Measurement of helical gear using coordinate measuring machine

摘要

A method for inspecting a helical gear using a coordinate measuring machine (CMM) is proposed. In the method, the coordinates of a large number of points on the tooth surface of the gear are measured at random using a CMM. The method is based on the idea that the pitch error, profile error, pressure angle error, and spiral angle error can be calculated from the measured coordinates because the information on various errors of the gear is included in the measured coordinates.