Numerically controlled gear cutting attachment to milling machine

摘要

Milling machine and hobbing machine are generally used for gear cutting operations. On milling machine only a tailor made gears are cut and is generally not preferred for mass production. Hence, here is an attempt made to develop an attachmentwhich is run through aμp/PC. Number of teeth and feed rate are to be given and a layman can enter these data to theμp/PC. A program written in C-language runs the computer and controls the on/off of cutter, table traverse, indexing. The operator has tojust load the gear blank and run the computer. Rest all is done through computer. It is a low cost automation, and an attempt made is successful.