Apparatus for adjusting the drums of a bevel-gear cutting machine

An apparatus for adjusting the drums of a bevel-gear cutting machine, comprising:

• a generating stock;
• said generating stock containing a motor-driven generating drum and a plurality of setting drums;
• each setting drum being adjustable to a predetermined setting position;
• means for clamping a setting drum at a setting drum adjacent thereto in said predetermined setting position;
• means for reading said predetermined setting position of each setting drum;
• a cutter head rotatably mounted in said plurality of setting drums;
• a gear train for driving said cutter head;
• computer means for controlling the adjustment of said plurality of setting drums;
• locking means controllable by said computer means;
• said locking means serving to lock at said cutter head one setting drum of said plurality of setting drums;
• said means for reading said predetermined setting position of each setting drum constituting automatic position-reading means for transmitting to said computer means the positions of said plurality of setting drums;
• actuating means controllable by said computer means;
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• said actuating means serving to actuate said means for clamping a setting drum at a setting drum adjacent thereto in said predetermined setting position.