Gear cutting machine, end mill and method of form milling
AssigneeLiebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH
InventorAlois Mundt
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a gear cutting machine for gear cutting a workpiece, in particular a toothed wheel, by form milling having at least one cutter head for mounting at least one end mill, wherein the cutter head or the end mill and/or the workpiece mount are adjustable and the end mill axis can be aligned approximately parallel to the machined tooth flank of the clamped workpiece, and wherein the cutter axis can be applied to the flank contour and the end mill has an outer contour corresponding to the flank contour.
Claims13
A gear cutting machine for gear cutting a workpiece by form milling, the gear cutting machine comprising:
- a workpiece mount configured to clamp the workpiece;
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- at least one cutter head for mounting at least one end mill having a cutting axis, wherein one or more of the cutter head, the end mill, and the workpiece mount are adjustable and wherein the end mill axis is alignable approximately parallel to a machined tooth flank of the clamped workpiece, with the cutter axis being configured to be applied to a contour of the tooth flank and the end mill having an outer contour corresponding to the tooth flank contour.
A device comprising:
- an end mill for gear cutting of workpieces by form milling, wherein the end mill has an almost unchanging diameter profile in a cutter axis direction along its cutter axis, wherein the cutter axis is alignable approximately parallel to a tooth flank for workpiece machining.
A method for a gear cutting machine having an end mill, comprising:
- form milling a workpiece toothing arrangement, including positioning an end mill axis approximately parallel to a machined tooth flank of the workpiece to provide an approximately uniform cutting speed over a cutter width.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.