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B23F 23/12 - Other devices, e.g. tool holdersChecking devices for controlling workpieces in machines for manufacturing gear teeth 20
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1.

DEVICE FOR CHAMFER MACHINING

      
Application Number 18977811
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-12-11
First Publication Date 2025-06-19
Owner Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH (Germany)
Inventor
  • Stölzle, Philipp
  • Haas, Gebhard

Abstract

Device for chamfer machining of a toothed workpiece, wherein the device comprises at least one workpiece spindle having a rotatably mounted workpiece holder for holding the workpiece, and a machining head that is movable relative to the workpiece spindle via at least one linear axis, wherein at least one tool spindle having a rotatably mounted tool holder for holding at least one tool for machining a workpiece held in the workpiece holder is provided on the machining head, and wherein a milling spindle having a rotatably mounted milling cutter holder for holding an end milling cutter for chamfer machining an edge of a toothing of the workpiece held in the workpiece holder is provided on the machining head, wherein the work angle of an end milling cutter held in the milling cutter holder relative to the edge of the toothing can be set via a first pivot axis.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B23F 19/10 - Chamfering the end edges of gear teeth
  • B23F 23/00 - Accessories or equipment combined with or arranged in, or specially designed to form part of, gear-cutting machines
  • B23F 23/12 - Other devices, e.g. tool holdersChecking devices for controlling workpieces in machines for manufacturing gear teeth

2.

MAGNETIC GRIPPER

      
Application Number 18978996
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-12-12
First Publication Date 2025-06-19
Owner Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH (Germany)
Inventor Gross, Jürgen

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a magnetic gripper comprising a switchable magnetic flux source, two pole pieces, which are magnetically connected to the magnetic flux source, and at least two gripper elements, which are each magnetically conductively connected to one of the two pole pieces, wherein the at least two gripper elements are movably and/or deformably arranged on the magnetic gripper when the magnetic flux source is switched off, such that their front surfaces form a gripping contour, which can be adapted to the contour of an object to be gripped. It is provided here that the magnetic gripper comprises an insulation, which surrounds the at least two gripper elements and magnetically insulates them to the side.

IPC Classes  ?

3.

SkiveFinishing

      
Application Number 019130403
Status Registered
Filing Date 2025-01-13
Registration Date 2025-06-11
Owner Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH (Germany)
NICE Classes  ?
  • 07 - Machines and machine tools
  • 09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments

