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Lyndon Smith0
Date of Patent
November 21, 2023
0Patent Application Number
177447940
Date Filed
May 16, 2022
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A grinding/polishing unit operation for rendering a mirror finish and precise tolerance to the base of an ammunition article. A diamond wheel is used in a live tooling operation where the diamond wheel has a mating profile to the base to be ground/polished. Bases can be prepared from bar stock or pre-existing bases can be treated to enhance magazine loading ease, ejection ease post firing and a reduction in the tendency for spent propellant residue from accreting on the bases. Several embodiments for the unit operation are disclosed.
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