Power Skiving Process for Cylindrical Gears Manufacturing

Latest research clearly demonstrates the excellent capability of the gear power skiving technology. For further improvement of the skiving process and enhancement of the process reliability the fundamental research on the cutting mechanism of cylindrical gear power skiving was conducted. First the kinematic model of power skiving and mathematical equations of cutter were established according to the engagement principle of crossed helical gears. Then, based on the proposed model, we investigated the simulation process, chip deformation mechanism and the cutter top relief angle. The results support the skiving cutter design and process optimization and are an important basis for the implementation of the advanced gear process.