Goods & Services

Mixing installations of all kinds, in particular concrete mixing installations; Conveyor machines for the construction industry; Fixed mountable and convertible concrete pumps (machines); Concrete pumps (machines) for mounting on chassis, vehicles and crawler tracks; Concrete distribution booms; Truck-mounted concrete pumps; Stirring devices; Mobile agitators; Machines for homogenising biomass, in particular in biogas installations, manure containers and sewage treatment plants; Earth-moving apparatus of all kinds, in particular hydraulic excavators, rail-road excavators, wheel loaders, bulldozers, crawler loaders, cable excavators; Pile driving and drilling apparatus, rotary drilling apparatus, industrial drilling apparatus; material handling apparatus of all kinds, in particular wood handling apparatus, hydraulic excavators, telescopic loaders, wheeled telescopic loaders, reach stackers; Pipe layers; Crawler conveyors; Crusher plants; Parts and accessories for the aforesaid goods, in particular vehicle chassis, vehicles and crawler tracks; Cranes of all kinds, in particular tower cranes, automobile cranes, deck cranes, container cranes, mobile wharf cranes, crawler cranes, stacker cranes (reach stackers); Gas and diesel engines for combined heat and power plants; Machines and machine tools, in particular gear cutting machines, including gear shaping machines, roller milling machines, gear hobbing machines, and tools therefor, in particular gear cutting tools; Recycling installations; Installations for material handling engineering, in particular gantry robots, transport belts, workpiece storage systems, workpiece pallet storage systems; Robot cells for workpiece processing; Hydraulic and electromechanical winches; Belts for conveyors; Live rings for wind installations; Hydraulic flight control units; Parts and fittings for the aforesaid goods, In particular chassis, Diesel engines, Exhaust gas treatment installations, Diesel-hydraulic hybrid drives, Electrical engines, Hydrogen combustion engines, Motor control apparatus, Actuators, Drives, including pump drives, Valves, Cylinders and Hydraulic components, Equipment, including lifting gear, Working tools and attachment tools, including buckets, grippers, shovels, hydraulic quick-coupling systems for attachment tools, Quick hitches, Vibration tools; parts and accessories for the aforesaid goods, in particular hydraulic hammers, pipe grabs, cabins, ballast systems for cranes of all kinds, in particular for mobile cranes and crawler cranes, crane booms for cranes of all kinds, in particular for mobile cranes and crawler cranes, telescopic wheel loaders; outriggers, in particular for mobile cranes and truck-mounted concrete pumps, hydraulic quick-coupling systems for mounted tools and quick hitches; Central displays for construction machines for displaying operation information and for controlling assistance systems. Surveying, optical, measuring, signalling and checking (supervision) apparatus and instruments, and Accessories for surveying equipment and instruments, more specifically, Toothing gauges, path measuring systems, Position detection systems, Measuring tapes, Rules; Drones for aerial photography, surveying and surveillance; Associated software and control systems for drones; Cameras [photography] for drones, Sensors for drones; Electronic control systems for mixing installations; Electronic controls, in particular for cranes of all kinds, earth-moving equipment of all kinds and machine tools; Controllers for support systems for construction equipment, in particular mobile cranes and truck-mounted concrete pumps; motor control apparatus; Driver assistance systems and parts therefor, in particular display monitors, cameras; Controllers and regulators for air conditioning apparatus and heating vents, converters; Travelling gear and bogie controls; Software and control software for air conditioning installations and heating vents for rail vehicles; Software, in particular diagnostic software for air conditioning installations and heating vents for rail vehicles; Flight supervision devices; Flight control devices; Flight simulators for aeronautical machines; Control computers for aircraft equipment systems, in particular activation systems and air conditioning systems; Nose guiding systems; Switching power supplies, sensors for current, voltage, position and other variables; Frequency converters for controlling engines and motors; Active mains rectifiers with feedback possibilities; Capacitor modules for energy buffering; Double layer capacitors; Battery modules for energy buffering; DC/DC actuators; Electronic systems and components; Control electronics; Data transmission systems; Complete switching installations for control and drive technology; Visualisation systems; User interfaces for machine controls, in particular for control of toothed machines; Humidity meters; Simulators, in particular crane simulators and crawler simulators; Cable test stations; Pocket calculators; Software; Mouse pads; Eyeglasses and cases therefor; Test benches; Electrical and electronic devices, equipment and apparatus for the purposes of telematics, data processing and telecommunications, equipment and apparatus for broadcasting, reception and transmission of information, data processing equipment, computer terminals for telephone, cable, satellite and/or telematic networks; Terminals for telematics, carriers of all kinds for recording and reproducing sound, images or signals; Computers, Microcomputer apparatus, Computers, computer peripherals, Computer memories, modems, interfaces, Printers, Electric control panels, Cables, Videodiscs, Optical disks, Digital discs, Laser apparatus, Infrared devices, Devices using ultrasound, Printed circuits; Devices for the capture, retrieval, recording, processing, storage, transmission, broadcasting, reception and reproduction of digital or non-digital information, data, text, sound and images; Software and hardware for the data connection of components in mobile work machines, in particular earthmoving machines, cranes and marine equipment; computers, microcomputers or internet applications; Analysis and diagnostic tools, apparatus for evaluating the operation of and/or faults with mobile work machines, cranes and marine equipment; Controllers and regulators, and software and control software for refrigerating installations, refrigerating and freezing apparatus, climatised wine cabinets, dispensing installations for beverages, in particular beer; Control systems and software for processing and analysing 3D data and photogrammetry data; Electronic controllers, in particular for earth moving equipment of all kinds, including electronic control of quick hitches and quick coupling systems; Remote control stations for construction machines, consisting of electronic control elements and signal transmission units for wireless control of work machines; Electronic control apparatus for the remote control of industrial processes; Software for controlling and surveillance of construction machine, including user defined user interfaces, as well as electronic displays for displaying operating data.

