Abstract: A grinding worm for the continuous generation grinding of a work piece is provided with mutually overlapping rough grinding and finish grinding zones arranged along the worm's axis, the finished grinding zone being provided with a three-dimensionally modified flank geometry having a width related design.

Abstract: A rotating cutting tool (2, 14, 16) for machining a workpiece on a machine tool, in particular for dressing the grinding worm of a tooth flank grinding machine, having an electronic data carrier for storing data relevant to the use of the tool, has an annular data carrier (7) arranged concentrically to the rotation axis of the tool and having an above-average storage capacity, and said data carrier (7), during the machining process, with the tool (2, 14, 16) rotating, exchanges tool-relevant data, at a high transmission rate, with a likewise annular write/read head (10) arranged concentrically thereto on the machine.

Abstract: A gear shaper machine system drives and maneuvers a hone tool to generate teeth geometry in a manner the teeth were machined prior to a hardening process. After heat treatment, the hone tool is indexed to the teeth geometry spacing of the workpiece so as to divide the stock removal evenly between the drive and coast sides. The hone tool may be driven with rotational and reciprocating synchronous teeth generating motion in which the hone tool reciprocates along the length of the teeth parallel to the centerline of the workpiece while the workpiece and hone tool rotate with synchronous motion.

Abstract: A method and tool arrangement for producing straight bevel gears and the like on a multi-axis computer controlled machine wherein a single tool is utilized in the machining process.

Abstract: A gear grinding machine, a method for dressing a threaded grinding wheel, and a method for grinding a work are disclosed. A dressing tool is rotated in a vertical plane, with its position being fixed. The position of a threaded grinding wheel is NC-controlled, whereby the dressing tool is brought into contact with the starting point of the thread of the threaded grinding wheel at a somewhat lower surface of the circumferential surface of the threaded grinding wheel and, in accordance with the rotation of the threaded grinding wheel, the position of contact of the dressing tool with the threaded grinding wheel is moved along the circumferential surface of the threaded grinding wheel.

Abstract: The present invention provides a hobbing machine. The hobbing machine includes a clamp fixture adapted to retain a gear blank. A motor is operatively connected to the clamp fixture and is configured to rotate the clamp fixture and the gear blank together at a predetermined speed. A rotatable cutter is translatable into engagement with the gear blank and is configured to cut the gear blank and thereby produce a plurality of gear teeth. A de-burring tool is translatable into engagement with the gear blank and is configured to remove burrs from the gear blank as the gear teeth are being cut. A motorized spindle is operatively connected to the de-burring tool, and is configured to power and rotate the de-burring tool at a predefined speed to optimize the removal of the burrs.

Abstract: A highly accurate, long-life grindstone for shaping a gear and a method of fabricating the grindstone, without depending on the accuracy of form of a base metal and without using a special grinding machine or a special lapping machine, are disclosed. A super-abrasive layer (29) of a predetermined thickness is fixedly attached on the outer periphery of a body portion (24) of the base metal (23) formed in a cylinder solid. The super-abrasive layer (29) is metal-bonded, and has the outer periphery thereof formed with a toothed portion (31) in the shape of the teeth of an external gear by electric discharge machining.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for manufacturing a gear component. The apparatus includes a plurality of tooling stocks movable relative to a base. The tooling stocks function to retain a component, as well as operably driving a combination hob/shaver tool and a combination chamfer/debut tool. The apparatus reduces the number of machines required to complete the gear component as well as reducing the cycle time for complete component manufacture. In this way, a more efficient manufacturing system is provided, whereby capital investment and operational costs are reduced.

Abstract: A machine for abrading or polishing a workpiece comprises a holding surface holding the workpiece, a head member arranged along a rotation axis to rotate about the rotation axis, a working member having a surface for abrading or polishing the workpiece arranged on the head member on die rotational axis for rotation about the rotation axis with the head member, a first driving arrangement for driving a head member and the working member mounted thereon to rotate about the rotation axis, a head mounting arrangement for mounting the head member, a second driving arrangement for driving the head mounting arrangement to incline the rotation axis of the head member relative to a precession axis intersecting the rotation axis, and for moving the head member to inclined positions with the rotation axis processed about the precession axis, and a third driving arrangement for relatively moving the head mounting arrangement across the holding surface.

