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Profiling methods and apparatus for generation of modified grinding worms

US6491568B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJun 6, 2000
Grant dateDec 10, 2002
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Expiry dateNov 13, 2020

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  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB24B53/075
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Method and an apparatus for the profiling of single-gear or multiple-gear grinding worms for grinding tooth profiles in accordance with the principle of continuous diagonal generating grinding. A grinding worm is divided into at least two axial zones wherein one zone remains unmodified and a second zone receives, by means of special profiling methods, modifications of the thread flanks for the generation of tooth flank modifications The main attribute of these profiling methods is additional movements, which are superimposed on the disk-shaped profiling tool and/or the grinding worm in relation to a given profiling shift position, and which result in the modifications of the grinding worm flanks that are mapped onto the flanks of the toothed wheel work during subsequent diagonal generating grinding across a grinding worm zone profiled in this manner. Additional movements designed to generate the modifications include, in particular, pivoting of the profiling tool around an axis (F) or pivoting the grinding worm around an axis (C) during profile dressing, as well as continuous incline change during line-by-line profiling.

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