4.

JOINING AND/OR INSPECTION UNIT

      
Application Number 17655502
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-03-18
First Publication Date 2022-09-22
Owner Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH (Germany)
Inventor
  • Hoessle, Florian
  • Zollitsch, Markus
  • Pollmann, Jan

Abstract

The present disclosure comprises a joining and/or inspection unit for joining and/or inspecting a component having a base and a plurality of joining and/or inspection elements, wherein the joining and/or inspection elements are arranged at the base such that they each establish a connection and/or carry out an inspection at a joining and/or inspection point of the component. The joining and/or inspection elements can be arranged at the base via an adjustment arrangement that allows an adjustment of the spacing of the joining and/or inspection elements from one another, with the adjustment arrangement preferably comprising a first and second adjustment axle via which the spacing of the joining and/or inspection elements from one another is adjustable in a first and second direction.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B25J 15/00 - Gripping heads
  • H01M 10/04 - Construction or manufacture in general
  • H01M 10/42 - Methods or arrangements for servicing or maintenance of secondary cells or secondary half-cells
  • B25J 13/08 - Controls for manipulators by means of sensing devices, e.g. viewing or touching devices

5.

DEVICE FOR THE AUTOMATED ESTABLISHMENT OF A PLUG-IN CONNECTION

      
Application Number 17448680
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-09-23
First Publication Date 2022-03-24
Owner Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH (Germany)
Inventor
  • Pollmann, Jan
  • Hiemer, Lukas

Abstract

The present disclosure shows a device for the automated establishment of a plug-in connection of a plug arranged at a cable to a plug mating element, such as for cabling battery modules, and in the manufacture of vehicles having hybrid and/or electric drives, comprising: a gripper for gripping the plug, a handling unit having a plurality of axes for moving the gripper, with it being a multi-axis robot and/or a surface portal, and a control for controlling the gripper and the handling unit. Provision is made in this process that the gripper comprises a plug-in actuator for moving the plug into a plugged-in position with the plug mating element.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B25J 9/16 - Programme controls
  • H01R 43/26 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for engaging or disengaging the two parts of a coupling device
  • B25J 9/12 - Programme-controlled manipulators characterised by positioning means for manipulator elements electric

6.

VORRICHTUNG ZUM AUTOMATISIERTEN HERSTELLEN EINER STECKVERBINDUNG

      
Application Number 17448688
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-09-23
First Publication Date 2022-03-24
Owner Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH (Germany)
Inventor
  • Pollmann, Jan
  • Hiemer, Lukas

Abstract

The present invention shows a device for the automated establishment of a plug-in connection of a plug arranged at a cable to a plug mating element, in particular for cabling battery modules, in particular in the manufacture of vehicles having hybrid and/or electric drives, comprising: a first gripper for gripping the plug, a handling unit having a plurality of axes for moving the first gripper, with it in particular being a multi-axis robot and/or a surface portal, and a control for controlling the gripper and the handling unit, and a control for controlling the first gripper and the handling unit. Provision is made in this respect that the device comprises at least one second gripper for gripping the cable or a second plug arranged at the other end of the cable.

IPC Classes  ?

7.

Method for calibrating a measuring probe in a gear cutting machine

      
Application Number 16802461
Grant Number 11268800
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-02-26
First Publication Date 2020-08-27
Grant Date 2022-03-08
Owner LIEBHERR-VERZAHNTECHNIK GMBH (Germany)
Inventor Van Hauth, Johannes

