A New Method of Motion Rule Synthesis for Face Gear Manufacturing by Plane-Cutter

2017 ◽  
Vol 140 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xian-long Peng ◽  
Qin-yu Niu ◽  
Wei Guo ◽  
Zong-de Fang
Keyword(s):  
Equivalence Principle ◽  
Numerical Control ◽  
Face Gear ◽  
Tooth Contact Analysis ◽  
Transmission Errors ◽  
The Face ◽  
Gear Manufacturing ◽  
Motion Parameters ◽  
Involute Surface ◽  
Gear Machine

The application of a Gleason Coniflex cutter (plane-cutter) to a modern Phoenix bevel gear machine tool in face gear manufacturing has an advantage of involving a universal cutter or grinder and an available existing machine. It is valuable to research this method for face gear manufacturing. First, the principle of the application of the plane-cutter in face gear manufacturing is presented. Then, the geometry of the cutter is defined, and the model of the face gear generated by this method in abstract is established. Third, a method that uses a predesigned contact path for the synthesis with the motion parameters of the plane-cutter is proposed; controllable transmission errors are considered in this process. Fourth, based on the equivalence principle of the position and direction, the computer numerical control (CNC) motion rules of all spindles of the machine are determined, and the surface generated by the machine is presented. Finally, numerical simulation of an example demonstrates that although the surface generated by the plane-cutter, to a certain extent, deviates from the theoretical surface generated by the traditional method, the surface, in meshing with the standard involute surface of the pinion, presents a good geometric meshing performance based on tooth contact analysis (TCA), except for a shortened contact ellipse.

Research on Meshing Characteristics for Face Gear with Arcuate Tooth

2011 ◽  
Vol 86 ◽  
pp. 39-42
Author(s):  
Xiang Wei Cai ◽  
Zong De Fang ◽  
Jin Zhan Su
Keyword(s):  
Contact Analysis ◽  
Tooth Surface ◽  
Face Gear ◽  
Tooth Contact Analysis ◽  
Surface Equation ◽  
Transmission Errors ◽  
Gear Drive ◽  
Parabolic Function ◽  
The Face ◽  
Meshing Characteristics

The generating of face gear with arcuate tooth has been proposed in this paper, and the meshing characteristics are investigated. Based on the concept of imaginary gear cutter, tooth surface equation has been derived, flank modification has also been considered. The transmission errors and bearing contacts of the face gear drive with arcuate tooth under different assembly conditions are investigated by applying the tooth contact analysis. The numerical results reveal that the bearing contacts are not sensitive to the errors of misalignments, and a more favorable type parabolic function of transmission errors with better symmetry and reduced amplitude may be obtained according to the modification of the face gear.

Machining and Running Test of High-Performance Face Gear Set

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isamu Tsuji ◽  
Hiroshi Gunbara ◽  
Kazumasa Kawasaki ◽  
Akiyasu Takami
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Maximum Load ◽  
Transmission Efficiency ◽  
Alignment Error ◽  
Face Gear ◽  
Tooth Contact Analysis ◽  
Load Torque ◽  
Tooth Contact ◽  
The Face

The purpose of this research is to develop a high-performance face gear set for aircraft. The geometrical design method of the face gear has already been proposed, and how to decide an effective engagement area under the design parameter has been clarified. A numerical example is presented based on the proposed method. Before machining test, the modified-tooth was decided by the developed Tooth Contact Analysis (TCA) program in order to control the tooth contact pattern. The influence of alignment error of each axis of gear was investigated using TCA. The designed modified-tooth was processed by the Multi-Tasking machine. Finally, running test was performed at a pinion rotating speed of 970 rpm. The face gear set can be operated continuously at an maximum load torque 1390 N · m, without any trouble. The transmission efficiency reached 98.9% under maximum load torque. This cutting method of the face gear introduces a new degree of freedom for defining optional shapes of tooth modification.

