To achieve accuracy of rake angle and ensure the grinding quality of the rake flanks of broaching tools
a novel wheel orientation and position calculating method is proposed
the contact curve is identified following the enveloping theory
and its distribution constraints are obtained. Defining the rake angle by two contact points
the wheel orientation evaluation is transformed into a nonlinear equation
which is further resolved as two single-variable searching problems obeying the principle that the swing angle of the grinding wheel ought to depart away the helix angle. Thus this equation can be easily solved by Newton-Raphson method. The results indicate that either larger radius or larger swing angle of the wheel corresponds with a larger tilt angle
and a swing angle close to the helix angle of rake flank is suggested to avoid the interference between the grinding wheel and front cutting teeth. A VERCUT based simulation verifies that the wheel orientation and position from this proposed method can ensure grinding precision of the helical rake flank of broaching tool.
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