Abstract

The present application discloses a method for calibrating a measuring probe in a gear cutting machine by using a workpiece received in a workpiece holder of the gear cutting machine, wherein the measuring probe includes a measuring probe tip which is movably arranged on a measuring probe base, wherein the deflection of the measuring probe tip relative the measuring probe base can be determined via at least one sensor of the measuring probe, and wherein the measuring probe is traversable relative to the workpiece holder via at least two axes of movement of the gear cutting machine. The method comprises rotating the workpiece via an axis of rotation of the workpiece holder and traversing the measuring probe via the at least two axes of movement of the gear cutting machine such that in the case of a perfect calibration the touch point of the measuring probe tip on the tooth flank would remain unchanged.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G01B 5/20 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of mechanical techniques for measuring contours or curvatures
  • B23F 1/06 - Making gear teeth by tools of which the profile matches the profile of the required surface by milling
  • G01B 5/00 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of mechanical techniques

8.

Order-picking system

      
Application Number 16302937
Grant Number 11542104
Status In Force
Filing Date 2016-05-17
First Publication Date 2020-06-11
Grant Date 2023-01-03
Owner Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH (Germany)
Inventor
  • Mattern, Thomas
  • Hänschke, David
  • Kluge, Michael
  • Krause, Regina

Abstract

The present invention relates to a picking system for a job-related picking of goods in output bins, said picking system comprising a plurality of automated picking cells; comprising a first conveying system for the supply and/or discharge of the supply bins to and/or from the picking cells; and a second conveying system for the supply and/or discharge of the output bins to and/or from the picking cells, and a job management control for working through a plurality of picking jobs by controlling the first and second conveying systems and the plurality of picking cells, wherein at least one first picking cell has different goods handling properties than a second picking cell; and/or in that the job management control uses at least one first picking cell for working through different jobs and/or partial jobs than a second picking cell.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B65G 47/90 - Devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials
  • B65G 1/137 - Storage devices mechanical with arrangements or automatic control means for selecting which articles are to be removed
  • B65G 47/52 - Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors, i.e. discharging or feeding devices

9.

Gear manufacturing machine

      
Application Number 16595284
Grant Number 11292068
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-10-07
First Publication Date 2020-04-16
Grant Date 2022-04-05
Owner LIEBHERR-VERZAHNTECHNIK GMBH (Germany)
Inventor Weixler, Johannes

Abstract

The present disclosure comprises a gear manufacturing machine comprising a workpiece holder and a tool holder, which can each be caused to rotate by means of a drive, wherein the tool holder is arranged on a machining head, which can be moved relative to the workpiece holder by one or a plurality of motion axes of the gear manufacturing machine for gear manufacturing machining a workpiece held in the workpiece holder by means of a tool held in the tool holder, the tool holder having a counterholder. According to the present disclosure the counterholder is movable by a motion axis from its working position to an inactive position and/or is arranged on the machining head of the gear manufacturing machine in a releasably connectable manner.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B23F 5/20 - Making straight gear teeth involving moving a tool relatively to a workpiece with a rolling-off or an enveloping motion with respect to the gear teeth to be made by milling
  • B23F 23/12 - Other devices, e.g. tool holdersChecking devices for controlling workpieces in machines for manufacturing gear teeth
  • B23F 17/00 - Special methods or machines for making gear teeth, not covered by groups
  • B23F 15/06 - Making gear teeth on the front surface of wheels, e.g. for clutches or couplings with toothed faces
  • B23F 5/16 - Making straight gear teeth involving moving a tool relatively to a workpiece with a rolling-off or an enveloping motion with respect to the gear teeth to be made by planing or slotting the tool having a shape similar to that of a spur wheel or part thereof

10.

Method for gear manufacturing machining of a workpiece

      
Application Number 16563752
Grant Number 11110529
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-09-06
First Publication Date 2020-03-12
Grant Date 2021-09-07
Owner LIEBHERR-VERZAHNTECHNIK GMBH (Germany)
Inventor Hipke, Martin

