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also two plastic nuts. These belt-type pieces are fixed into the helical slots and the remaining portions that have to be machined are on the outside of the slots. Then, a combination of the main body, bushes on the tails of the tool and plastic nuts on its ends are matched. It is noteworthy that the outer diameter of bushes and also the upper surfaces of the belt-type pieces are sized by grinding after the assembly. The profile section of the pipe with eight rifles is shown in Fig. 7. In this figure the main parameters are as follows: B: The width of rifle 1: Inner diameter of rifle 2: The diameter of the rifle at the bottom a = (2-1): Machining depth

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