Although face milling (FM) is a popular industrial cutting method for mass-producing bevel gears, current machines require many cutters with diverse profile angles to produce different gear types. In this paper, therefore, a flexible cutting method is proposed that eliminated the need of too many cutters for producing the gears with similar size and module by employing cutters with standard profile angle blades on a general five-axis machine. The settings for this machine are derived by mathematically modeling a virtual machine, after which the motion functions of the five-axis coordinates are determined through inverse kinematics. A sensitivity analysis is then performed to bring the tooth surface produced closer to its theoretical counterpart. The results of a cutting simulation confirm the correctness of this proposed method.
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June 2017
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Manufacture of Spiral Bevel Gears Using Standard Profile Angle Blade Cutters on a Five-Axis Computer Numerical Control Machine
Yi-Pei Shih,
Yi-Pei Shih
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
National Taiwan University of Science and
Technology,
No. 43, Sec. 4, Keelung Road,
Taipei 106, Taiwan
e-mail: shihyipei@mail.ntust.edu.tw
National Taiwan University of Science and
Technology,
No. 43, Sec. 4, Keelung Road,
Taipei 106, Taiwan
e-mail: shihyipei@mail.ntust.edu.tw
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Can-Xun Zhang
Can-Xun Zhang
Project Engineer Metal Forming
Technology Section,
Metal Industries Research and
Development Centre,
No. 1001 Kaonan Highway,
Kaohsiung 811, Taiwan
Technology Section,
Metal Industries Research and
Development Centre,
No. 1001 Kaonan Highway,
Kaohsiung 811, Taiwan
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Yi-Pei Shih
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
National Taiwan University of Science and
Technology,
No. 43, Sec. 4, Keelung Road,
Taipei 106, Taiwan
e-mail: shihyipei@mail.ntust.edu.tw
National Taiwan University of Science and
Technology,
No. 43, Sec. 4, Keelung Road,
Taipei 106, Taiwan
e-mail: shihyipei@mail.ntust.edu.tw
Can-Xun Zhang
Project Engineer Metal Forming
Technology Section,
Metal Industries Research and
Development Centre,
No. 1001 Kaonan Highway,
Kaohsiung 811, Taiwan
Technology Section,
Metal Industries Research and
Development Centre,
No. 1001 Kaonan Highway,
Kaohsiung 811, Taiwan
1Corresponding author.
Manuscript received July 1, 2016; final manuscript received January 20, 2017; published online March 6, 2017. Assoc. Editor: Xiaoping Qian.
J. Manuf. Sci. Eng. Jun 2017, 139(6): 061017 (14 pages)
Published Online: March 6, 2017
Article history
Received:
July 1, 2016
Revised:
January 20, 2017
Citation
Shih, Y., and Zhang, C. (March 6, 2017). "Manufacture of Spiral Bevel Gears Using Standard Profile Angle Blade Cutters on a Five-Axis Computer Numerical Control Machine." ASME. J. Manuf. Sci. Eng. June 2017; 139(6): 061017. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4035961
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