Research on S-gear design, manufacturing and measuring based on NC machining center

2020 ◽  
pp. 095440542098134
Author(s):  
Shao-ying Ren ◽  
Yan-zhong Wang ◽  
Yuan Li
Keyword(s):  
Convex Surface ◽  
Coordinate Measuring Machine ◽  
Nc Machining ◽  
Tooth Profile ◽  
Numerical Control ◽  
Machining Center ◽  
Involute Gear ◽  
Measuring Machine ◽  
Gear Contact ◽  
Nc Machining Center

This article presents a method of design, manufacturing, and measuring S-gear. S-gear is a kind of gear whose tooth profile is an S-shaped curve. The sine (cosine) gear, cycloid gear, polynomial gear, and circular arc gear are all S-gears in essence. In the S-gear transmission, the concave surface of one gear and the convex surface of the other gear contact each other. Therefore, the power transmitted by S-gear is much larger than that of the convex-convex-contact involute gear. Some scholars have studied the characteristics of S-gear, but few have explored its manufacturing. In this article, the Numerical Control (NC) machining technology of S-gear is studied in detail for its industrial application. The polynomial curve is used to construct the tooth profile of the S-gear based on the Gear Meshing Theory. The mathematical model of polynomial S-gear is established, by which involute gear can be represented as a special S-gear. The steps of generating NC codes are described. Then, the S-gear sample is processed with an NC machining center. Finally, the sample is measured with a Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM), and the measurement results show that the accuracy of the S-gear processed by the NC machining center reaches ISO6. This research provides a feasible approach for the design, manufacturing, and measuring of S-gear.

scholarly journals Study of Machining of Gears with Regular and Modified Outline Using CNC Machine Tools

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
pp. 2913
Author(s):  
Rafał Gołębski ◽  
Piotr Boral
Keyword(s):  
Machine Tools ◽  
Coordinate Measuring Machine ◽  
Optical Microscope ◽  
Numerical Control ◽  
Cnc Machine Tools ◽  
Cnc Milling ◽  
Cnc Machine ◽  
Cylindrical Gears ◽  
Measuring Machine ◽  
Five Axis

Classic methods of machining cylindrical gears, such as hobbing or circumferential chiseling, require the use of expensive special machine tools and dedicated tools, which makes production unprofitable, especially in small and medium series. Today, special attention is paid to the technology of making gears using universal CNC (computer numerical control) machine tools with standard cheap tools. On the basis of the presented mathematical model, a software was developed to generate a code that controls a machine tool for machining cylindrical gears with straight and modified tooth line using the multipass method. Made of steel 16MnCr5, gear wheels with a straight tooth line and with a longitudinally modified convex-convex tooth line were machined on a five-axis CNC milling machine DMG MORI CMX50U, using solid carbide milling cutters (cylindrical and ball end) for processing. The manufactured gears were inspected on a ZEISS coordinate measuring machine, using the software Gear Pro Involute. The conformity of the outline, the tooth line, and the gear pitch were assessed. The side surfaces of the teeth after machining according to the planned strategy were also assessed; the tests were carried out using the optical microscope Alicona Infinite Focus G5 and the contact profilographometer Taylor Hobson, Talysurf 120. The presented method is able to provide a very good quality of machined gears in relation to competing methods. The great advantage of this method is the use of a tool that is not geometrically related to the shape of the machined gear profile, which allows the production of cylindrical gears with a tooth and profile line other than the standard.

Experiment Study on Deflection of Aluminum Alloy Thin-Wall Workpiece in Milling Process

2011 ◽  
Vol 697-698 ◽  
pp. 129-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bing Han ◽  
Cheng Zu Ren ◽  
X.Y. Yang ◽  
Guang Chen
Keyword(s):  
Aluminum Alloy ◽  
Coordinate Measuring Machine ◽  
Milling Process ◽  
Cnc Machining ◽  
Machining Accuracy ◽  
Thin Wall ◽  
Machining Center ◽  
Machining Errors ◽  
Alloy Material ◽  
Measuring Machine

The deflection of Aluminum alloy thin-wall workpiece caused by the milling force leads to additional machining errors and reduces machining accuracy. In this paper, a set of experiments of milling thin-wall workpiece were carried out to study the deflection of thin-wall workpiece. The workpieces, with different types of material and different thicknesses, were machined on CNC machining center. The deflections of workpiece were measured by a three-coordinate measuring machine. Effects of Aluminum alloy material and thickness on deflection are discussed based on the experimental data.

Assessment of Free-Form Surfaces’ Reconstruction Accuracy

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 303-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Artur Wójcik ◽  
Magdalena Niemczewska-Wójcik ◽  
Jerzy Sładek
Keyword(s):  
Accuracy Assessment ◽  
Coordinate Measuring Machine ◽  
System Structure ◽  
Free Form ◽  
Correction Algorithm ◽  
Reconstruction Accuracy ◽  
Machining Center ◽  
Cad Cam ◽  
Measuring Machine ◽  
Free Form Surfaces

AbstractThe paper presents the problem of assessing the accuracy of reconstructing free-form surfaces in the CMM/CAD/CAM/CNC systems. The system structure comprises a coordinate measuring machine (CMM) PMM 12106 equipped with a contact scanning probe, a 3-axis Arrow 500 Vertical Machining Center, QUINDOS software and Catia software. For the purpose of surface digitalization, a radius correction algorithm was developed. The surface reconstructing errors for the presented system were assessed and analysed with respect to offset points. The accuracy assessment exhibit error values in the reconstruction of a free-form surface in a range of ± 0.02 mm, which, as it is shown by the analysis, result from a systematic error.

