Published: 31 March 2019

Theoretical analysis of the Influence of workpiece spindle vibration displacement on machining accuracy of gear hobbing machine

Yong Yang1
Xianguang Li2
Zheng Zou3
Lingwan Zeng4
Li Wang5
1, 2, 4, 5Chongqing Machine Tool (Group) Co., Ltd., Chongqing, 401336, China
3School of Mechanical Engineering, Chongqing University of Technology, Chongqing, 400054, China
Corresponding Author:
Zheng Zou
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Abstract

In order to study the vibration characteristics of the workpiece spindle of a gear hobbing machine, this paper established a mathematical model for the workpiece spindle vibration displacement in the x-axis direction. To verify the reliability of the proposed model, a series of experiments were run on the CNC gear hobbing machine. The relative error between the experimental data and the calculated values was lower than 5 %, which proves that our proposed mathematical model is qualified to be a research tool for the investigation of the variation law of the workpiece spindle. According to the analysis results, the workpiece spindle vibration displacement literally decreases with the increasing order, and the hobbing process with high hob revolution speed and small cutting depth is preferable for gear hobbing accuracy.

Theoretical analysis of the Influence of workpiece spindle vibration displacement on machining accuracy of gear hobbing machine

Highlights

  • A model for the vibration displacement of workpiece spindle was developed.
  • The variation law of the workpiece spindle was investigated.
  • The vibration displacement of worktable spindle decreases with increasing order.
  • The higher hob revolution speed and smaller cutting depth is preferable.

1. Introduction

The high-speed cutting hobbing machine tool is a kind of specialized CNC (computerized numerical control) machine tool for gear processing. With the booming of the auto industry, there are more requirements for gear hobbing accuracy [1-7]. In the processing of high-speed-heavy-duty gear hobbing, there are many vibration sources. These include the servo motor(s), guide screw, hydraulic cylinders and hobbing vibration. The hobbing vibration, as the biggest effect factor, affects the gear processing quality in three ways, i.e., deviation of meshing point between hob and workpiece, additional dynamic load to hob causing the acceleration of cutting tool wear and vibration marks on the gear surface [8-10]. Therefore, study on the spindle vibration characteristics is meaningful to improve the processing quality and prolong the hob life for gear hobbing machine tools.

In order to analyze the stiffness characteristics and harmonic responses of columns of a large-scale NC gear hobbing machines, Yang et al. conducted a finite element simulation to quantify the harmonic responses of the columns. According to the analysis results, instructive geometric parameters for the optimization design of columns were given [11]. Except for this study, there are rare studies of the hobbing vibration issue in the literature. However, vibration analysis models for other kind of machines tools have been widely reported in the literature [12-14]. Wan and Yang proposed a vibrating monitoring system to instantaneously measure the vibration of a numerical control spindle. Test results showed that proposed vibration monitoring system not only can characterize the time domain wave and the spectrum distribution, but also can implement the tracing of the time-frequency distribution [15]. Considering that previous related researches manly focus on the first-order frequency vibration of the ultra-precision diamond machining machine, Chen et al. studied the multi-order frequency vibration and its influences on the surface generation in fly-cutting. Following experimental results proved the analysis results [16]. Since the vibration modal is a function of frequency, instead of directly measuring vibration, Wu et al. and Chen et al. separately measured and analyzed the cutting force signals to study the cutting vibration characteristics of machine tools [17, 18]. Since both the dynamic and static characteristics of the cutters have a strong influence on the processing accuracy, some scholars made a lot of efforts at the stage of design and manufacture of the cutters [19-21]. Since the vibration issue is not only related to the dynamic characteristics of the cutter, but also other components of machine tools, to reduce the adverse effect resulting from the vibration of machine tools, some advices for the structure optimizations of entire machine tools were proposed [22-28].

Note that for the gear hobbing machine tools, none of these research methods mentioned above can directly obtain the value of workpiece spindle vibration displacement and the vibration rule of the workpiece spindle is still not clear. Hence, this paper aims to study the vibration of the workpiece spindle and quantify the displacement of the workpiece spindle due to the vibration. On this basis, the vibration rule of the workpiece spindle of the gear hobbing machine can be uncovered.

2. Establishment of vibration displacement theoretical model of workpiece spindle

For a hobbing machine, the vibration displacement in the y or z-axis direction has less impact on the processing accuracy than that in the x-axis direction, hence only the vibration characteristics of workpiece spindle in the x-axis direction was studied. As shown in Fig. 1, the workpiece spindle of a hobbing machine consists of the fixture and the workpiece to be cut. The fixture, which is vertically bolted on the worktable, rotates together with the worktable during the processing.

