Gear Production
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12—GEAR Production Supplement parameters on chip formation, gear quality, collision situation and cycle time. Now, the total cost per gear can be calculated considering the best-suited cutter size, the cost for a new cutter, and the cost for resharpening in combination with the expected cutter life. The software allows end Gleason's technology software, using work- place geometry, gear data, cutter geometry and cross-axis angle of the cutter spindle, here identifes the collision line of a cutter (in red) and the collision corner in a particular gear geometry. The Gleason 100PS is a versatile solution for power skiving smaller disc- and shaft-type parts. users to decide if a given part can be safely and economically power skived or whether it would be better shaped. Ultimately, it makes the implementation and application of power skiving as simple and familiar as shaping. Closing the Loop Gleason Cage and G-age software helps optimize bevel gear production operations and connect Gleason gear inspection equipment to Gleason production machines to streamline part program corrections. A similar software capability exists for users of Gleason Power Skiving machines, in conjunction with the company's line of GMS gear metrology equipment. Measurements and corrective actions can be performed quickly and automatically, all monitored by the operator. Geared for the Future Still, many jobs remain for shaping that aren't particularly well-suited for power skiving. And it generally is neither faster nor more economical than hobbing, which in some cases limits applications for external gears to gears that have interfering contours. Yet, for many gear applications—ranging from small internal gears to internal gears as large as 600 mm in diameter as well as for a variety of external gear applications that cannot be hobbed—Gleason Power Skiving will fnally deliver on the potential that Wilhelm von Pittler saw for his skiving patent more than 100 years ago. 0314_MMS_Gear_RussFeature_EDIT.indd 12 2/13/2014 2:43:24 PM