Helical Involute Gear Milling 4 Axis CNC
Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2023 9:04 am
Hi,
Thanks for adding me to the forum, I am very new to gear machining and so I could have a lot of questions.
My first question is the gear data for the gear I am trying to machine calls for a helix angle of 52.295 degrees but the software only allows me to input to 2 decimal places which has an effect on the size of the gear, is there a way to add the helix angle as 3 decimal places please ?
My second question is regarding creating a form slitting tool to produce the gear profile. If I use the 2D DXF output drawing, would that be the correct form to CNC grind onto a tool does anyone know please ?
Thanks
Andy
Thanks for adding me to the forum, I am very new to gear machining and so I could have a lot of questions.
My first question is the gear data for the gear I am trying to machine calls for a helix angle of 52.295 degrees but the software only allows me to input to 2 decimal places which has an effect on the size of the gear, is there a way to add the helix angle as 3 decimal places please ?
My second question is regarding creating a form slitting tool to produce the gear profile. If I use the 2D DXF output drawing, would that be the correct form to CNC grind onto a tool does anyone know please ?
Thanks
Andy