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a method for chip-removing gear manufacturing machining of a workpiece by means of a tool, where a rotation of the tool takes place in generating coupling with a rotation of the workpiece, in particular gear manufacturing machining of a workpiece by skiving, wherein the gear manufacturing machining is carried out in a plurality of machining steps, wherein the center distance and/or a rotational angle between the workpiece and the tool superimposed on the generating coupling is/are changed between two machining steps, so that the tool will cut in the machining steps a respective contour that extends alternately closer to a first and a second flank of the target toothing of the workpiece. According to the present disclosure, the same rotational angle may be used for a plurality of machining steps taking place closer to a second flank.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B23F 5/16 - Making straight gear teeth involving moving a tool relatively to a workpiece with a rolling-off or an enveloping motion with respect to the gear teeth to be made by planing or slotting the tool having a shape similar to that of a spur wheel or part thereof
  • B23F 17/00 - Special methods or machines for making gear teeth, not covered by groups
  • B23F 23/08 - Index mechanisms

11.

Telescopic rail

      
Application Number 16530969
Grant Number 11019926
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-08-02
First Publication Date 2020-02-06
Grant Date 2021-06-01
Owner Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH (Germany)
Inventor
  • Mattern, Thomas
  • Zollitsch, Markus
  • Hoessle, Florian

Abstract

The present invention shows a telescopic rail having at least one inner, middle, and outer rail element, wherein the inner and outer rail elements are each longitudinally displaceably supported at the middle rail element over rolling members that are guided in a rolling member cage. Provision is made in accordance with a first aspect that the rail elements are mechanically force-coupled via a rail synchronization arrangement such that on a longitudinal displacement of the outer rail element with respect to the inner rail element, the middle rail element is longitudinally displaced with respect to both the inner rail element and the outer rail element. Provision is made in accordance with a second aspect that at least one rolling member cage, and preferably both rolling member cages, is/are mechanically force-coupled to at least one of the rail elements via a respective rolling member cage synchronization arrangement such that a longitudinal displacement of the middle rail element with respect to the inner or outer rail elements results in a longitudinal displacement of the corresponding rolling member cage with respect to the middle rail element.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F16C 29/02 - Sliding-contact bearings
  • F16C 29/04 - Ball or roller bearings
  • F16C 33/38 - Ball cages
  • B65G 21/22 - Rails or the like engaging sliding elements or rollers attached to load-carriers or traction elements
  • F24C 15/16 - Shelves, racks or trays inside ovensSupports therefor
  • A47B 88/49 - Sliding drawersSlides or guides therefor with double extensible guides or parts
  • A47B 88/493 - Sliding drawersSlides or guides therefor with double extensible guides or parts with rollers, ball bearings, wheels, or the like

12.

Apparatus for chamfer-machining a workpiece

      
Application Number 16380572
Grant Number 11229964
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-04-10
First Publication Date 2019-10-17
Grant Date 2022-01-25
Owner Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH (Germany)
Inventor Weixler, Johannes

Abstract

The present application relates an apparatus for chamfer-machining at least two edges of a toothed workpiece, wherein the apparatus comprises at least one workpiece spindle with a rotatably mounted workpiece holder for receiving the workpiece and a machining head movable relative to the workpiece holder via at least one axis of movement, wherein on the machining head at least one first tool spindle with a first rotatably mounted tool holder is provided for receiving at least one first chamfer milling cutter for chamfer-machining a first edge of a toothing of a workpiece received in the workpiece holder, wherein on the machining head a second tool spindle with a second rotatably mounted tool holder is provided for receiving an end milling cutter for chamfer-machining a second edge of a toothing of a workpiece received in the workpiece holder.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B23F 19/10 - Chamfering the end edges of gear teeth
  • B23F 23/00 - Accessories or equipment combined with or arranged in, or specially designed to form part of, gear-cutting machines
  • B23P 15/14 - Making specific metal objects by operations not covered by a single other subclass or a group in this subclass gear parts, e.g. gear wheels
  • B23F 17/00 - Special methods or machines for making gear teeth, not covered by groups

13.

