SPINDLE FOR MACHINE TOOL
    1.
    发明公开
    SPINDLE FOR MACHINE TOOL 有权
    ZAHNRADPRÜF-或研磨机

    公开(公告)号:EP1237675A1

    公开(公告)日:2002-09-11

    申请号:EP00982467.3

    申请日:2000-12-05

    申请人: THE GLEASON WORKS

    IPC分类号: B23F19/02 G01M13/02

    摘要: A spindle (60) for a machine tool comprising a rear spindle portion (62) and a forward spindle portion (64) with each of the rear spindle portion and the forward spindle portion being rotatable about the same axis relative to one another. The inventive spindle includes one or more spring elements (68) extending between the rear spindle portion and the forward spindle portion whereby with the forward spindle portion and the rear spindle portion rotating at a predetermined amount and with the rotation of the forward spindle portion being constrained at that amount, an additional rotation applied to the rear spindle portion results in a deflection of the springs thereby effecting a torque between the forward and the rear spindle portions. The present invention also includes a control method which has as its objective to control the position of, not the torque applied to, one of the spindles, usually the gear member spindle. In this method, the gear member spindle position is controlled relative to the pinion member spindle position by means such as computer numerical control (CNC). As the pinion member is turned at some speed, the gear member is kept in coordination with the pinion (according to their ratio) by the CNC control. The gear member spindle can be commanded to include additional rotational components which, in effect, advance or retard the gear rotation relative to the pinion.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LAPPING OR TESTING GEARS
    2.
    发明公开
    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LAPPING OR TESTING GEARS 有权
    方法和设备研磨或测试GEARS

    公开(公告)号:EP1109646A1

    公开(公告)日:2001-06-27

    申请号:EP99945447.3

    申请日:1999-09-02

    申请人: THE GLEASON WORKS

    IPC分类号: B23F19/02 G01M13/02

    CPC分类号: G01M13/021 B23F19/025

    摘要: A machine (20) for lapping or testing gears comprising a single machine column (22) having a first side (24) oriented perpendicular to a second side (26) with the first side having a first workpiece spindle (28) rotatable about a first axis and the second side having a second workpiece spindle (38) rotatable about a second axis. The first workpiece spindle is movably secured to the first side and the second workpiece spindle is movably secured to the second side. The first and second workpiece spindles are movable with respect to one another along one or more of mutually perpendicular directions G, H, and V. At least one, and preferably both, of the spindles are direct drive spindles. At any relative position of the spindles and their associated gear members (36, 48) along the G, H and V directions, the crossing points of their respective axes remains the same. For lapping, the machine further includes means (64, 66) to introduce lapping compound at the toe end of one of the members rotating in mesh at a location before the point of mesh.

    MACHINE FOR TESTING OR LAPPING GEARS
    4.
    发明授权
    MACHINE FOR TESTING OR LAPPING GEARS 有权
    ZAHNRADPRÜF-或研磨机

    公开(公告)号:EP1237675B1

    公开(公告)日:2005-05-11

    申请号:EP00982467.3

    申请日:2000-12-05

    申请人: THE GLEASON WORKS

    IPC分类号: B23F19/02 G01M13/02

    摘要: A spindle (60) for a machine tool comprising a rear spindle portion (62) and a forward spindle portion (64) with each of the rear spindle portion and the forward spindle portion being rotatable about the same axis relative to one another. The inventive spindle includes one or more spring elements (68) extending between the rear spindle portion and the forward spindle portion whereby with the forward spindle portion and the rear spindle portion rotating at a predetermined amount and with the rotation of the forward spindle portion being constrained at that amount, an additional rotation applied to the rear spindle portion results in a deflection of the springs thereby effecting a torque between the forward and the rear spindle portions. The present invention also includes a control method which has as its objective to control the position of, not the torque applied to, one of the spindles, usually the gear member spindle. In this method, the gear member spindle position is controlled relative to the pinion member spindle position by means such as computer numerical control (CNC). As the pinion member is turned at some speed, the gear member is kept in coordination with the pinion (according to their ratio) by the CNC control. The gear member spindle can be commanded to include additional rotational components which, in effect, advance or retard the gear rotation relative to the pinion.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LAPPING OR TESTING GEARS
    6.
    发明授权
    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LAPPING OR TESTING GEARS 有权
    方法和设备研磨或测试GEARS

    公开(公告)号:EP1109646B1

    公开(公告)日:2003-11-05

    申请号:EP99945447.3

    申请日:1999-09-02

    申请人: THE GLEASON WORKS

    IPC分类号: B23F19/02 G01M13/02

    CPC分类号: G01M13/021 B23F19/025

    摘要: A machine (20) for lapping or testing gears comprising a single machine column (22) having a first side (24) oriented perpendicular to a second side (26) with the first side having a first workpiece spindle (28) rotatable about a first axis and the second side having a second workpiece spindle (38) rotatable about a second axis. The first workpiece spindle is movably secured to the first side and the second workpiece spindle is movably secured to the second side. The first and second workpiece spindles are movable with respect to one another along one or more of mutually perpendicular directions G, H, and V. At least one, and preferably both, of the spindles are direct drive spindles. At any relative position of the spindles and their associated gear members (36, 48) along the G, H and V directions, the crossing points of their respective axes remains the same. For lapping, the machine further includes means (64, 66) to introduce lapping compound at the toe end of one of the members rotating in mesh at a location before the point of mesh.