Papers by Author: A. Kubo

Abstract: This paper explains the results of a systematic dry hobbing experiment performed on a general mechanical transmission type of hobbing machine. The HSS hobs with different combinations of coat materials and coating states display significant variations in tool life. A TiN coating hob demonstrates the best cutting performance although the coating cost is the lowest. Furthermore, some meaningful discussions related to the dry hobbing mechanism are also presented.

Abstract: This paper proposes an optimal interpolation approach to generate cutter paths in the form of polar coordinate for machining noncircular contours. The cutter path obtained with the approach consists of a series of Archimedes’ spiral segments and the number of segments is the fewest under the condition that the interpolation error completely satisfies the specified limit value. It can be also evidenced that the profile error of the machined contour due to the cutter path is perfectly controlled within the specified interpolation accuracy limit. The result of applying the approach to the contour machining of a disc cam sufficiently illustrates the effectiveness of the proposed approach.