Apparatus for a chamfer machining of a workpiece

      
Application Number 16380617
Grant Number 11980957
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-04-10
First Publication Date 2019-10-17
Grant Date 2024-05-14
Owner LIEBHERR-VERZAHNTECHNIK GMBH (Germany)
Inventor
  • Weixler, Johannes
  • Würfel, Robert
  • Hunt, Alexander
  • Van Hauth, Johannes

Abstract

The present invention shows an apparatus for a chamfer machining of a toothed workpiece comprising a workpiece spindle having a workpiece holder rotatably supported about an axis of rotation for holding the workpiece, a tool spindle having a tool holder rotatably supported about an axis of rotation for holding a finger mill, wherein the tool spindle is travelable relative to the workpiece holder via at least one linear axis of the apparatus, and a control having a machining function that rotates the workpiece held in the workpiece holder by controlling the workpiece spindle for the chamfer machining of a toothed workpiece while a finger mill held in the tool holder engages at the edge to be machined. It is characterized in that the machining function varies the rotational speed of the workpiece during the chamfer machining.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B23F 19/10 - Chamfering the end edges of gear teeth

14.

Order-picking cell

      
Application Number 16303091
Grant Number 10994872
Status In Force
Filing Date 2016-05-17
First Publication Date 2019-06-20
Grant Date 2021-05-04
Owner LIEBHERR-VERZAHNTECHNIK GMBH (Germany)
Inventor
  • Mattern, Thomas
  • Hänschke, David
  • Kluge, Michael
  • Simon, Regina

Abstract

The present invention relates to a picking cell for a job-related automated picking of goods that can remove different goods from supply bins and can transfer them into an output bin in an automated manner, said picking cell comprising: an object detection device for detecting the goods in a supply bin; a gripper for removing the goods from a supply bin; and a cell control for evaluating the data of the object detection device and for a path planning and a control of the gripper, wherein the cell control controls the gripper such that different goods of a job or of a partial job are placed at a predefined position and/or with a predefined orientation in the output bin.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B65B 5/10 - Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles
  • B65B 5/12 - Introducing successive articles, e.g. confectionery products, of different shape or size in predetermined positions
  • B65G 1/137 - Storage devices mechanical with arrangements or automatic control means for selecting which articles are to be removed
  • B25J 9/16 - Programme controls
  • B25J 9/00 - Programme-controlled manipulators
  • G06Q 10/08 - Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distributionInventory or stock management
  • B07C 5/34 - Sorting according to other particular properties
  • B07C 3/00 - Sorting of mail or documents according to destination
  • B07C 3/08 - Apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution using arrangements of conveyors
  • B65G 47/90 - Devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials

15.

Picking system

      
Application Number 16322802
Grant Number 10926954
Status In Force
Filing Date 2016-08-04
First Publication Date 2019-06-20
Grant Date 2021-02-23
Owner LIEBHERR VERZAHNTECHNIK GMBH (Germany)
Inventor
  • Mattern, Thomas
  • Kluge, Michael

Abstract

The present invention relates to a picking system for order-related picking of goods stockpiled in racks, with an automated picking cell including a gripper for gripping and picking the goods and a cell control unit for actuating the gripper, with a transport system for conveying the racks to a picking position near the picking cell, wherein the racks have shelves and/or containers on and/or in which goods are stored, wherein at least one shelf and/or container of a rack arranged in the picking position can be conveyed from a storage position inside the rack into a removal position in which the at least one shelf and/or container is at least partially arranged in front of the rack, wherein the gripper is actuated by the cell control unit to grip the goods stockpiled on the shelf and/or in the container while the shelf and/or container is in the removal position.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B65G 1/137 - Storage devices mechanical with arrangements or automatic control means for selecting which articles are to be removed
  • G06Q 10/08 - Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distributionInventory or stock management
  • B25J 9/16 - Programme controls
  • B65G 1/04 - Storage devices mechanical

16.

