Radial support device for the stay type for a rotary workpiece to be machined, grinder equipped with this device and, if required, with an automatic loading/unloading mechanism and its use particularly for the machining of mill rolls

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Radial support device of the stay type for, example for a cylindrical surface grinder in which the stay, comprises two arms equipped with fences associated with jacks and is designed in such a way that the fences remain laid against the workpiece during machining for the entire, duration of this, at a pressure which is virtually constant despite the change in size of the workpiece as a result of the removal of material. The grinder is also equipped with an automatic mechanism for picking up the workpieces to be machined from a stocking table by means of manipulators carried by a carriage movable on a beam depositing them on, the machine tool and once machining has been carried out, …