Multi-component measurement of grinding force during high speed internal thread grinding

Experiments of internal thread grinding and flat groove grinding show that grinding efficiency and quality can be significantly improved by increasing the wheel speed. According to the characteristics of internal thread grinding and flat groove grinding, the grinding force measurement experiment is designed. The equivalent substitution method is used to compare with the Grinding Force per Unit Area in surface grinding test under the same conditions. The experimental results show that the measurement error of Grinding Force per Unit Area is less than 25 %.

New possibilities of worm thread machining and practice of implementation

Thread grinding is the traditional operation of final machining for worms and other critical threads. However, similar to other types of tooth grinding, this type of machining is expensive; it requires application of high cost equipment and needs valuable workers. In many practical cases, its alternative can be the application of edge machining, especially as the possibilities of controlling the corresponding advanced machine-tools and their accuracy have been increased significantly. This paper describes the experience of implementation of edge machining of worm threads within a low-series production of spiroid and worm gearboxes for pipeline valves gained at the Institute of Mechanics named after prof. V.I. Goldfarb of Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University and at the Small Innovative Enterprise “Mechanik”. Schemes of thread machining by straight and radial parts of a single cutter and by a face cutter head are considered. The technique is implemented, and it provides the reduction of labor intensity and prime cost of both the preliminary and final machining of worms, including heat-strengthened ones; and it also results in the correctly localized contact in worm and spiroid gears.