Computer Simulation Analysis of Bending Stress for Face Gear with a New Type Fillet Tooth Surface

2011 ◽  
Vol 86 ◽  
pp. 411-414
Author(s):  
Yun Bo Shen ◽  
Jie Gao ◽  
Wen Qiang Ding
Keyword(s):  
Computer Simulation ◽  
Surface Structure ◽  
Spur Gear ◽  
Contact Analysis ◽  
Tooth Surface ◽  
Bending Stress ◽  
Face Gear ◽  
Tooth Contact Analysis ◽  
Tooth Contact ◽  
The Face

Bending stress is a principal factor that defines the fatigue life of face gear. A new tooth surface structure with circular arc of fillet surface for the face gear has been developed. A method of processing or cutting of fillet surfaces of helical face gear by application of a shaper with tooth rounded top has also been represented. The bending stress of the tooth of face gear with new surface structure has been performed by computer simulation. Two versions of finite element model of tooth surfaces of face gear are generated by application of numerical technology. One version is based on the cutting shaper with tooth top shaper corner and another version is with addendum rounded top. Tooth contact analysis (TCA) and loaded tooth contact analysis (LTCA) for the two versions of face gear drives with helical spur gear are also considered. The results of simulation show that the bending stress of tooth surface of the face gear with fillet surface generated by the rounded top of the shaper is 12% lower than the first version’s.

Tooth Contact Analysis for a Double-Crowned Involute Helical Gear With Twist-Free Tooth Flanks Generated by Dual-Lead Hob Cutters

2015 ◽  
Vol 137 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Van-The Tran ◽  
Ruei-Hung Hsu ◽  
Chung-Biau Tsay
Keyword(s):  
Computer Simulation ◽  
Longitudinal Direction ◽  
Helical Gear ◽  
Contact Analysis ◽  
Tooth Contact Analysis ◽  
Order Function ◽  
Transmission Errors ◽  
Gear Manufacturing ◽  
Simulation Results ◽  
Dual Lead

To double-crown an involute helical gear, a hobbing method is proposed by setting the hob's diagonal feed motion as a second-order function of hob's traverse movement and modifying the tooth profile of hob cutter into a dual-lead form with pressure angle changed in its longitudinal direction. Merits of the proposed double-crowning method are also verified by using three computer simulation examples to illustrate and compare the topographies of tooth flanks, contact ellipses, and transmission errors under various assembly errors of the double-crowned gear pairs with those produced by using the conventional modified hob cutter and dual-lead hob cutter. Computer simulation results reveal the advantages of the proposed hobbing method for involute helical gear manufacturing.

Optimal Machine-Tool Settings for the Manufacture of Face-Hobbed Spiral Bevel Gears

2014 ◽  
Vol 136 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vilmos V. Simon
Keyword(s):  
Contact Pressure ◽  
Optimization Problem ◽  
Transmission Error ◽  
Search Method ◽  
Tooth Contact Analysis ◽  
Tooth Contact ◽  
Transmission Errors ◽  
Bevel Gears ◽  
Spiral Bevel ◽  
Loaded Tooth Contact Analysis

In this study, an optimization methodology is proposed to systematically define the optimal head-cutter geometry and machine-tool settings to simultaneously minimize the tooth contact pressure and angular displacement error of the driven gear (the transmission error), and to reduce the sensitivity of face-hobbed spiral bevel gears to the misalignments. The proposed optimization procedure relies heavily on the loaded tooth contact analysis for the prediction of tooth contact pressure distribution and transmission errors influenced by the misalignments inherent in the gear pair. The load distribution and transmission error calculation method employed in this study were developed by the author of this paper. The targeted optimization problem is a nonlinear constrained optimization problem, belonging to the framework of nonlinear programming. In addition, the objective function and the constraints are not available analytically, but they are computable, i.e., they exist numerically through the loaded tooth contact analysis. For these reasons, a nonderivative method is selected to solve this particular optimization problem. That is the reason that the core algorithm of the proposed nonlinear programming procedure is based on a direct search method. The Hooke and Jeeves pattern search method is applied. The effectiveness of this optimization was demonstrated on a face-hobbed spiral bevel gear example. Drastic reductions in the maximum tooth contact pressure (62%) and in the transmission errors (70%) were obtained.

