Kapp and Niles to Highlight Gear Grinders' On-Board Measuring and Ring Loader Automation

摘要

The Kapp Group will feature at IMTS a technology transfer involving a popular Kapp gear grinder and Niles' ZE 400S (extended stroke) gear grinder. The ZE 400S will simulate profile grinding of internal gears. However, the machine's on-board measuring and inspection will be demonstrated for real, with contact between workpiece gears and probe. "The machine will actually demonstrate gear measuring," says Bill Miller, newly appointed vice president of sales for Kapp Technologies, the North American operation of the Kapp Group. The ZE 400 can measure lead, involute, and index on internal and external gears in accord with AGMA standards, DIN standards or customer specifications, such as via K charts.