NC machining of spiral bevel gear and hypoid gear based on unity transformation model

Abstract

A unity transformation model (UTM) was presented for flexible NC machining of spiral bevel gears and hypoid gears. The model can support various machining methods for Gleason spiral bevel gears and hypoid gears, including generation machining and formation machining for wheel or pinion on a universal five-axis machining center, and then directly produce NC codes for the selected machining method. Wheel machining and pinion machining under UTM were simulated in Vericut 6.0 and tested on a five-axis machining center TDNC-W2000 with NC unit TDNC-H8. The results from simulation and real-cut verify the feasibility of gear machining under UTM as well as the correctness of NC codes.

Keywords

spiral bevel gear / NC machining / unity transformation model

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