The invention discloses a method for producing modifications, such as twists, on the tooth flanks of an internally-toothed workpiece by an externally-toothed tool. In order to carry out such a method also with machine tools, which have a reduced number of adjustable axes, the invention provides that the tool is dressed by arranging an internally-toothed dressing tool on the workpiece spindle of the machine tool at the position intended for the workpiece to be respectively honed and by bringing the dressing tool into engagement with the tool to be dressed. The width of the teeth of the dressing tool is smaller than the width of the tool to be dressed such that the dressing tool must be moved by a length along the workpiece longitudinal axis which corresponds to a multiple of the width of the teeth of the dressing tool. Subsequently, the fine machining of the workpiece takes place with the tool dressed in this manner. According to the invention, an axis cross angle is set for the dressing, which is maintained unchanged during the dressing. The respective tooth flank modification is then produced during dressing exclusively by movements of the dressing tool along the workpiece longitudinal axis and the workpiece transverse axis.

Provided is a control device for a machine tool, the control device being capable of reliably reducing noise when gears mesh with each other and providing intended machining quality. A control device 10 for a machine tool machines a workpiece W including at least one tooth surface and comprises: a machining condition input unit 15 which can input a machining condition including at least one of specifications of the workpiece W, specifications of a tool T, a feed speed, the rotational speed of a spindle, and the number of teeth; a surface pattern calculation unit 16, which calculates, on the basis of the machining condition, a surface pattern defined on the basis of intervals of scratches occurring on a machined surface; a swing command generation unit 17, which generates, on the basis of the surface pattern, a swing command for achieving a surface pattern including a portion in which the intervals of the scratches are unequal; and a position and speed control unit 14 which carries out the machining while swinging the workpiece W and the tool T relatively to each other on the basis of the swing command generated by the swing command generation unit 17.

Methods for the fabrication of metal strain wave gear flexsplines using a specialized metal additive manufacturing technique are provided. The method allows the entire flexspline to be metal printed, including all the components: the output surface with mating features, the thin wall of the cup, and the teeth integral to the flexspline. The flexspline may be used directly upon removal from the building tray.

A tool, a method and a machine for producing a tooth profile by performing a coupled skiving movement between a skiving tool and the workpiece, by rotating the tool about a tool axis of rotation and rotating the workpiece about a workpiece axis of rotation. The tool includes a crown gear, on the front of which a tooth system with a cutting profile is located, which when in use reproduces the tooth profile on the workpiece.

A gear machining device is provided which can machine an accurate gear by a cutting process by synchronously rotating a machining tool and a workpiece at a high speed. A machining tool includes roughing cutting teeth for roughing bottom lands and right and left side faces of teeth of a gear, right side face finishing cutting teeth for finishing the right side faces of the teeth, and left side face finishing cutting teeth for finishing the left side faces of the teeth. The cutting teeth thus cut different parts of the teeth of the gear. This can reduce cutting resistance and suppress self-vibration during the cutting process, thereby improving tooth trace accuracy of the gear.

The invention relates to a method for machining a toothing, wherein to form a chamfer on a tooth edge formed between an end face of the toothing and a tooth flank belonging to a tooth space of the toothing, material is removed from the tooth edge by cutting, by means of a machining tool equipped with a cutting edge, in a machining operation, wherein the machining tool is toothed and the machining operation is a skiving machining operation at an axis intersection angle between the rotational axes of the machining tool and the toothing, which does not extend beyond the tooth root section of the tooth space

A simulation apparatus includes: a memory to store information on the shape of a workpiece, information on a cross section of a portion of the workpiece, and information on definition points indicating the shape of an edge surface of tool edges of a machining tool; a first calculator to perform a calculation to obtain passage points in a three-dimensional coordinate system; a second calculator to cause the cross section in the three-dimensional coordinate system to be disposed parallel to a plane defined by predetermined two of the axes of the three-dimensional coordinate system, thus converting the passage points in the three-dimensional coordinate system into passage points in a two-dimensional coordinate system; and a third calculator to decide, in accordance with the passage points in the two-dimensional coordinate system, the shape of a tooth profile to be formed on the workpiece in the two-dimensional coordinate system.

A power skiving tool comprising a shank that extends along a longitudinal axis of the tool, and a cutting head that is arranged at an end face of the shank. The cutting head comprises a plurality of circumferentially arranged teeth, wherein, when viewed in a cross-section orthogonal to the longitudinal axis, each of the teeth comprises a convexly rounded contour, which at a first end transitions either directly or via a first concave transition contour into the convexly rounded contour of a first adjacent tooth of the plurality of teeth and at a second end opposite the first end transitions either directly or via a second concave transition contour into the convexly rounded contour of a second adjacent tooth of the plurality of teeth. A width of each tooth of the plurality of teeth, measured in the cross-section as a distance between the first end and the second end, is greater than a height of the respective tooth, measured in the cross-section orthogonal to the width and centrally between the first end and the second end.

An axial hob (14) with cutting teeth (16) which are arranged around a cylinder (19) in a helical pattern. The cutting front (18) is perpendicular to the helix. The re-grindable blade thickness is oriented in the direction of the helix lead direction. While the tool rotates, the active cutting front changes from one blade to the next which, depending on the hand of rotation, is an advanced or retracted position. However, the rotation will not give the individual blades a chip removing motion but only position the following blade in an advanced or retracted location, such as in a gear slot to be machined.

A coolant delivery assembly configured for use with a gear cutter tool that cuts gear teeth into a workpiece to form a gear includes a retaining cooling nut, a tool holder and a coupling member. The retaining cooling nut has a nut body that defines a plurality of coolant flow passages therein. The tool holder supports the gear cutter tool. The coupling member couples the retaining cooling nut to the mount. The retaining cooling nut is configured to receive coolant and deliver the coolant through the plurality of coolant flow passages and direct the coolant toward the gear cutter tool.