Design and Geometry of Face-Gear Drives

1992 ◽  
Vol 114 (4) ◽  
pp. 642-647 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. L. Litvin ◽  
Y. Zhang ◽  
J.-C. Wang ◽  
R. B. Bossler ◽  
Y.-J. D. Chen
Keyword(s):  
Face Gear ◽  
Analytical Geometry ◽  
Numerical Examples ◽  
Transmission Errors ◽  
Bearing Contact ◽  
Computerized Simulation ◽  
Gear Drives

The authors have developed the analytical geometry of face-gear drives, proposed the method for localization of bearing contact, developed computerized simulation of meshing and bearing contact, investigated the influence of gear misalignment on the shift of bearing contact and transmission errors. Application for design is discussed. The obtained results are illustrated with numerical examples.

scholarly journals Generation of a double-crowned involute helical gear with twist-free tooth flanks by a CNC hobbing machine with three synchronous axes

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-108
Author(s):  
Van-The Tran
Keyword(s):  
Computer Simulation ◽  
Rotation Angle ◽  
Computer Numerical Control ◽  
Helical Gear ◽  
Numerical Control ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
Parabolic Curve ◽  
Transmission Errors ◽  
Simulation Results ◽  
Center Distance

In the conventional hobbing process, a double-crowned involute helical gear is generated by the hob cutter with parabolic-curve tooth profiles for the cross-profile crowning and varied the center distance between the hob and work gear for the longitudinal crowning. Therefore, to cut a double-crowned helical gear not only requires at least four synchronous axes and hob cutter regrinding (which increases production costs) but also induces twisted tooth flanks on the generated work gear. In this paper, I propose a hobbing method by applying a modified work gear rotation angle that enables double-crowning of involute helical gear's tooth flanks using a standard hob cutter and a computer numerical control (CNC) hobbing machine with only three synchronous axes. The proposed method has also verified by using two computer simulation examples to compare the meshing-conditions, contact ellipses, and transmission errors of the double-crowned gear pairs with that produced by applying the conventional hobbing method. Computer simulation results reveal the advantages of the proposed novel hobbing method.

The Derivation and Simulation of Curved Tooth Face Gear Tooth Theoretical Contract-Point Trace Line Equations

2013 ◽  
Vol 819 ◽  
pp. 100-104
Author(s):  
Xue Yu Peng ◽  
Qing Li ◽  
Tai Yong Wang
Keyword(s):  
Gear Tooth ◽  
Theoretical Equation ◽  
Tooth Surface ◽  
Face Gear ◽  
Machining Errors ◽  
The Face ◽  
Trace Line ◽  
Contact Situation ◽  
Meshing Process ◽  
The Ideal

The face gear tooth surface theoretical equation, based on the mesh of curved tooth face gear and involute worm, was deduced by means of differential geometry, meshing theory and so on. According to the conditions of the gear meshing, studying the ideal contract-point trace line theoretical equation under the conditions of no machining errors, installation errors and so on. By solving the equations and simulating in SOLIDWORKS, finally the tooth contact situation of face gear and cylindrical worm in the meshing process was got.

scholarly journals Development of a New Type Cutter "Revolving Type Pinion Cutter" for the Hobbing of the Face Gear

1977 ◽  
Vol 43 (373) ◽  
pp. 3526-3534
Author(s):  
Kin'ichi SHlNJO ◽  
Masafumi SAKAMOTO ◽  
Md.Rezaur RAHMAN
Keyword(s):  
Face Gear ◽  
The Face ◽  
New Type

A new geometry definition and generation method for a face gear meshed with a spur pinion

2021 ◽  
pp. 095440542110609
Author(s):  
Xian-Long Peng
Keyword(s):  
Ruled Surface ◽  
Tooth Surface ◽  
Face Gear ◽  
Absolute Deviation ◽  
Numerical Examples ◽  
Gear Teeth ◽  
The Face ◽  
Geometry Feature ◽  
Tooth Flank ◽  
Straight Lines

The conventional tooth surface of a face gear is difficult to manufacture, and the cutter for the face gear cutting is not uniform even though the parameters of the pinion mating with the face gear slightly change. Based on the analysis of the geometry features of the tooth surface, a new developable ruled surface is defined as the tooth flank of the face gear, for which the most important geometry feature is that the flank could be represented by a family of straight lines, hence it could be generated by a straight-edged cutter. The mathematical models of the new ruled tooth surface, the cutter and the generation method are presented, the deviation between the ruled surface and the conventional surface, the correction of the ruled surface to reduce the deviation are investigated through numerical examples. The manufacturing process is simulated by VERICUT software, and the results demonstrate that even when the principle deviation is added to the machined deviation, the absolute deviation is on the micro-scale. The meshing and contact simulation shows that the new surface could obtain good meshing performance when the number of face gear teeth is greater than three times the number of pinion teeth. This research provides a new method for manufacturing face gears.

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