Loopback rolls which can transfer and guide a polishing tape (T) along a perimeter of a pressure contact roll (R) is provided, the pressure contact roll having a tapered peripheral edge having a top edge and a pair of slant edge faces formed on a periphery of the pressure contact roll, by which the polishing tape can be bent into a substantially V-shape in cross section, and a switchable pressure contact mechanism is switchably provided which pressure contacts each of bent portions of the polishing tape, which is bent into the substantially V-shape in cross section by the tapered peripheral edge, to one tooth face (B1) or the other tooth face of a worm.

A method includes the following method steps: grinding of bevel gears, wherein the respective bevel gears have a straight toothing to be ground, wherein the grinding is carried out by a disk-shaped grinding tool by discontinuous generating grinding using a predetermined rolling ratio. A cutting face of the grinding tool, which rolls during the grinding with teeth of the straight toothing of a respective bevel gear, forms a section of a hollow cone inner surface, and wherein a respective longitudinal crowning is generated on the respective straight toothing of the respective bevel gears by the grinding using the cutting face forming the section of the hollow cone inner surface. The method is distinguished in that the grinding tool is a dressable grinding tool and dressing of the grinding tool is carried out.

The invention relates to a method for machining the tip circle diameter of a tooth system (4) of a gearwheel (6), in which the gearwheel (6) rotates about a workpiece axis of rotation (Rw), and in which at least one tooth (9) of the tooth system (4) is machined, by removing chips, by means of a tool (7, 7′) that rotates about a tool axis of rotation (Rz) oriented at an axial distance (A′, A″) relative to the workpiece axis of rotation (Rw). According to the invention, the tool (7, 7′) is disk-shaped, the disk-shaped tool (7, 7′) machines the tip surface (8) of the tooth (9), by removing chips, with at least one partial segment (10a) of its circumferential edge configured as a defined blade (10), wherein a relative movement between the tool (7, 7′) and the gearwheel (6), oriented in the axial direction of the tooth system (4), is carried out during the chip-removing machining, as a consequence of which movement the tool (7, 7′) sweeps over the tip surface (8), and the tool axis of rotation (Rz) is oriented at an axis intersection angle (Σ″) of 5° to 40° with respect to the workpiece axis of rotation (Rw). In this way, efficient and highly precise machining of the tip circle diameter is made possible. The invention also states a method for producing a gearwheel, in which the tooth system (4) is produced on a gearwheel blank (5) by means of hob peeling before machining of the tip circle diameter according to the invention, as well as a combination tool, in which a hob-peeling wheel for producing the gearwheel and a disk-shaped tool for machining the tip circle diameter according to the invention are combined with each other.

Process of grinding and polishing flank surfaces (40) of teeth (50) of toothed wheels (60), comprising the steps of a) providing a grinding device (6), a polishing device (7), a dynamic positioning device (8) and a toothed wheel (60); b) having the grinding device (6) grind the toothed wheel (60); c) removing the toothed wheel (60) from the grinding device (6); d) having the dynamic positioning device (8) bring the flank surface (40) in contact with a polishing body (80) of the polishing device (7) to polish the flank surface; e) having the dynamic positioning device (8) dynamically adjust position and attitude of the toothed wheel (60) relative to the polishing body (80), or having the dynamic positioning device (8) dynamically adjust position and attitude of the polishing body (80) relative to the toothed wheel (60), such that the flank surface is polished by the polishing body. The dynamic positioning device (8) may be a robot.

Process of grinding and polishing flank surfaces (40) of teeth (50) of toothed wheels (60), comprising the steps of a) providing a grinding device (6), a polishing device (7), a dynamic positioning device (8) and a toothed wheel (60); b) having the grinding device (6) grind the toothed wheel (60); c) removing the toothed wheel (60) from the grinding device (6); d) having the dynamic positioning device (8) bring the flank surface (40) in contact with a polishing body (80) of the polishing device (7) to polish the flank surface; e) having the dynamic positioning device (8) dynamically adjust position and attitude of the toothed wheel (60) relative to the polishing body (80), or having the dynamic positioning device (8) dynamically adjust position and attitude of the polishing body (80) relative to the toothed wheel (60), such that the flank surface is polished by the polishing body. The dynamic positioning device (8) may be a robot.

A method of producing a tooth flank surface on gear teeth by controlled removal of stock material from a work gear with a tool with the work gear and the tool being movable with respect to one another along and/or about a plurality of axes. The tool and work gear are engaged with one another and then moved relative to one another in a generating motion along and/or about the plurality of axes. Stock material is removed from the work gear to produce the tooth surface on the work gear. The generating motion along and/or about the plurality of axes comprises motion along and/or about at least one of the axes with the motion being defined by a function having a first level component and a second level component. The first level component defining a maximum flank form deviation amplitude for each tooth of the work gear, and the second level component defining a modification of the tooth surface of each tooth of the work gear.

A rolling device for work pieces with toothing, in particular gear wheels, includes first and second shaping tools which are guided by a guide relative to the work pieces. With respect to the work pieces, a first region of a tooth flank is shaped with the first shaping tool and a second region of the tooth flank is shaped by the second shaping tool. The first and second shaping tools are respectively mounted on first and second rollers. The second roller has an axial thickness on the circumference, which differs from the axial thickness of the first roller such that the second region of the tooth flank is different from the first region.

A rolling device for work pieces with toothing, in particular gear wheels, includes first and second shaping tools which are guided by a guide relative to the work pieces. With respect to the work pieces, a first region of a tooth flank is shaped with the first shaping tool and a second region of the tooth flank is shaped by the second shaping tool. The first and second shaping tools are respectively mounted on first and second rollers. The second roller has an axial thickness on the circumference, which differs from the axial thickness of the first roller such that the second region of the tooth flank is different from the first region.

The present disclosure includes a shaft and spindle assembly for retaining a part in a part processing assembly. The part is retained on the shaft via a downward force from a part hold-down assembly. The shaft is retained in the spindle assembly that is coupled to a turntable of the part processing assembly. The shaft includes an annular step that abuts against a portion of the spindle assembly to block downward movement of the shaft when the downward force is applied. In this way, the part is retained in a precise location relative to processing nozzles of the part processing assembly even after multiple parts are held down by the part hold-down assembly and processed.

The invention relates to a method for producing tooth flank modifications on toothing of workpieces, in which the workpiece and a tool are moved relative to one another and, as a result, material is removed from the tooth flank (3) of the workpiece. Different tooth flank modifications are generated on teeth (1) of the workpiece by means of a continuously rolling manufacturing process, by the tool comprising individually different tool profile geometries which generate the different tooth flank modifications on the teeth (1) of the workpiece. The tool can be a dresser with variable profile in order to provide, with dressable tools, individually different tool profile geometries.