Title: Influence of machining data on developed cutting forces in gear hobbing

Authors: Nikolaos Tapoglou; Andreas Mammas; Aristomenis Antoniadis

Addresses: Department of Production Engineering and Management, Technical University of Crete, University Campus, Kounoupidiana, Chania GR73100, Greece ' Department of Production Engineering and Management, Technical University of Crete, University Campus, Kounoupidiana, Chania GR73100, Greece ' Department of Production Engineering and Management, Technical University of Crete, University Campus, Kounoupidiana, Chania GR73100, Greece

Abstract: In every manufacturing process the prior knowledge of the developed cutting forces is crucial in order to increase the cutting performance and make the optimal selection of cutting conditions. In gear hobbing the complexity of the process as well as the diversity of the produced chips makes it difficult to create and use empirical charts that predict cutting forces according to the process parameters. The CAD-based simulation model Hob3D was developed in an effort to create an accurate model for gear hobbing that can produce reliable results for the cutting forces. The effect of the various parameters of the gear hobbing on the developed cutting forces with the aid of Hob3D is presented in this paper.

Keywords: gear hobbing; cutting forces; CAD based simulation; cutting conditions; machining data; modelling.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMMM.2013.055121

International Journal of Machining and Machinability of Materials, 2013 Vol.14 No.1, pp.66 - 76

Received: 15 Feb 2012
Accepted: 04 Oct 2012
Published online: 26 Dec 2013 *

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