smaller than an inside diameter of the thin cylindrical work for insertion of the holding member into an inner periphery of the thin cylindrical work and expanded after insertion of the holding member into the inner periphery of the thin cylindrical work to hold the thin cylindrical work from an inner peripheral side of the thin cylindrical work.",
  "claims": [
    "1. A method of manufacturing a sheet film forming roll comprising: processing a thin cylindrical work used as an external cylinder of the sheet film forming roll, by a method including holding the thin cylindrical work using a holding jig for the thin cylindrical work and machining an outer peripheral surface of the thin cylindrical work being held, the holding jig including: a holding member made of a metal and having a cylindrical shape and an elastically expandable or contractible diameter, the holding member configured with an outside diameter of the holding member being held smaller than an inside diameter of the thin cylindrical work for insertion of the holding member into an inner periphery of the thin cylindrical work and being expanded after insertion of the holding member into the inner periphery of the thin cylindrical work to hold the thin cylindrical work from an inner peripheral side of the thin cylindrical work with an outer peripheral surface of the holding member in close contact with an entire inner peripheral surface of the thin cylindrical work; a diameter changing unit configured to apply either: an axial external force in a compressing direction to both ends of the holding member to change the diameter of the holding member, an axial external force in a tensile direction to both ends of the holding member to change the diameter of the holding member, or an axial external force in a tensile direction and then an axial external force in a compressing direction to both ends of the holding member to change the diameter of the holding member; and a pair of circular side plates each including outer peripheral portion fixed to an opposite end of the holding member respectively; wherein the diameter changing unit is provided between the pair of circular side plate, and wherein the diameter changing unit includes: a plurality of rods provided between the pair of circular side plates; and a screw mechanism configured to apply either a tensile force or a compressing force to each of the rods by rotation of a screw in order to apply either the axial external force in the compressing direction or the axial external force in the tensile direction to the both ends of the holding member via the circular side plates via a reactive force of the tensile force or the compressing force.",
    "2. The method according to claim 1, wherein: the holding jig further includes an internal cylinder located inside the external cylinder and sharing a central axis with the external cylinder, a heat medium flows between the external cylinder and the inner cylinder, and the thin cylindrical work used as the external cylinder is processed to comprise: a peripheral wall having a thickness of 0.5 to 2 mm, and an outer peripheral surface having a maximum surface roughness equal to or below 1 μm.",
    "3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the thin cylindrical work used as the external cylinder is subjected to crowning.",
    "4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the thin cylindrical work used as the external cylinder is subjected to crowning.",
    "5. The method according to claim 1, wherein: the holding jig further includes an internal cylinder located inside the external cylinder and sharing a central axis with the external cylinder, a heat medium flows between the external cylinder and the inner cylinder, and the thin cylindrical work used as the external cylinder is processed to comprise: a peripheral wall having a thickness of 0.5 to 2 mm, and an outer peripheral surface with a transcriptional pattern including fine irregularities.",
    "6. The method according to claim 1, wherein: the holding jig further includes an internal cylinder located inside the external cylinder and sharing a central axis with the external cylinder, a heat medium flows between the external cylinder and the inner cylinder, and the thin cylindrical work used as the external cylinder is processed to comprise: a peripheral wall having a thickness of 0.5 to 2 mm, and an outer peripheral surface with a pearskin-like transcriptional pattern."
  ],
  "description_excerpt": "The present invention relates to a holding jig for a thin cylindrical work used for machining a thin cylindrical work, a method for processing the work using the holding jig, and a sheet film forming roll.\n\nA forming roll of a double cylinder structure is known as one of forming rolls for forming plastic sheets, films and the like. As disclosed in Patent Literature 1, the forming roll of a double cylinder structure has a highly rigid metallic internal cylinder arranged inside and coaxially with a flexible thin metallic external cylinder with a space for circulating a coolant provided between the internal and the external cylinders. Patent Literature 1 states that the very practical thickness of a thin cylinder body used as the thin metallic external cylinder of the forming roll of this type is within a range from a lower limit of 2 mm due to machining constraints, to an upper limit of 5 mm. However, in recent years, there have been more strict demands that the thin cylindrical body be thinner and achieve higher processing accuracy in order to form more advanced plastic sheets and films. Thus, holding the thin cylindrical body in machining processing is required to fully respond to the demands.\n\nAs holding jigs for holding a thin cylindrical body of this type (hereinafter referred to as a “thin cylindrical work”) in the machining processing, holding jigs described in Patent Literatures 2 and 3 have been known.",
  "cpc": [
    "B23B 31/4093",
    "B23B 2215/64",
    "B23B 2260/016",
    "B23B 2260/124",
    "B23B 2270/06",
    "B23B 31/40",
    "B23B 31/42",
    "B23Q 3/06",
    "B23Q 3/064",
    "B25B 11/00",
    "Y10T 279/1016",
    "Y10T 279/1066",
    "Y10T 279/1087",
    "Y10T 29/49544",
    "Y10T 29/4956",
    "Y10T 29/49998",
    "Y10T 29/53961"
  ],
  "ipc": [
    "B23B 31/40",
    "B23B 31/42",
    "B23Q 3/06"
  ],
  "assignees": [
    "TOSHIBA MACHINE CO LTD"
  ],
  "inventors": [
    "SANO TAKAYOSHI",
    "FURUYA TADAMASA"
  ],
  "filing_date": "2015-01-28",
  "publication_date": "2016-06-28",
  "grant_date": "2016-06-28",
  "priority_date": "2009-05-19",
  "application_number": "US-201514607927-A",
  "family_id": "43126134",
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}