Abstract: A honing machine using a robot to load gears into a loadbox at a loadbox station. The loadbox moves downstream to a position over an empty pallet in a pallet load station where the gears are released into the empty pallet. A series of downstream machining stations performing a series of honing operations on the bores of the gears in a series of pallets. A removal mechanism removing the honed gears simultaneously from the pallet at a pallet unload station. An overhead gripper on a movable gantry grips the empty pallet at the unload station and returns the pallet to the pallet load station where the pallet is reloaded with additional gears from the loadbox. The honing machine can continuously hone gears using only one pallet at each machining station and one pallet at the pallet loading station.

Abstract: A honing machine using a robot to load gears into a loadbox at a loadbox station. The loadbox moves downstream to a position over an empty pallet in a pallet load station where the gears are released into the empty pallet. A series of downstream machining stations performing a series of honing operations on the bores of the gears in a series of pallets. A removal mechanism removing the honed gears simultaneously from the pallet at a pallet unload station. An overhead gripper on a movable gantry grips the empty pallet at the unload station and returns the pallet to the pallet load station where the pallet is reloaded with additional gears from the loadbox. The honing machine can continuously hone gears using only one pallet at each machining station and one pallet at the pallet loading station.

Abstract: A combination tool for machining a bore has a tool shaft transmitting a rotational movement and an oscillating movement in an axial direction of a bore to be machined with the tool. A horning tool is arranged on the tool shaft, and a deburring tool is arranged on the tool shaft at an axial spacing to the honing tool in a direction of a longitudinal axis of the tool shaft. The honing tool is configured to move for each honing stroke between a lower position and an upper position wherein a spacing between a lower edge of the honing tool and a lower edge of the deburring tool in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the tool is greater than a spacing of the lower edge of the honing tool to a workpiece surface when the honing tool is in the lower position.

Abstract: A combination tool for machining a bore has a tool shaft transmitting a rotational movement and an oscillating movement in an axial direction of a bore to be machined with the tool. A horning tool is arranged on the tool shaft, and a deburring tool is arranged on the tool shaft at an axial spacing to the honing tool in a direction of a longitudinal axis of the tool shaft. The honing tool is configured to move for each honing stroke between a lower position and an upper position wherein a spacing between a lower edge of the honing tool and a lower edge of the deburring tool in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the tool is greater than a spacing of the lower edge of the honing tool to a workpiece surface when the honing tool is in the lower position.