Fig. 1The diagram for the hobbing zone and workpiece spindle of gear hobbing machine

The diagram for the hobbing zone and workpiece spindle of gear hobbing machine

a) The hobbing zone

The diagram for the hobbing zone and workpiece spindle of gear hobbing machine

b) The workpiece spindle regarded as cantilever beam

Since entire gear hobbing system is very complicated, some structural simplification was done in the modeling, in which the workpiece spindle was treated as an Euler-Bemoulli beam, as sketched in Fig. 2. Assuming that:

• The central axis of every cross sections are in the same plane (plane XOZ).

• Every micro-segment of the beam only suffers bending vibration.

• The effects of the moment of inertia and shear deformation are negligible.

• The rotation of the cross section around the central axis is negligible.

According to the theory of the cantilever beam [29], the movement of the workpiece spindle in the X-axis direction can be formulated by:

1
ρzSzdz2xwz,tt2=Qz,t-Qz,t+Qz,tzdz+Fz,tdz,

where, ρwz denotes the density of the workpiece spindle, Swz is the cross section area of the workpiece spindle, xwz,t represents the transverse displacement of the workpiece spindle (which are the function of cross section position z and time), Qz,t is the shear force, and Fz,t is the cutting force in the x-axis direction (derived from the process parameters).

By ignoring the effect of cross sectional rotation of spindle, the rotational equation of the micro segment dz is:

2
Mz,t+Mz,tz-Mz,t-Qz,t+Qz,tzdzdz+Fz,tdzdz2=0,

where, Mz,t is the bending moment of cross section. Due to the value of second-derivative of z is small, Eq. (2) can be simplified as:

3
Mz,tz=Qz,t.

By substituting Eq. (3) into Eq. (1), the movement of workpiece spindle in the x-axis direction can be re-defined as:

4
ρwzSwz2xwz,tt2+2Mz,tz2=Fz,t.

The dynamic equation of workpiece spindle on the whole interval should be subject to Eq. (4). According to the theory of material mechanics [30], the relationship between the beam deformation and the bending moment can be formulated as:

5
Mz,t=EwJwz2xwz,tz2,

where, Ew denotes elastic modulus of workpiece spindle, Jwz is the inertia moment of cross section normal to the centroid axis (Jwz=πdw4/32). dw represents the diameter of spindle, H, ρw are the height of workpiece spindle and the density of workpiece spindle respectively, and Swy=Sw=πdw2/4 is the cross section area of workpiece spindle. Since the relative position among the workpiece, fixture and worktable is very stable, the workpiece and fixture were treated as a single axis in the modeling. Besides, due to the good hardness and high strength of both workpiece and fixture, the cutting force was loaded at the center line of the spindle.

Fig. 2The diagram for the analysis model of the Euler-Bemoulli beam representing workpiece spindle

The diagram for the analysis model of the Euler-Bemoulli beam representing workpiece spindle

a)

The diagram for the analysis model of the Euler-Bemoulli beam representing workpiece spindle

b)

Since the workpiece spindle was considered as a uniform cross section beam, Jwz was regarded as a constant, by substituting Eq. (5) into Eq. (4):

6
ρwzSwz2xwz,tt2+2z2EwJwz2xwz,tz2=Fz,t.

By setting Fz,t= 0, the differential equation representing the free vibration of workpiece spindle is:

7
ρwzSwz2xwz,tt2+2z2EwJwz2xwz,tz2=0, 0<y<H,

where, xwz,t can be further divided into:

8
xwz,t=Xwzxwt.

By substituting Eq. (8) into Eq. (7):

9
2xwtt2+ωwi2xwt=0,4xwzz4-ωwi2ρwzSwzEwJwzxwz=0,

where, ωwi is the natural frequency of workpiece spindle vibration system. By simplifying Eq. (9), we can get:

10
xwit=D1isinωwit+D2icosωwit,
11
4xhyy4-λh4xhy=0,
12
λw=ωwi2ρwzSwzEwJwz4.

By solving Eqs. (10)-(12), following equation can be obtained:

13
xz=E1sinλwz+E2cosλwz+E3eλwz-e-λwz2+E4eλwz+e-λwz2.