Layer Based Robot Machining for Rapid Prototyping

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Song ◽  
Y. H. Chen
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Prototyping ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Tool Path ◽  
Coordinate Measuring Machine ◽  
Cnc Machining ◽  
Stl File ◽  
Machining Center ◽  
Machining System ◽  
Robot Machining ◽  
Measuring Machine

Abstract Many useful methods have been applied to Rapid Prototyping (RP) technologies in recent years, and each of them has its own features. To solve the problem in large-scale prototyping, a robotic machining center with layer based algorithms is developed. Using STereoLithography (STL) file, the surfaces of a model are represented by triangles. Calculating the intersection between a series of parallel planes and the STL file, a STereolithography Contour (SLC) file of the model is generated where the model is represented as a series of contours on a set of parallel planes. Instead of using the popular RP technologies, traditional Computer Numerical Controlled (CNC) machining method is applied in machining each layer of the model. With visibility calculation, the thickness of each material layer is selected. When collision is detected for a point on the tool path, the orientation of the tool is modified. With the machining of a vase model, the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm is demonstrated. Errors of the robot machining system are analyzed by a Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM) and a surface texture measuring machine.

VERNE - a five-axis parallel kinematics milling machine

2005 ◽  
Vol 219 (3) ◽  
pp. 327-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Terrier ◽  
M Giménez ◽  
J-Y Hascoët
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Experimental Approach ◽  
Coordinate Measuring Machine ◽  
Direct Consequence ◽  
Numerical Control ◽  
Parallel Kinematics ◽  
High Speed Milling ◽  
Axis Parallel ◽  
Measuring Machine ◽  
Five Axis

Ten years ago a new kind of machine tool was presented in Chicago, based on parallel kinematics architectures. Since then, many of these parallel kinematics machines (PKMs) have been developed around the world. Their main interest lies in their high dynamic characteristics, which could help in going faster in high-speed milling. In order to develop high-speed milling on PKM tools and to highlight their potentialities, the French laboratory IRCCyN is now equipped with the VERNE. This PKM tool has been developed by the Spanish company Fatronik. However, the high-speed milling production process is a complex task, in which a great number of parameters influence the final precision of the part and the productivity of the machine. For example, the NC (numerical control) and computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) parameters (feed forward, milling strategies, etc.), the piece geometry, the machine structure, the tool, etc., have a direct consequence on the final part. Hence, a method has been developed in order to check the capability of the machine (either serial or parallel) in milling, which relies on two approaches. The first one is an experimental approach (either using a coordinate measuring machine or acquiring the output axis encoders), while the second one is a simulated approach. After introducing the kinematics of the VERNE, the experimental approach performed so far will be presented.

Fixture Planning of Valve-Body Part Based on Machining Capability of NC Machining Center

2013 ◽  
Vol 753-755 ◽  
pp. 1365-1368
Author(s):  
Guo Zheng Zhang ◽  
Yuan Zhi Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Body Part ◽  
Nc Machining ◽  
Machining Process ◽  
Normal Vector ◽  
Valve Body ◽  
Machining Center ◽  
Fixture Planning ◽  
Five Axis ◽  
Machining Productivity ◽  
Nc Machining Center

To solve the problem that fixture planning of the batch valve-body part of car, the NC machining process of the batch valve-body parts based on the normal vector is analyzed in this paper. The different fixture planning of the valve-body part based on the capabilities of three-axis and four-axis and five-axis NC machining center (MC) is discussed. According to the questions that the feature of different machined position holes and faces of valve-body part on three-axis NC machining center, the multi-piece fixture planning and multi-position rotational fixture planning are designed. The results indicate that the proposed fixture planning can improve the machining productivity, which based on cabapility of three-axis NC machining center (MC).

Comparative Statistical Analysis of Test Parts Manufactured in Production Environments

2004 ◽  
Vol 126 (1) ◽  
pp. 189-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
David E. Gilsinn ◽  
Alice V. Ling
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Machine Tool ◽  
Coordinate Measuring Machine ◽  
Hole Center ◽  
Machining Center ◽  
Production Environments ◽  
Measuring Machine ◽  
Comparative Statistical Analysis ◽  
Uncertainty Models ◽  
Propagation Of Uncertainties

Estimating error uncertainties arising in production parts is not a well-understood process. An approach to estimate these uncertainties was developed in this study. Machine tool error components were measured on a three-axis vertical machining center. Multiple parts were produced on the measured machining center then measured on a coordinate measuring machine. Uncertainty models for hole-center to hole-center lengths and orthogonalities were developed using measured machine tool errors. These estimated uncertainties were compared against measured uncertainties. The main conclusion from the study is that the Law of Propagation of Uncertainties can be used to estimate machining uncertainties.

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