Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a process and apparatus for grinding tooth surfaces of spur and helical gears by a generating method. The outer tooth surfaces (4) of a theoretical ring gear (6) are conjugate to the grinding surfaces (3) along the width of a generally hourglass shaped grinding wheel (2). The grinding wheel (2) is rotated which in turn causes the theoretical ring gear (6) to rotate. A work gear (8) is rotated in mesh with the internal tooth surfaces (10) of the theoretical ring gear (6) and simultaneously is traversed in mesh across the width of the grinding wheel (2) with the center of the work gear (Xw) moving in a path (12) about the center of the theoretical ring gear (XI).
Abstract:
A grinding machine for continuous rolling grinding of toothed wheel work has a work piece (6) clamped on to a machine bed plate (1) and a grinding worm (8), whose rotary drives are connected through a play-free mechanical hypoid bevel gear set. The grinding worm (8) is continuously adjusted throughout a machining operation. Matching of the grinding worm threads and the teeth spaces of the gear is particularly simple and definite and a rolling grinding machine of this type is therefore suitable for automatic loading.