According to Eq. (13), the general solution to the bending vibration of uniform cross sectional cantilever beam is:

14
xwit=D1isinωwit+D2icosωwit,Xwiz=E1sinλwz+E2cosλwz+E3eλwz-e-λwz2+E4eλwz+e-λwz2,xwz,t=i=1xwiz,t=i=1Xwizxwit=i=1E1sinλwz+E2cosλwz +E3eλwz-e-λwz2+E4eλwz+e-λwz2×D1isinωwit+D2icosωwit.

The boundary condition of the cantilever beam were set as: xw0= 0, xw0/z= 0, xw2H/z2= 0, xw3H/z3= 0, then, substituting these boundary conditions into Eq. (14):

15
E2+E4=0,λwE1+E3=0,-E1λw2sinλwH-E2λw2cosλwH+E3λw2eλwH-e-λwH2 +E4λw2eλwH+e-λwH2=0,-E1λw3cosλwH+E2λw3sinλwH+E3λw3eλwH+e-λwH2 +E4λw3eλwH-e-λwH2=0.

By rearranging Eq. (15):

16
0101λw0λw0-λw2sinλwH-λw2cosλwHλw2eλwH-e-λwH2λw2eλwH+e-λwH2-λw3cosλwHλw3sinλwHλw3eλwH+e-λwH2λw3eλwH-e-λwH2·E1E2E3E4=0,

where, condition of nontrivial solution of E1E2E3E4T is that the determinant of the matrix above is zero, hence:

17
0101λw0λw0-λw2sinλwH-λw2cosλwHλw2eλwH-e-λwH2λw2eλwH+e-λwH2-λw3cosλwHλw3sinλwHλw3eλwH+e-λwH2λw3eλwH-e-λwH2=0.

By rearranging Eq. (17), the characteristic equation would be:

18
cosλwHeλwH+e-λwH2=0.

By solving Eq. (18), characteristic root of the transverse vibration of the workpiece spindle was shown in Table 1.

Table 1The characteristic root for the transverse vibration of the cantilever beam of workpiece spindle

λw1H
λw2H
λw3H
λw4H
1.875
4.694
7.855
10.996
λw5H
λw6H
λw7H
14.137
17.278
20.419

According to Table 1, the characteristic roots of the transverse vibration can be approximated as:

19
λwiH=i-12πλwi=2i-1π2H, i=1,2,.

By substituting Eq. (19) into Eq. (12), the natural frequency of the workpiece spindle would be:

20
ωwi=2i-12π24H2EwJwzρwzSwz=2i-12π2dw4H2Ew2ρw, i=1,2,,

After the characteristic roots for the workpiece spindle vibration was defined, the ratio of E3 to E4 can be calculated by:

21
ξwi=E3E4i=-eλwH+e-λwH+2cosλwHeλwH-e-λwH+2sinλwH=-eλwH-e-λwH-2sinλwHeλwH+e-λwH+2cosλwH.

Hence, the mode function representing the natural frequency of workpiece spindle can be formulated as:

22
xwiz=e2i-1π2Hz+e-2i-1π2Hz2-cos2i-1π2Hz
-ei-12π-e-i-12π-2sini-12πei-12π+e-i-12π+2cosi-12πe2i-1π2Hz-e-2i-1π2Hz2-sin2i-1π2Hz,
i=1,2,.

By substituting Eqs. (14), (19) and (22)) into Eq. (8), the general solution to the homogeneous uniform-cross-section beam is:

23
xwz,t=i=1xwiz,t=i=1Xwizxwit =i=1e2i-1π2Hz+e-2i-1π2Hz2-cos2i-1π2Hz-ei-12π-e-i-12π-2sini-12πei-12π+e-i-12π+2cosi-12π ×e2i-1π2Hz-e-2i-1π2Hz2-sin2i-1π2HzD1isinωwit+D2icosωwit.

According to the initial boundary conditions of xwz,0=φz and x˙wz,0=ϕz, the Eq. (23) can be further simplified as:

24
xwz,0=i=1eλwz+e-λwz2-cosλwz-eλwH-e-λwH-2sinλwHeλwH+e-λwH+2cosλwH ×eλwz-e-λwz2-sinλwzD2i=φz,
25
z,0t=i=1D1iωwieλwz+e-λwz2-cosλwz-eλwH-e-λwH-2sinλwHeλwH+e-λwH+2cosλwH×eλwz-e-λwz2-sinλwz=ϕz.

Due to the orthogonal characteristic of the trigonometric function, we can get:

26
0Hsin2i-1πz2Hsin2p-1πz2Hdz=0, ip,H2, i=p.

