Translocation-simulating loading apparatus for gear grinding machine with shaped grinding wheel and detection method for stiffness distribution

A detection method for a static stiffness distribution using a translocation-simulating loading apparatus for a gear grinding machine with a shaped grinding wheel, wherein the translocation-simulating loading apparatus comprises,

• a load-receiving test piece disposed on the gear grinding machine with the shaped grinding wheel and a load-exerting component for use in loading simulation;
• the gear grinding machine with the shaped grinding wheel comprising a C axis component and a X axis component disposed on a machine tool bed, as well as a Z axis component, an A axis component, a Y axis component, and a spindle component which are mounted sequentially towards a direction of the C axis component in a horizontal mounting axis of an upper section of a column of the X axis component;
• the load-exerting component comprising:
• a connector, a gland and a ring body fitted coaxially on an outer circumference of a spindle of the spindle component,
• wherein the connector is fixedly connected with the spindle through bolts, and the connector is fixedly connected with the gland and the ring body through bolts, a radial hole is disposed on the ring body, and a lower gasket, a force sensor, an upper gasket, a ball seat and a steel ball are sequentially disposed in the radial hole along a diameter direction outwardly,
• wherein a position-limit cover is disposed at a position in which an upper portion of the ball seat contacts with the ring body and is fixedly connected with the ring body, and
• wherein the steel ball is positioned in the ball seat and a ball cover and is exposed from the ball cover, the ball cover is fixedly connected with the ball seat, and the ball seat is mounted such that an angle formed between the axis L of the ball seat and the X axis direction of the Y axis component is α;
• and
• a plurality of displacement sensors mounted on the spindle, a casing of spindle box and the C axis component;
• a load receiving face and a mounting face of the load-receiving test piece being planes, wherein the mounting face of the load-receiving test piece is mounted on a work bench in the C axis component, an angle formed between the mounting face and a Y direction of a coordinate system of the machine tool is θ, and an angle formed between a normal line of the load receiving face and a X direction of the coordinate system of the machine tool is α,
• the detection method for the static stiffness distribution comprising the steps of:
• a step 1:
• determining the angle α according to a proportion between the simulated grinding force in Z direction and the simulated grinding force in X direction;
• and determining the angle θ according to a proportion between the simulated grinding force in Z direction and the simulated grinding force in Y direction;
• a step 2:
• mounting the load-exerting component on the spindle of the spindle component, and adjusting the A axis component such that an angle formed between the Y axis of the Y axis component and the Y direction of the coordinate system of the machine tool is θ;
• a step 3:
• fixedly mounting the load-receiving test piece on the C axis component of the machine tool, such that an angle formed between the mounting face and the Y direction of the coordinate system of the machine tool is θ, and an angle formed between the normal line of the load receiving face and the X direction of the coordinate system of the machine tool is α;
• and adjusting the C axis component, such that the normal line of the load receiving face is consistent with the direction of the axis L of the ball seat;
• a step 4:
• coordinating the Z axis component, the Y axis component and the X axis component, and moving the load-exerting component to a first load-exertion position of the load-receiving test piece which is preset, by means of a coordinating movement in the X, Y, and Z axes, such that the steel ball contacts with the load receiving face of the load-receiving test piece;
• exerting a simulated load to the load-receiving test piece through fine adjustment of the movement in the X, Y, and Z axes, detecting displacement at each location by each displacement sensor, detecting and obtaining the simulated load by the force sensor in the load-exerting component simultaneously, and deriving a stiffness value at the load-exertion position under the simulated load;
• and
• a step 5:
• re-coordinating the Z axis component, the Y axis component and the X axis component, and moving the load-exerting component to a next load-exertion position of the load-receiving test piece, by means of the movement in the X, Y, and Z axes, detecting and deriving another stiffness value at the new load-exertion position in the same manner, continuously changing the load-exertion position and repeating the above steps, and thus deriving a stiffness distribution under the desired simulated load.