METHOD AND GRINDING MACHINE FOR GRINDING EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL CONTOURS OF WORKPIECES IN ONE CLAMPING
20180169819 ยท 2018-06-21
Inventors
Cpc classification
B24B5/12
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
International classification
Abstract
A method and a grinding machine to implement the method includes, in a single clamping, a machine part is ground. The part is clamped on its ends and has an internal recess for grinding. The internal recess is ground with an internal grinding wheel, wherein the part is rotated between a workpiece headstock and a tailstock, and an external contour is ground by means of a grinding wheel. The part is held on the tailstock by a hollow tailstock sleeve, on the end region of the internal recess, and the internal grinding wheel passes through the hollow tailstock sleeve during grinding. In the grinding machine, a separate grinding spindle head carrying the internal grinding wheel can be included in the region of the tailstock, and can be advanced against the peripheral surface of the internal recess by passing through the hollow tailstock sleeve and the hollow center.
Claims
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19. A method for the grinding, in a single clamping, of a machine part made to rotate about its longitudinal axis, clamped on both of its axial ends and having an internal recess on at least one of its ends which is ground by means of an internal grinding wheel, wherein the machine part is held rotatingly driven between a workpiece headstock and a tailstock, in a single clamping, and the external contour thereof is ground by means of at least one grinding wheel, wherein a) the machine part is held centrically on the tailstock by means of a live or rotationally driven hollow tailstock sleeve on the end region of the internal recess, b) the internal grinding wheel passes through the hollow tailstock sleeve during the grinding of the internal recess, and c) the grinding of the internal recess and the grinding of the external contour of the machine part are performed at least partially at the same time, and d) the clamping on the workpiece headstock is performed with a centrically clamping chuck or with a chuck having equalizing jaws, and a center with engages with the end face of the machine part.
20. The method according to claim 19, wherein the grinding is performed without any change in the reference axes of the clamping, and without the support of a steady rest.
21. The method according to claim 19, wherein the center is hollow, and a further internal grinding wheel passes through the same to grind a further internal recess.
22. The method according to claim 19, wherein the internal grinding wheel and the grinding wheel engage with and disengage from the machine part as a result of a single, shared grinding spindle head swiveling and/or moving in a particularly continuous manner, the same being moved by a swiveling arrangement on a carriage to grind the internal recess and to grind the external contour in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the machine part.
23. The method according to claim 19, wherein the grinding wheel is arranged on a grinding spindle head, and the swiveling thereof produces the grinding engagement with the machine part.
24. The method according to claim 23, wherein the internal grinding wheel is arranged on a separate grinding spindle head in the region of the tailstock, and is moved in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the machine part to pass through the hollow tailstock sleeve.
25. The method according to claim 19, wherein, when the external contour of the machine part is ground, the rotational axis of the grinding wheel, and the longitudinal axis which runs through the workpiece headstock, the machine part, and the tailstock, are oriented at an oblique angle relative to each other in space such that the contact between the grinding wheel and the external contour of the machine part is substantially only punctiform, and the longitudinal feed is performed in the direction approaching the workpiece headstock.
26. The method according to claim 19, wherein, when the external contour of the machine part is ground, the rotational axis of the grinding wheel, and the longitudinal axis which runs through the workpiece headstock, the machine part, and the tailstock, are oriented in the plane at an angle relative to each other such that the contact between the grinding wheel and the external contour of the machine part is substantially linear in shape, as in angular plunge grinding.
27. The method according to claim 19, wherein the grinding wheel can grind both peripheral regions and end faces of the machine part.
28. The method according to claim 19, wherein the hollow tailstock sleeve is live.
29. The method according to claim 19, wherein the grinding of the machine part is controlled with CNC.
30. A grinding machine designed as a universal circular grinding machine and/or a non-circular grinding machine, to carry out the method according to claim 19, including the following features: a) a workpiece headstock and a tailstock, wherein a machine part which will be ground can be clamped between the same, are arranged on a grinding table, and the longitudinal axis running through the workpiece headstock, the machine part, and the tailstock runs in the longitudinal direction of the grinding table, b) the workpiece headstock has a centrically clamping chuck or a chuck with equalizing, releasable jaws, and a centering tip which holds and rotates the machine part on the workpiece headstock, c) the tailstock has a live or rotationally driven hollow tailstock sleeve with a hollow center, adapted to center and engage with the end of the machine part opposite the workpiece headstock, at least in a rotationally symmetric internal recess, d) the hollow tailstock sleeve with the hollow center has an internal bore through which an internal grinding wheel carried on a grinding spindle head can pass to grind the internal recess, and e) the workpiece headstock and the tailstock can move relative to each another in such a manner that the machine part is held and rotationally driven under axial pressure between the centering tip on the workpiece headstock and the hollow center on the tailstock, without any change in the reference axis of the clamping.