Hence:

27
D2i=2H0Hφzeλwz+e-λwz2-cosλwz-eλwH-e-λwH-2sinλwHeλwH+e-λwH+2cosλwH×eλwz-e-λwz2-sinλwzdz,
28
D1i=2ωwiH0Hϕzeλwz+e-λwz2-cosλwz-eλwH-e-λwH-2sinλwHeλwH+e-λwH+2cosλwH×eλwz-e-λwz2-sinλwzdz.

Assuming that the cutting force is exerted on the top of the workpiece spindle [31], when t= 0, the initial vibration displacement would be:

29
xwz,0=φz=-FX16EJ3Hz2-z3.

The initial velocity of vibration is:

30
z,0t=ϕz=0D1i=0.

Combing Eqs. (24)-(30), we can get:

31
D2i=2H0HFX16EJ3Hz2-z3
×eλwz+e-λwz2-cosλwz-eλwH-e-λwH-2sinλwHeλwH+e-λwH+2cosλwH×eλwz-e-λwz2-sinλwzdz.

By solving Eq. (31):

32
D2i=-2FX1EJλw4H2eλwHcosλwH+e2λwH+1 ×2H2eλwHλw2+H2e2λwHλw2cosλwH+H2e2λwHλw2+2sinλwH-2e2λwHsinλwH.

Substituting Eqs. (19), (20), (22) and (32) into Eq. (23), the vibration response of the workpiece spindle would be:

33
xwz,t=-1024H3FX1Ewdw4π5 ×i=112i-14e2i-1π2Hz+e-2i-1π2Hz2-cos2i-1π2Hz-ei-12π-e-i-12π-2sini-12πei-12π+e-i-12π+2cosi-12π×e2i-1π2Hz-e-2i-1π2Hz2-sin2i-1π2Hz ×2i-12π22ei-12π+2i-12π24e2i-1πcosi-12π+2i-12π24e 2i-1π+2sini-12π-2ei-12πsini-12π2ei-12πcosi-12π+e2i-1π+1 ×cos2i-12π2dwEw/2ρw4H2t, i=1,2,.

Since the workpiece is installed at the top of the workpiece spindle during the hobbing process. continuous cutting force FX1 should be imposed on the workpiece spindle at the position of z=H. By substituting z=H and FX1 into Eq. (33), the vibration displacement of workpiece spindle in the x-axis diretion can be defined as:

34
Xwi=-1.10339627533×108×m0.615zg0.27K1K2K3th0.81f0.325dh2.56n51.56×-1024H3Ewdw4π5
×i=112i-14×-ei-12π+e-i-12π2-cosi-12πei-12π-e-i-12π-2sini-12πei-12π+e-i-12π+2cosi-12π×ei-12π-e-i-12π2-sini-12π
×2i-12π22ei-12π+2i-12π24e2i-1πcosi-12π+2i-12π24e 2i-1π+2sini-12π-2ei-12πsini-12π2ei-12πcosi-12π+e2i-1π+1
×cos2i-12π2dwEw/2ρw4H2t, i=1,2,.

where, m is the normal modulus of hob, n5represents the revolution speed of hob, f is the endurance of hob, th is cut depth of hob, zg is the number of gear teeth, K1, K2, K3 are the correction coefficients for the workpiece material, the workpiece hardness and the helical angle respectively. Their values are listed in Tables 2 and 3. With the help of Eq. (34), the corresponding displacements due to first, second and third orders of vibrations of the workpiece spindle can be calculated respectively.

Table 2The parameter of hob spindle and gear hobbing process

Parameter
m / mm
n5 (r/min)
f / min
th / mm
Value
3
636.94
960
6.75
Parameter
K1
K2
K3
zg
Value
1
1.15
1.08
42
Parameter
Ew / GPa
ρw / kg.m3
dw / mm
H / mm
Value
160
7320
120
700
Parameter
μw / Poisson ratio
Revolution speed of hob spindle n6 (r/min)
Value
0.25
45.5 (1-200 r/min)

Table 3The hob spindle parameter

Parameter
Eh / GPa
ρh / kg.m3
dh / mm
L / mm
Value
206
8400
80
200
Parameter
μh / Poisson ratio
Revolution speed of hob spindle n5 (r/min)
Value
0.25
636.94 r/min (100-1500 r/min)

