HOBBING MACHINE

What is Hobbing Machine?

is a milling variant used

to cut sprockets, gears,
and splined parts using
a specialist cutting tool
known as a hob
The hobbing machine
features two spindles,
one of which holds the
work piece and the
other the hob

Gear Hobbing Machine can be

classified into two types
1.

Vertical Gear Hobbing Machine

Vertical gear hobbing is very versatile and the most

commonly used. In this machine the axis of the job is
perpendicular to the machines bed.

2.

Horizontal Gear Hobbing

Machine

Horizontalhobbing machineare usually used for cutting

longer work pieces. In this machine the axis of the job is
parallel to the machines bed.

The following schematic diagram shows a

horizontal mechanicalhobbing machine:

5. A means to adjust the center

distance between the hob and work
piece for different size work pieces
and hobs

1. A work spindle to rotate

the work piece (shown in
blue)
2. A cutter spindle to rotate
the cutting tool, the hob
(shown in yellow)
3. A means to rotate the
work spindle and cutter
spindle with an exact
ratio, depending on the
number of teeth of the
gear and the number of
threads of the hob
(shown in red)
4. A means to traverse the
hob across the face of
the work piece (shown in
green)

While thehoband work piece are rotating, the hob

normally feeds axially across the gear face at the
gears tooth depth to cut and produce the gear.
In conventional hobbing, the direction of feed
matches the direction of the cutting motion.
Alternatively, in climb feeding, the feed is opposite
to the direction of the cutting motion.
Generally, conventional hobbing produces a better
finish, whereas climb hobbing yields better tool
life.
For either method, the cutting forces of the hob
should be directed towards the work spindle and
not the tailstock.

As the hob feeds across the face of the work piece at a fixed
depth, gear teeth will gradually be generated by a series of
cutting edges, each at a slightly different position.
The number of cuts made to generate the gear tooth profile
will correspond to the number of gashes of the hob.
The hobs several cutting edges will be working
simultaneously, which provide significant potential for fast
cutting speeds and/or short cycle times.
the hobbing processs advantage over other cutting processes.

Hob Cutter

Thehobis a cutting tool used to cut

the teeth into the workpiece. These
teeth have grooves that run the length
of the hob, which aid in cutting
andchipremoval.
There are also special hobs designed
for special gears such as the spline
and sprocket gears.

types of hobs:

Roller chainsprocket hobs

Chamfer hobs

Worm wheel hobs

Kind of gears product

HELICAL
GEAR

CROWN
GEAR

WORM GEAR

ADVANTAGE & DISADVANTAGE

Can produce many gears

Produce the gears quickly
Operate the machine must expert
More expensive

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