31. The grinding machine according to claim 30, wherein the grinding spindle head which carries the internal grinding wheel can swivel about a vertical swivel axis and is arranged on a carriage which can move perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the grinding table in a controlled manner, and additionally accommodates a rotationally driven grinding wheel with a horizontal axis of rotation, for the grinding of the external contour of the machine part.
32. The grinding machine according to claim 30, wherein the grinding spindle head which carries the internal grinding wheel is a separate grinding spindle head in the region of the tailstock and/or in the region of the chuck which comprises a hollow center, and the internal grinding wheel can be advanced into the internal recess and against its peripheral surface.
33. The grinding machine according to claim 30, wherein the peripheral surface and the end face of the grinding wheel each have a grinding layer.
34. The grinding machine according to claim 30, wherein the internal grinding wheel and the grinding wheel each have a CBN coating.
35. The grinding machine according to claim 30, wherein the chuck is hollow and enables the passage of a further internal grinding wheel to grind a further internal recess of the machine part on the workpiece headstock end thereof.
Description
[0025] Further embodiments and details of the present invention will now be explained in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
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[0035] The grinding machine shown in top view in
[0036] A tailstock 10 is arranged coaxially with the workpiece headstock 9 at an axial distance from the same. The tailstock 10 has a separately constructed spindle sleeve to accommodate a tailstock center designed as a hollow tailstock sleeve 15. The tailstock 10 is likewise arranged on the grinding table 28, such that the machine part 2 is clamped in the conventional manner between the workpiece headstock 9 and the tailstock 10, in the same rotary axisthe longitudinal axis 1 of the machine part 2. For process monitoring, measuring devices 23.1, 23.2 and 23.3 are included in the grinding machine. These are used to measure external- and/or internal diameters. The measurement signals obtained from the measuring devices are used for monitoring and controlling the grinding machine, wherein the measurement signals are fed directly to the controller of the grinding machine in the usual manner. As is likewise conventional, a dressing device 29 is included to dress grinding wheels used in the grinding machine. Also shown is a steady rest 22 which partially surrounds the circumference of the machine part when in active use, and which is furnished only if the machine part is comparatively long, in order to compensate for the grinding forces exerted by abrasive grinding wheels during the grinding of the external contour. A steady rest is not required in the end region of the machine part for the purpose of internal grinding, as is the case in the prior art. It is merely optional and serves only to prevent the deflection of a relatively long machine part potentially caused by grinding forces. In the case of shorter components which have sufficient bending stiffness, the steady rest can be dispensed with.
[0037] The grinding machine has a grinding spindle head 18, the same having a grinding spindle 25 with a grinding wheel 8 for internal grinding, a grinding spindle 26.1 with a first external grinding wheel 16.1, and a grinding spindle 26.2 with a second external grinding wheel 16.2. This means that the three grinding spindles 25, 26.1 and 26.2 are all arranged on the same, shared grinding spindle head 18. The grinding spindle head 18 is arranged on a carriage 19.1 in a manner which enables swiveling about a swivel axis 24. The carriage 19.1 in turn is able to slide perpendicularly to the common axis of rotationthat is, the longitudinal axis 1. The carriage 19.1 can therefore slide in the conventional X-axis. The swivel movement of the grinding spindle head 18 is indicated by the curved double arrow B. The sliding movement of the carriage 19.1 is indicated by the straight double arrow X. Z indicates the sliding movement in the direction of the longitudinal axis 1 of the machine part 2, while C indicates the rotation of the machine part about the common axis of rotationthat is, the longitudinal axis. The swiveling of the grinding spindle head 18 brings each of the grinding wheels needed for the machining processthat is, the internal grinding wheel 8, the first external grinding wheel 16.1 and/or the second external grinding wheel 16.2into engagement with the machine part 2, to execute their respective grinding tasks.
[0038] In the described embodiment according to
[0039] A further advantage of the method according to the invention arises when the internal recess 6 is ground by means of the internal grinding wheel 8, which passes through the hollow tailstock sleeve 15. This is that the cooling lubricant is fed directly through the hollow tailstock sleeve 15 to the inner surface, of the internal recess 6, with which the internal grinding wheel 8 engages during the grinding of the internal recess 6. This makes it possible for the cooling lubricant to be fed directly to the grinding area in an optimum manner.
