Laser-assisted production method for a gearing component and gearing
AssigneeFlender GmbH
InventorJean-Andre Meis
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Abstract
In a method for making a tooth system of a gearing component, an unfinished tooth-system part is heat-treated. At least part of an oxide layer on the unfinished tooth-system part is mechanically removed, while leaving a residual oxide layer in at least one region, and the residual oxide layer is at least partially removed by irradiating with a laser at least a portion of the residual oxide layer.
Claims15
A method for making a tooth system of a gearing component, comprising:
- heat-treating an unfinished tooth-system part;
- mechanically removing at least partially an oxide layer on the unfinished tooth-system part, while leaving a residual oxide layer in at least one region;
- and
- removing at least partially the residual oxide layer by irradiating with a laser at least a portion of the residual oxide layer.
A non-transitory computer program product for defining orientation, intensity and/or focal point of a laser, said computer program product comprising program instructions which when loaded into a memory of a controller causes the controller to perform the steps of
- heat-treating an unfinished tooth-system part;
- mechanically removing at least partially an oxide layer on the unfinished tooth-system part, while leaving a residual oxide layer in at least one region;
- and
- removing at least partially the residual oxide layer by irradiating with a laser at least a portion of the residual oxide layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.