Abstract: There is provided an NC machine tool with tiltable spindle unit capable of being used both as vertical and inclined spindle type machine tools without restrictions on stroke and capable of easily carrying out tool measurement, alignment of a work piece with a tool, and truing. The NC machine tool includes: a spindle unit having a spindle serving both as a vertical spindle and an inclined spindle; and a tilting mechanism having a turning shaft for pivotably supporting the spindle unit on a vertical plane. The turning shaft has a center line of rotation which is arranged in the vicinity of a top end of a tool on a center line of the tool.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for manufacturing a gear component. The apparatus includes a plurality of tooling stocks movable relative to a base. The tooling stocks function to retain a component, as well as operably driving a combination hob/shaver tool and a combination chamfer/debur tool. The apparatus reduces the number of machines required to complete the gear component as well as reducing the cycle time for complete component manufacture. In this way, a more efficient manufacturing system is provided, whereby capital investment and operational costs are reduced.

Abstract: A device for smoothing gear wheels includes a loading station for supplying the gear wheels, a smoothing station for smoothing the flanks of the teeth, an inspection station for inspecting the degree of smoothing, and an unloading station for carrying away the processed gear wheels, wherein the stations are arranged around a rotary transport device for conveying the gear wheels from station to station.

Abstract: A grinding worm (4) on a grinding spindle is driven in a rotating manner. On a rotatable plate (7), two workpiece spindles (6a, b) are positioned at a distance from one another and driven in a rotating manner. The one workpiece (5) is ground with the grinding worm (4), while on the other spindle (6b) a ground workpiece (8a) is exchanged for an unmachined part (8b) using a loader (10). Each spindle (6a, b) has a corresponding centering probe (9a, b). By means of the signal of the probe and a control mechanism, the newly clamped-on workpiece (8b) is centered before the rotating plate (7) is rotated into the position, in which this toothed gear (8b) can be brought into a mesh with the grinding worm (4). In such a way, the unproductive times can be largely reduced.

Abstract: A fixture for selectively locating and retaining hydraulic gerotor rotors in position in respect to a grinding wheel, the fixture clamping the rotor between two oversized positioning rolls located in rotor lobe valleys on opposite sides of the rotor.

Abstract: Desired crown width and offset can be obtained on the workpiece in a simple manner and with geometrically simple tools, by adjustment of tool lead modification, the axial spacing between tool and workpiece, or the angle of rotation. Tooth flanks modified to be broad-crowned can be produced with virtually any offsets in the one-flank or two-flank process. Theoretically exact results are obtained even after shifting of the tool, and the active tool length required for machining a workpiece may be freely selected over a wide range.

Abstract: The grinding tool comprises a grinding worm flange (2) and a grinding worm (9) for the generative grinding of gears, the flange (2) being provided with location surfaces (5, 6) for the non-clearance fixture to a grinding spindle (1). The flange (2) has an outer, slightly tapered location surface (8). On this the grinding worm (9) with an appropriately tapered bore (10) is located and connected without play to the flange (2). The grinding worm (9) comprises a bearer ring (23) and a grinding body (24), wherein the deformation resistance of the bearer ring (23) is greater than that of the grinding body (24). Centrifugally induced displacements and deformations of the grinding worm (9) are thereby minimized.

Abstract: A method of dressing a threaded grinding wheel such that twisting of workpiece tooth flanks does not occur during grinding. The grinding wheel is preferably dressed with a circular arc hollow-crowned generating front with the generating front being described by a radius, Rb, and dressed into an axial plane of the grinding wheel. The workpiece is then relatively shifted across the grinding wheel along a feed shift vector which is oriented perpendicular to the axis of the workpiece. With this method, the effects of flank twist can be eliminated, or, a controlled amount of flank twist can be introduced not only in helical gears, but also in spur gears. The grinding wheel may also be dressed with a circular arc barrel-shaped generating front. The principles of the present invention may also be applied to hobbing tools.

