Objective The research and development activities of the proposed project will provide the basic technological parameters for grinding at low speed with a main emphasis of gears.As a result of the research, an existing wheel specification was improved. The new specification has a promising high wear resistance. Moreover a totally new specification was designed utilising the knowledge gained by the fundamental research work. The grain mixture used with this wheel is considered to be responsible for an outstanding wear resistance. The following achievements were the result of the project work: Constraint model for main input and output parameters of the shave-grinding process. Laboratory environment for technological simulation of shave-grinding. Test bench for new shave-grinding wheel specifications. Performance characterisation for commonly used shave-grinding wheel specifications. Improvement of an existing wheel specification and development of new specification. Application based software for graphical visualisation of shave-grinding process. Laboratory set-up for a visual inspection system for on-line detection of surface defects of helical gears. As consequence of the above described improvements the shave-grinding process can be conducted in a more stable way compared to the state of the art at the beginning of the project. This leads to shorter cycle times and tool cost. The economic advantage can be estimated to 20% ... 30% of the cost of the operation. It can be stated that gears machined under above mentioned conditions do have a very favourable noise behaviour compared to gears machined with any other known finishing method. This shows that shave grinding today can be considered as a technology which gives as far as gear noise is considered results at a very reasonable cost level that can not be achieved with any other process. New environmental laws require a new generation of engines especially in the truck industry that develop a considerably reduced noise level.The results will lead to a new high precision machining technology, the shave-grinding process. Included in this work a software for the automatic control and optimization of the machining process will be generated. Additionally, an optoelectronic system, which contents a CCD-camera, structured light and specific hardware/software will be connected to the machine to solve in process detection of surface defaults and automatic selection of capable parts. The workpackages will be done in a generic way so that a transferability to other products and branches (e.g. clutch-manufacturing) is ensured. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwarenatural sciencesphysical scienceselectromagnetism and electronicsoptoelectronicsagricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturegrains and oilseedsengineering and technologymechanical engineeringmanufacturing engineeringsubtractive manufacturingsocial scienceslaw Programme(s) FP3-CRAFT - Specific programme of research and technological development in the field of industrial and materials technologies - CRAFT -, 1990-1994 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator Pfauter Italia Srl EU contribution No data Address Via Tosarelli 40050 Villavova di Castenaso Italy See on map Total cost No data Participants (1) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Stiftung Institut für Werkstofftechnik Germany EU contribution No data Address Badgasteinerstraße 1 28359 Bremen See on map Total cost No data
