machine produce gears of very accurate dimensions and shape. Any error crept in the gears during production for any reason lead to noisy performance of the gear box. Irregular wear of the teeth and uneven load distribution on the teeth are the factors enough to cause an early failure of the gears.so applying methods of finishing after the gear have been cut on the machine. GEAR SHAVING:- Gear shaving is a finishing operation that removes small amounts of metal from the flanks of gear teeth. Gear shaving may correct small errors in tooth spacing, helix angle, tooth profile and concentricity. Shaving improves to be finish on tooth surfaces and can eliminate tooth end load concentration, reduce gear noise and increase load carrying capacity.Shaving has been successfully used in finishing gears of diametric pitches from 180 to 2. Shaving is done by two methods (1) rack shaving (2)rotary shaving RACK SHAVING:-
(i) Rack shaving in which a
rack type shaving tool is reciprocated under the gear and in feed takes place at the end of each stroke. 150 mm is the maximum diameter of gear that can be shaved by the rack method. FIGURE:-1 RACK SHAVING ROTARY SHAVING:- □ In Rotary shaving, the cutter has the same basic form as the rough cut gear. The teeth of the cutter have grooves cut across the flanks in planes at right angles to the axis of the cutter; these grooves form the cutting edges, but because only a small amount of metal between 0'03 and 0'08 mm is to be removed.
FIGURE:-2 ROTARY SHAVING
GEAR BURNISHING Burnishing is applied to unhardened gears for finishing to very accurate dimensions. In this method the machined gear is rolled under pressure with three hardened master gears of high accuracy and finish. Though the method provide smooth and accurate tooth profile but due to localized residual stress. It is very advisable to employ the method on precision gears. GEAR GRINDING:- Grinding is a very accurate method and is, though relatively expensive, more widely used for finishing teeth of different type and size of gears of hard material or hardened surfaces. Hardened gears are difficult to finish by shaving and burnishing methods. Like gear milling, gear grinding is also done on two principles (i) Forming (ii)Generation, which is more productive and accurate Gear lapping
The object of employing the lapping process for finishing
gears is to achieve high degree of finish.
The gear to be finished after machining and heat treatment
and even after grinding is run in mesh with a gear shaped lapping tool or another mating gear of cast iron.
Lapping can remove very small amount of metal and correct
small errors up to 0.05mm. GEAR HONING:- Gear tooth honing is a gear finishing process that improves the surface finish of the tooth profile and reduces the noise of spur and helical gears after heat treatment. Gear honing is a finishing method for hardened gears The grain size of the abrasive with which it is charged is selected to suit the honing allowance (0'025 to 0.05 mm) and the surface finish requirements. The work gear is meshed with the honing tool in a crossed axis relationship. There is no in feed mechanism. The gear is run in both the directions during the process. Gear tooth honing can be carried out with either a constant pressure between teeth of the gear and honing tool REFERENCES:- 1. A text book of production engineering science by :- c.k pandey 2. Images by Google on 25/9/2010 3. http://nptel.iitm.ac.in visited on 25-9-2010 THE END
Bearings And Bearing Metals: A Treatise Dealing with Various Types of Plain Bearings, the Compositions and Properties of Bearing Metals, Methods of Insuring Proper Lubrication, and Important Factors Governing the Design of Plain Bearings