Features of 4-axis CNC Gear Shaping Machine

As an efficient gear processing equipment, four-axis gear shaper plays an important role in modern machinery manufacturing industry. By cutting the workpiece with a gear shaper, it can efficiently complete various gear processing tasks, especially in the processing of multiple gears, showing significant advantages.

 Comprehensive Overview of Four-Axis Gear Shaping Machines

A four-axis gear shaper is a CNC machine dedicated to gear machining, which typically has three linear axes of motion - X, Y, and Z - and one rotary axis (C axis). This configuration allows the machine to realize more complex machining movements, such as the machining of helical and bevel gears. Compared to traditional two- or three-axis gear shaping machines, four-axis gear shaping machines offer significant improvements in flexibility, accuracy and productivity.

Gear Cutting Process

In the gear cutting process, the shaper is used as the main cutting tool, and its shape and size need to be customized according to the specific requirements of the gear being processed. During machining, the shaper makes reciprocating linear movements on the workpiece and gradually forms the gear profile as the workpiece rotates. For the processing of multiple gears, processing several gears on one workpiece at the same time, the 4-axis gear shaper can complete the processing of all the gears by one clamping, which greatly improves the production efficiency and ensures the positioning accuracy between the gears.

Advantages of Multi-Gear Machining

Multiple gear machining technology ensures that multiple gears on the same workpiece have good coaxiality and parallelism, which is especially important for gear sets that require high-precision mating. All machining can be done in a single clamping, reducing the cumulative errors caused by multiple clamping and improving the overall quality of the product.

Benefits of Movable Gear Shaper

The use of removable pocketing tool holders allows for more flexible cutting path planning, allowing the tool to follow a predetermined trajectory more accurately. Additionally, the design allows for quick changeover to different shaper cutters to accommodate different gear sizes. What's more, the movable gear shaper can reduce the non-cutting time and further improve the machining efficiency.