摘要:
A grinding machine for grinding epitrochoidal, hypotrochoidal, and circular bearing races in one set-up without having to move the part and to insure near perfect concentricity between all of the bearing races. A machine blank is mounted on an upper rotary table that is in turn mounted on a lower rotary table. The upper table is driven both by the lower table and by an independent servomotor. The net speed of the upper table is the difference between the two driving speeds of the tables. The axis of rotation of the upper table is capable of being offset from the axis of rotation of the lower table. The two tables are rotated in opposite directions while a grinding wheel is moved laterally into contact with the surface of a rough-machined part to form the trochoidal surface. The characteristics are determined by the amount of the offset, the diameter of any rollers that are to be positioned between the trochoidal surfaces in the speed change device, and the relative speeds of the two tables. After the trochoidal surface or surfaces are completed, the lower table is stopped in its home position and the upper table is driven in order to grind the circular bearing race or races. Three independently-driven grinding spindles are provided.
摘要:
A method and apparatus for minimizing backlash and improving the efficiency of speed reduction mechanisms in which a series of rollers are equally spaced in a circle on a disk to perform operationally somewhat like an internal ring gear. Mounted for eccentric movement and simultaneously engaging each of the rollers is an orbital rotor having a perimeter defined by an epitrichoid curve with a numer of lobes equal to one less than the number of rollers. The rotor is mounted for free rotation on an eccentric keyed to a drive shaft. Rotation of the drive shaft causes the rotor to move orbitally and to rotate with a speed reduction equal to the reciprocal of the number of lobes on the rotor. A similar structure may serve as a second stage with a second orbital rotor driven by the first rotor and moved orbitally by the same eccentric. In carrying out the method of this invention, each of the rollers is individually adjusted to bring it into engagement with the rotor under controlled pressure and compliance. Each roller is mounted for controlled omnidirectional compliance and preloaded to provide an controlled pressure between each roller and the adjacent surface of the rotor. The outer surface of each roller is crowned to increase the efficiency and prevent binding that might be caused by angular deflection of the roller. Each roller is mounted on a shaft that is pressfitted into an eccentric bore in a mounting sleeve that is enlarged near the roller to provide for controlled deflection of the shaft as the sleeve is rotated in its mounting. Each roller is individually adjusted to produce a controlled preload pressure between the roller and the rotor.
摘要:
A speed reducer having an orbitally driven rotor, mounted for free rotation on a rotor drive wheel driven along a rotary path by a drive shaft, has a perimeter defined by an epitrochoidal curve that simultaneously engages each of a series of rollers arranged in a circle around the rotor, the number of lobes on the rotor being one less than the number of surrounding rollers. Rotation of the drive shaft causes the rotor to move orbitally and to rotate with a speed reduction equal to the reciprocal of the number of lobes. The rotor drive wheel is driven by a compensation coupler that prevents radial forces of the rotor and the rotor drive wheel, such as may be generated as a result of inaccuracies in machining, temperature changes, etc., from being transmitted to the drive shaft where they could be translated into large forces. With the present arrangement, the drive shaft provides only a rotary thrust on the rotor drive wheel and is shielded from reaction movements of the rotor and rotor drive wheel. The rotor drive wheel is driven along an orbital path by a variable-length crank arm that extends into a radial opening in the rotor drive wheel and makes sliding engagement with opposite faces of the radial opening. The driving surfaces that engage the faces of the radial opening form, in a plane perpendicular to the axis of the drive shaft, arcs of a circle equal in diameter to the width of the radial opening. The radial opening is long enough to permit the rotor drive wheel and the rotor to follow the requisite orbital path. The crank arm includes an expansion slot that divides it into two fingers that embrace opposite sides of the radial opening. For smaller units, the spring quality of the fingers is relied upon to maintain firm engagement between the fingers and the faces of the slot. In larger units, an adjustment screw permits changing the spacing between the fingers to precisely fit the width of the crank arm to the width of the radial opening. In either case, the only radial forces on the drive shaft are those generated by the torque of the drive shaft.
摘要:
A grinding machine for grinding epitrochoidal, hypotrochoidal, and circular bearing races in one set-up without having to move the part and to insure near perfect concentricity between all of the bearing races. A machine blank is mounted on an upper rotary table that is in turn mounted on a lower rotary table. The upper table is driven both by the lower table and by an independent servomotor. The net speed of the upper table is the difference between the two driving speeds of the tables. The axis of rotation of the upper table is capable of being offset from the axis of rotation of the lower table. The two tables are rotated in opposite directions while a grinding wheel is moved laterally into contact with the surface of a rough-machined part to form the trochoidal surface. The characteristics are determined by the amount of the offset, the diameter of any rollers that are to be positioned between the trochoidal surfaces in the speed change device, and the relative speeds of the two tables. After the trochoidal surface or surfaces are completed, the lower table is stopped in its home position and the upper table is driven in order to grind the circular bearing race or races. Three independently-driven grinding spindles are provided.
摘要:
A trochoidal speed reduction mechanism forms an integral part of the stator and rotor of an electric motor so that a slow-speed high-torque output is produced without having any high speed rotating component in the motor. A rotor has an epitrochoidal contour with a predetermined number of lobes. Positioned around the rotor are two non-rotating orbiting stator-rings, phased 180 degrees apart, each provided with a number of rollers equal to the number of lobes on the rotor plus one. The rollers are rotatably mounted on the inner surface of the stator-ring and are in continuous contact with the epitrochoidal contour of the shaft rotor. The non-rotating orbital movement of the stator-rings is produced by magnetic forces from a series of stator windings arranged as magnetic poles around the stator-rings. This action causes the rotor to rotate at a speed equal to the orbiting speed of the stator-rings divided by the built-in speed reduction ratio. Because the two stator-rings are orbiting 180 degrees apart, the orbiting masses and the torque on the rotor are balanced. The current flow through the stator winding, the sequential timing, the direction of rotation and the speed are all controlled by conventional solid state circuitry.
摘要:
The present disclosure relates to an improved variable positive fluid displacement apparatus, operating either as a pump or as a motor, that is self lubricated, has high volumetric capacity and operates with high efficiency over a wide range of speeds and pressures. The apparatus comprises a crankshaft (2), a crankcase surrounding said crankshaft, a displacement chamber and a slidable port plate having first and second spaced legs extending therefrom, first and second eccentric drive means positioned on said crankshaft, and means connecting said first and second legs respectively to said first and second drive means, whereby with the crankshaft rotating, the port plate slides to selectively close and open ports (31), and said piston is driven in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the sliding motion of said port plate.