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[0042] The tailstock 10 is not equipped with a conventionally designed sleeve. Rather, it has a bored-out hollow sleeve with a very short mount. A hollow center 20 is included in the bore of the hollow tailstock sleeve 15, forming the tailstock center. It engages with the end-face region of the machine part 2 in such a manner that the machine part 2 is clamped on the end facing the tailstock 10 with respect to its longitudinal axis 1, and centered with respect to the longitudinal axis 1. The hollow bore of the hollow tailstock sleeve 15 enables a grinding wheel (not shown) used for the internal grinding to pass through the hollow bore into the region of the internal recess 6 of the machine part 2, in order to perform the machining of the internal recess.
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[0044] The tailstock 10 is mounted very shortthat is, has a short construction in the axial directionand has a hollow inner bore as described. During the internal grinding, the machine part 2 remains clamped between the centers.
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[0046] In contrast to the embodiments according to
[0047] The mount of the hollow tailstock sleeve 15 is configured with high-precision spindle bearings, wherein the live hollow center 20 revolves with the machine part 2 due to the clamping forces produced by the friction in the center. The live hollow center 20 engages, either with a seal or a positive connection, with an internal surface at the opposite end 5 of the machine part 2. In principle, it would also be possible to perform the machining of the machine part 2 with a centering clamping by means of a stationary centerthat is, a non-revolving center. It would be possiblealthough this is not shown herefor the hollow tailstock sleeve 15 to be designed as a hydrodynamic or hydrostatic bearing.
[0048] The cooling lubricant is supplied on the side of the workpiece headstock 9 through the centering tip 13 of the chuck 11. This enables cooling lubricant to reliably move from the side of the workpiece headstock to the internal recess 6, for the grinding thereof, by means of the internal grinding wheel 8. However, this is only possible, of course, if the machine part 2 has a through bore. So that, during the internal grinding, sufficient cooling lubricant can be delivered in this manner to the actual machining engagement point, the internal grinding wheel 8 has a conical attachment on its front which serves to feed the cooling lubricant directly to the machining engagement. Reliable lubrication is particularly important for internal grinding because the internal grinding wheel 8 nestles into the peripheral surface 7 being ground, and the region of engagement of the grinding wheel on the peripheral surface 7 of the internal recess 6 is accordingly larger than is the case for external grinding or a cylindrical, or moreover a non-cylindrical surface.
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LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS
[0053] 1 longitudinal axis [0054] 2 machine part [0055] 3 axial end [0056] 4 bearing pin [0057] 5 opposite end [0058] 6 internal recess [0059] 6.1 further internal recess [0060] 7 peripheral surface [0061] 8 internal grinding wheel [0062] 8.1 first internal grinding wheel [0063] 8.2 second internal grinding wheel [0064] 9 workpiece headstock [0065] 9.1 workpiece headstock with hollow sleeve [0066] 10 tailstock [0067] 11 chuck [0068] 12 jaws [0069] 13 centering tip [0070] 14 end face [0071] 15 hollow tailstock sleeve [0072] 16 external grinding wheel [0073] 16.1 first external grinding wheel [0074] 16.2 second external grinding wheel [0075] 17 external contour [0076] 18 grinding spindle head [0077] 18.1 first grinding spindle head [0078] 18.2 second grinding spindle head [0079] 19.1 first carriage [0080] 19.2 second carriage [0081] 20 live hollow center [0082] 20.1 workpiece headstock hollow center [0083] 20.2 tailstock hollow center [0084] 22 steady rest [0085] 23.1 first measuring device [0086] 23.2 second measuring device [0087] 23.3 third measuring device [0088] 24 swivel axis [0089] 25 grinding spindle internal grinding wheel [0090] 25.1 first internal grinding spindle [0091] 25.2 second internal grinding spindle [0092] 26 grinding spindle of the external grinding wheel [0093] 26.1 grinding spindle of the first external grinding wheel [0094] 26.2 grinding spindle of the second external grinding wheel [0095] 27 machine bed [0096] 28 grinding table [0097] 29 dressing device [0098] 30 additional internal grinding spindle head [0099] 31 further internal grinding spindle [0100] 32 further internal grinding wheel [0101] 33 drive/drive motor