Detached chip smoothing during involute gear slotting in relation to generated tooth features

• Main Authors: Bordeanu Mihai, Frumuşanu Gabriel, Oancea Nicolae
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: EDP Sciences 2018-01-01
• Series: MATEC Web of Conferences
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201817801001

The problematic concerning the generating process uniformity, in the specific case of machining involute gear teeth with a rack shaped cutter provided by a single tooth is one of the notable challenges from gear teeth machining domain. In previous work, it has already been presented a solution of this problem, based on a graphical application in CATIA. The solution involves the modification of enveloping process ongoing, such as the circular feed motion takes place with variable speed. The variation law of feed motion speed that should be followed for smoothing the detached chip area is, obviously, different for each gear-type specific case. This paper is aiming to study the influence of generated tooth features onto this law form. Graphical and numerical applications addressing different cases of teeth numbers for the generated gear are presented and analyzed.