3. Measuring and analyzing the vibration displacement of the worktable assembly

3.1. Experimental setup

To verify our proposed mathematical model mentioned above, a series of experiments were conducted by using the DH311E-type accelerometer. The accelerometer was used to measure the vibration acceleration of the workpiece spindle in the x-axis direction. The sensibility of selected accelerometer reaches to 1.01 mv/m.s-2, and corresponding frequency ranges from 1-5000 Hz. The magnetic gauge head of this accelerometer was horizontally fixed to the non-rotating shell of workpiece spindle. Fig. 3 shows the location of gauge head. The developed workpiece spindle vibration acceleration measuring system consists of a amplifier with 12 channels, a 16 bit synchronization data acquisition board (NI PXIe-6356), a 24 VDC power supply, a accelerometer and a self-developed signal analysis software. This software system was developed based on the LABVIEW. After acquiring the value of vibration acceleration, the value of the vibration displacement can be automatically calculated by using the combination of the fast Fourier transform algorithm and the similarity transformation, workpiece spindle workpiece spindle. Fig. 4 shows the data analysis software developed in the upper monitor.

During the experiments, the cut depth and the revolution speed of hob were fixed at 6.75 mm and 636.94 r/min respectively, the output data from the self-developed software was shown in Fig. 5. Fig. 5 shows that no matter at what vibration order, the vibration displacement of workpiece spindle varies with time periodically. The maximum displacement of the first order vibration is 1.75×10-2mm, whereas those of second- and third- order vibrations are 7.61×10-4mm and 1.46×10-4mm respectively. On the other hand, by solving Eq. (34) mentioned above, the theoretically maximum values of vibration displacements at different orders were calculated. The comparison between the calculated results and experimental data are shown in Table 4. Their relative deviation is less than 5 %, which suggest a good agreement between theoretical prediction and experimental data. It validated the rightness of the developed theoretical model for the vibration displacement of the workpiece spindle.

Fig. 3Experimental setup and location of gauge head

Experimental setup and location of gauge head

a) Experimental setup

Experimental setup and location of gauge head

b) Location of gauge head

Fig. 4The diagram for vibration test system and interface of gear hobbing machine

The diagram for vibration test system and interface of gear hobbing machine

3.2. The analysis of the effect of vibration displacement on the processing accuracy

Theoretically, there are three factors affecting the quantity of vibration displacement: vibration order, revolution speed of hob and cut depth. By running our developed model mentioned above, they were carefully studied here.

3.2.1. Variation in the displacement due to the change in vibration order

According to theoretical analysis results shown in Table 4, when the cut depth and revolution speed of hob were fixed at 6.75 mm and 636.94 r/min respectively, the calculated maximum displacement of the first order vibration was 1.67×10-2mm, whereas those of second and third order vibrations were 7.32×10-4mm and 1.41×10-4mm respectively. The first-order vibration causes the largest displacement to the workpiece spindle, which could leave marks on the surface of finished gear. Comparatively, the displacements due to second and third- order vibrations can be ignored, because their values are smaller than the allowed feeding accuracy (i.e., 0.001 mm) in the x-axis direction under such a machining condition.

Fig. 5The curve of relationship between workpiece spindle vibration displacement and time

The curve of relationship between workpiece spindle vibration displacement and time

a) The first order

The curve of relationship between workpiece spindle vibration displacement and time

b) The second order

The curve of relationship between workpiece spindle vibration displacement and time

c) The third order

Table 4Comparison between the theoretical model calculation and the test values of the maximum vibration displacement of the workpiece spindle

Maximum displacement amplitude /mm
The theoretical calculation values
The test values
Relative error
The First order vibration
1.67×10-2
1.75×10-2
4.57 %
The second order vibration
7.32×10-4
7.61×10-4
3.81 %
The third order vibration
1.41×10-4
1.46×10-4
3.42 %

3.2.2. Variation in the displacement due to the change in hob revolution speed

Fig. 6 illustrates the relationship between the vibration displacement of workpiece spindle and the revolution speed of hob spindle. When cut depth is fixed at 6.75 mm, the vibration displacement of workpiece spindle is relatively large in the condition of low revolution speed; with the increasing revolution speed and vibration order, the amount of vibration displacement fluctuates periodically and gradually decreases. When th= 6.75 mm, n5= 100 r/min, the firstorder vibration amplitude was 3.13×10-1 mm, whereas the those of second and third order vibrations were 8.46×10-3 mm and 2.31×10-3 mm respectively. Therefore, a conclusion can be dropped that for a gear hobbing machine with high rigidity, the high-speed hobbing process has a better processing accuracy than its counterpart. Besides, the adverse effect of vibration displacement on the processing accuracy is clearer at the initial processing stage.

