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A function-oriented active form-grinding method for cylindrical gears based on error sensitivity

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This paper proposes a function-oriented form-grinding approach to obtain excellent and stable contact performance of cylindrical gears by designing modification forms based on a predesigned controllable fourth-order transmission error (TE) function and error sensitivity evaluation. First of all, a predesigned fourth-order TE polynomial function is assigned to the gear drive. Mathematical models of modified tooth surfaces that can describe their local deviation and ease-off topography are then obtained with the predesigned fourth-order TE function. The corresponding error sensitivity analysis is applied for investigation that reflects inherent relationships between contact attributes of modified tooth surfaces and misalignments. Moreover, the form-grinding wheel’s profile equation, the coordinate transformation matrix during form-grinding, and settings of computer numerical control (CNC) form-grinding programs for this active design method can be determined. This approach is ultimately conducted on three involute cylindrical gear pairs to demonstrate its feasibility and effectiveness.

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  1. School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, People’s Republic of China

    Gang Li & Zhonghou Wang

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, 21250, USA

    Gang Li & Weidong Zhu

  3. Research Institute for Applied Sciences, Kyoto, Japan

    Aizoh Kubo

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Li, G., Wang, Z., Zhu, W. et al. A function-oriented active form-grinding method for cylindrical gears based on error sensitivity. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 92, 3019–3031 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-017-0363-5

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