Process and device for the registration of the state of wear of tools employed in gear manufacture
AssigneeReishauer AG
InventorsOskar Bollinger, Steven Bruppacher, Wolfgang Thyssen
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Abstract
In a process for the registration of the state of wear of a tool used in gear manufacture, where the tool has at least one abrasive tooth tip for machining a workpiece in a machining process, a cutting distance per tooth tip of the tool is determined, and this cutting distance, weighted with a wear intensity factor, compared with a specified life path constant. This life path constant indicates the maximum acceptable state of wear of the tool for the machining of the workpiece. By way of this process the wear behaviour can be registered, and a total and residual piece potential determined.
Claims16
A process for the registration of the state of wear of a tool used in gear manufacture, where the tool has at least one abrasive coated face for the machining of a workpiece or of a machining tool in a machining process, the process comprising
- determining a cutting distance travelled by the coated face of the tool,
- weighting said cutting distance, with a wear intensity factor to provide a weighted cutting distance, and
- comparing said weighted cutting distance with a specified life path constant, said life path constant being indicative of the maximum acceptable state of wear of the tool for the machining of the workpiece or of the machining tool,
- the resultant comparison being a measure for the state of the wear.
A device for the registration of the state of wear of a tool used in gear manufacture, where the tool has at least one abrasive coated face for the machining of a workpiece or of a machining tool in a machining process, wherein the device comprises
- means for determining a cutting distance travelled per coated face of the tool,
- means for weighting the determined cutting distance with a wear intensity factor to provide a weighted cutting distance, and
- means for comparing said weight cutting distance, with a specified life path constant, this life path constant being indicative of a maximum acceptable state of wear of the tool for the machining of the workpiece or of the machining tool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.