Abstract: A method for the precision machining of flanks of gear-wheel-shaped workpieces, in particular those with convex teeth, using an internally toothed tool with crossed axes, in which simultaneous relative movements take place not only in three mutually perpendicular axes but also around an axis perpendicular to the cross-axes angle such that not only the tooth flanks of the tool and the workpiece have tangential contact with one another but also the base body of the tool and of the workpiece touch one another at a point of contact IV of which the position changes continuously, and a straight line g orthogonally penetrating the base body of the tool and the base body of the workpiece at the point of contact not only intersects the axis C.sub.1 of the workpiece or of its base body and the axis C.sub.2 of the tool or its base body (points III, II), but also passes through the center I of an ideal sphere K.sub.1 which adapts itself to the base body of the workpiece at the point of contact IV.

Abstract: The invention concerns a machine tool for the bovelling of a gear, in which two topfaces are simultaneously milled, with a rotationally driven workpiece carrier and two rotationally driven mounting spindles (13) which can be placed on the workpiece in an axial direction and whose rotationally driven angle of orientation towards the workpiece axis is adjustable in order to receive a milling machine at any one time, especially face milling cutters or single-tooth fly cutters. The workpiece is alternatively clocked or rotationally driven in a continuous manner and the mounting spindles (13) can be moved on a forwards or backwards axis in synchronization with the workpiece cycle or in synchronization with the continuous rotation of the workpiece on a fixed axis. The workpiece is moved forwards in the direction of the axis and each mounting spindle (13) is provided with a slide (12), which can be moved by an axial displacement drive (15).

Abstract: This invention aims to provide a method of lapping a bevel gear effectively by placing a gear-shaped tool whose axis has the same relation with the axis of the bevel gear as those of hypoid gears. In a double mode, gear-shaped tools are placed whose axes lie in a position offset with respect to the axes of the first gear and the second gear and have the same relation as those of hypoid gears. The first gear is engaged with one gear-shaped tool and the second gear is engaged with the other gear-shaped tool, while lapping liquid is supplied to engaging portions, thereby lapping engaging surfaces of toothed portions of the first gear and the second gear.

Abstract: A method for the precision machining of flanks of gear-wheel-shaped workpieces, in particular those with convex teeth, using an internally toothed tool with crossed axes, in which simultaneous relative movements take place not only in three mutually perpendicular axes but also around an axis perpendicular to the cross-axes angle such that not only the tooth flanks of the tool and the workpiece have tangential contact with one another but also the base body of the tool and of the workpiece touch one another at a point of contact IV of which the position changes continuously, and a straight line g orthogonally penetrating the base body of the tool and the base body of the workpiece at the point of contact not only intersects the axis C.sub.1 of the workpiece or of its base body and the axis C.sub.2 of the tool or its base body (points III, II), but also passes through the center I of an ideal sphere K.sub.1 which adapts itself to the base body of the workpiece at the point of contact IV.

Abstract: A machine for the precision working of tooth flanks of a gear-shaped workpiece. The machine having an internally toothed tool, a tool head angularly adjustable about an axis directed transversely with respect to a workpiece axis for rotationally drivably receiving the tool, means for receiving the workpiece to be machined and means for accomplishing the feeding and working movements of the tool relative to the workpiece in which movable tables existing in conventional machines for receiving the workpieces are avoided with the disadvantages resulting therefrom. The machine also having a frame, a first carriage horizontally movable in an X-direction transversely with respect to a workpiece axis, on which carriage is arranged a second carriage vertically movable in a Y-direction. The tool head is received pivotally about an axis lying in the X-direction in a circular guide in the second carriage. On each side of the tool head there are provided a headstock and a tailstock for receiving the workpiece.