Setting up process for a tool or workpiece on a gear making machine
US6575812B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 21, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jun 10, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 21, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB23F23/00
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Determining of the starting and end positions of the machining programme of a gear making machine with respect to the axial position of the workpiece (11, 18) by means of a laser light line (14) projected at right angles to the workpiece axis, the position of which light line relative to the reference point of the tool (5, 17) is known. By mutual displacement parallel to the workpiece axis, the light line (14) and one or both of the workpiece end faces (16) are brought to coincide. The axial positions thus obtained are transmitted to the machine control system. The determining of the axial tool position takes place analogously by the projection of a laser light line onto the circumference surface of the tool (5, 17) at right angles to the tool axis.
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