An analytical investigation on energy efficiency of high-speed dry-cutting CNC hobbing machines

Abstract Energy efficiency analysis has been recognised as an effective measure for the energy prediction, energy assessment and energy benchmarking in the machining system. However, study on energy efficiency of CNC hobbing machines, especially high-speed, dry-cutting CNC hobbing machines (HSDC-CHM), is still scarce. The energy consumption by HSDC-CHM is generally considered larger, and energy efficiency lower, than wet-cutting CNC hobbing machines (WC-CHM). Therefore, this paper summarises the investigation of energy efficiency of HSDC-CHM and establishes energy efficiency models of CNC hobbing machines. Energy efficiency of HSDC-CHM and WC-CHM are compared and analysed based on energy efficiency models established. Through the theory analysis, results show that, in the production line, although HSDC-CHM possess larger transient energy consumption, its energy efficiency is higher than energy efficiency of WC-CHM. Moreover, it is difficult to obtain quantitative energy efficiency of two types of hobbing machines due to massive relevant hard-to-acquire parameters using energy efficiency models; for this reason, experiments are performed to compare and analyse energy efficiency of HSDC-CHM and WC-CHM. The experiments results indicate that energy efficiency of HSDC-CHM is excellent and far higher than WC-CHM. The study results have a positive significance for the development and application of HSDC-CHM.

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