CNC滚齿机切削的通用数学模型英文文献和翻译 A General Mathematical Model 
for Gears Cut by GNC 
Mobbing Machines 
A hobbing machine's cutting mechanism is a mechanism with multi-degree of freedom 
during the cutting process. In this paper, we propose a general gear mathematical 
model simulating the generation process of a 6-axis CMC hobbing machine based 
on the cutting mechanism of CNC hobbing machine and worm-type hob cutter. The 
proposed gear mathematical model can be applied to simulate different types of gear 
cutting. Some examples are included to verify the mathematical model. Also, a novel 
type of gear named "Helipoid" which can be used in crossed axes transmission is 
proposed. The proposed general gear mathematical model can facilitate a more 
thorough understanding of generation processes and toward the development of novel 
types of gears. 
Introduction 
Hobbing, shaping, and other special purpose machines are 
widely used in industry to manufacture different types of gears. 
Owing to easy tool setting, high efficiency and reliable quality, 
the hobbing machine is conventionally used in manufacturing 
spur, helical, and worm gears. The development of CNC hob-
bing machines has recendy made it possible for cutting gears 
with high-productivity and high-accuracy. The loading and un-
loading time of a gear blank are also significantly reduced. By 
using the CNC hobbing machine with different manufacturing 
processes, gears with novel shapes can be manufactured for 
power transmissions in parallel, intersected and crossed axes. 
However, the CNC hobbing process is complicated owing to 
its complex tool geometry, tool setting, and the cutting motion 
of multi-degree of freedom. Until now, this topic has received 
only limited attention. Most investigations involving tooth ge-
ometry have based on the rack cutter generation with one degree 
of freedom (Litvin and Tsay, 1985; Litvin, 1989). The genera-
tion with multi-degree of freedom has been seldom studied. 
Litvin et al. (1975, 1994) proposed the concept of multi-degree 
of freedom to apply to the theory of gearing. Chakraborty and 
Dhande (1977) investigated the geometry of spatial cams with 
two degrees of freedom, i.e., Camoid and Conoid. Also, Tsay 
and Hwang (1994) applied the envelope theory to study the 
geometry of Camoid. Moreover, Mitome (1981) used the enve-
lope theory to study the hobbing of a conical gear. Wu (1982) 
investigated the hobbing process of a hobbing machine with 
multi-degree of freedom. However, the above models can not 
be applied to a 6-axis CNC hobbing machine and therefore, can 
not adequately simulate and develop new types of gears. 3153