3.2.3. Variation in the displacement due to the change in cutting depth

The relationship between the vibration displacement of workpiece spindle and the cut depth was shown in Fig. 7, in which the revolution speed of hob is fixed at 636.94 r/min. The vibration displacement increases with the cut depth but decreases with the vibration order, and the vibration amplitude is large. According to Fig. 7, when the cut depth is too large, the chatter occurs, leading to an obvious adverse effect on the gear hobbing accuracy. Therefore, adopting the multi-cut method (Adjust the cutting depth multiple times to process a single workpiece) can effectively alleviate the effect of vibration displacement of workpiece spindle on the position deviation of cutting point.

When th= 15 mm, n5= 636.94 r/min, the maximum value of the first order vibration displacement is approximately 3.29×10-2 mm, those of the second and third order vibration displacements are 1.36×10-3 mm and 2.69×10-4 mm respectively. Hence, a conclusion can be made that compared to the hobbing process with a single cut but full cut depth, that with multi-cuts but small cut depth at each time can achieve a smaller vibration displacement, and hence a smaller position deviation of the cutting point.

Fig. 6Relationship between workpiece spindle vibration displacement and revolution speed

Relationship between workpiece spindle vibration displacement and revolution speed

a) The first order

Relationship between workpiece spindle vibration displacement and revolution speed

b) The second order

Relationship between workpiece spindle vibration displacement and revolution speed

c) The third order

Fig. 7The relationship between the workpiece spindle vibration displacement and hobbing depth

The relationship between the workpiece spindle vibration displacement and hobbing depth

a) The first order

The relationship between the workpiece spindle vibration displacement and hobbing depth

b) The second order

The relationship between the workpiece spindle vibration displacement and hobbing depth

c) The third order

According to the analysis above, at the initial stage of gear hobbing, there could be a serious vibration chatter. However, when the cut depth remains unchanged, with the increasing revolution speed of hob, the vibration displacement of workpiece spindle gradually decreases and then level off. On the other hand, when the hob revolution speed keeps constant, the displacement of workpiece spindle sharply increases with the increasing cut depth. Therefore, to alleviate vibration and improve the dynamic performance of the gear hobbing machine, the workpiece should be processed with a relatively high revolution speed and small cut depth (i.e., adopting multi-cut method). In this way, the phenomenon of vibration marks can be alleviated and accordingly the quality and efficiency of gear hobbing process can be improved.

4. Conclusions

According to the principle of vibration dynamics as well as the Euler-Bernoulli beam theory, the theoretical model of vibration displacement of workpiece spindle of gear hobbing machine was deduced, which can directly predict the amount of displacements based on the spindle structure and process parameters. With the help of the developed model, the major effect factors influencing the amount of vibration displacement were carefully studied, and following conclusion can be made:

1) The deviation between theoretical prediction and experimental data is less than 5 %, which indicated that the developed mathematical model was qualified to investigate the vibration displacement of workpiece spindle.

2) When the cut depth and revolution speed of workpiece spindle were fixed at 6.75 mm and 100 r/min respectively, the maximum first order vibration displacement reached to 3.13×10-1 mm, which could cause a deviation of the meshing point between hob and workpiece. In that case, the tooth alignment error, tangential error and helical error would appear. As a result, the vibration marks generate on the gear surface.

3) To alleviate the processing error caused by vibration and improve the gear hobbing accuracy, the hobbing process with relatively high revolution speed of hob and small cut depth should be adopted.

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About this article

Received
19 December 2017
Accepted
21 August 2018
Published
31 March 2019
SUBJECTS
Mechanical vibrations and applications
Keywords
gear hobbing machine
workpiece spindle
high order vibration
processing accuracy
Acknowledgements

This study is supported by Chongqing Outstanding Youth Scholar Special Foundation (cstc2014jcyjjq70001), Key Program of National Natural Foundation of China (51635003), China Postdoctoral Science Special Foundation (2017M612920), Chonqing Postdoctoral Science special Foundation (Xm2017044, Xm2017110). Chongqing Scientific and Technological Innovation Leader Project.

Author Contributions

Yong Yang developed the theoretical model for spindle vibration. Xiangguang Li conducted a series of experiments to provide experimental data to verify proposed model. Zheng Zou was in charge of the paper writing, experimentation design and data analysis. Lingwan Zeng developed an interface on the computer to read the real-time experimental data. Li Wang collected the experimental data, she was also involved in the data analysis.