Method and apparatus for hard finishing modified gears

      
Application Number 16216959
Grant Number 11253937
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-12-11
First Publication Date 2019-04-18
Grant Date 2022-02-22
Owner Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH (Germany)
Inventor
  • Geiser, Hansjoerg
  • Wuerfel, Robert

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to generating a modified gear flank geometry on an active surface of the workpiece by generation grinding or honing. In at least one example, the modified gear flank geometry of the workpiece may be generated on the active surface of the workpiece by variation of an engagement depth of a tool into the workpiece in dependence on an angle of rotation of the tool. Additionally, the workpiece may comprise a cylindrical spur gear, a helical gear, a spherical gear, or a conical gear. Further, in one or more examples, the modified gear flank geometry of the workpiece includes at least one of a profile waviness or a defined periodic flank waviness.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B23F 5/04 - Making straight gear teeth involving moving a tool relatively to a workpiece with a rolling-off or an enveloping motion with respect to the gear teeth to be made by grinding the tool being a grinding worm
  • B23F 23/12 - Other devices, e.g. tool holdersChecking devices for controlling workpieces in machines for manufacturing gear teeth
  • B24B 53/075 - Devices or means for dressing or conditioning abrasive surfaces of profiled abrasive wheels for workpieces having a grooved profile, e.g. gears, splined shafts, threads, worms
  • B23F 21/02 - Grinding discsGrinding worms
  • B23F 21/03 - Honing tools
  • B23F 23/10 - Arrangements for compensating irregularities in drives or indexing mechanisms
  • B23F 19/00 - Finishing gear teeth by other tools than those used for manufacturing gear teeth
  • B23F 19/05 - Honing gear teeth

17.

Method and apparatus for gear skiving

      
Application Number 16126792
Grant Number 11059116
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-09-10
First Publication Date 2019-03-14
Grant Date 2021-07-13
Owner LIEBHERR-VERZAHNTECHNIK GMBH (Germany)
Inventor Würfel, Robert

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method for gear skiving a workpiece, wherein: in a first step, the geometry of a tool, in particular of a skiving wheel, is measured for the machining of the workpiece in a state clamped in an apparatus for gear skiving machining; and in a subsequent further step, machining kinematics are determined for the gear skiving in dependence on the measured geometry of the tool characterized in that the absolute location of a cutting edge of the tool in the apparatus is determined in the first step.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B23F 5/16 - Making straight gear teeth involving moving a tool relatively to a workpiece with a rolling-off or an enveloping motion with respect to the gear teeth to be made by planing or slotting the tool having a shape similar to that of a spur wheel or part thereof
  • B23Q 17/09 - Arrangements for indicating or measuring on machine tools for indicating or measuring cutting pressure or cutting-tool condition, e.g. cutting ability, load on tool
  • B23F 23/12 - Other devices, e.g. tool holdersChecking devices for controlling workpieces in machines for manufacturing gear teeth
  • B23F 23/00 - Accessories or equipment combined with or arranged in, or specially designed to form part of, gear-cutting machines
  • G01B 5/008 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of mechanical techniques for measuring coordinates of points using coordinate measuring machines
  • G01B 5/24 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of mechanical techniques for measuring angles or tapersMeasuring arrangements characterised by the use of mechanical techniques for testing the alignment of axes

18.

Apparatus and method for chamfering a workpiece with internal gearing

      
Application Number 16001870
Grant Number 10688575
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-06-06
First Publication Date 2018-12-06
Grant Date 2020-06-23
Owner LIEBHERR-VERZAHNTECHNIK GMBH (Germany)
Inventor Weixler, Johannes

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for chamfering at least one edge of the gearing at the front side of a workpiece having internal gearing comprising at least one rotatably supported workpiece holder for holding the workpiece and comprising at least one rotatably supported tool holder for holding a chamfer hob, possibly a chamfer cut hob, wherein the tool holder is arranged at an internal hob arm whose free end can be traveled by a machine axis of the apparatus at least partly into the center opening formed by the internal gearing of the workpiece.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B23F 19/10 - Chamfering the end edges of gear teeth
  • B23F 23/06 - Chucking arrangements
  • B23F 21/00 - Tools specially adapted for use in machines for manufacturing gear teeth
  • B23F 21/16 - Hobs
  • B23F 23/00 - Accessories or equipment combined with or arranged in, or specially designed to form part of, gear-cutting machines
  • B23F 23/04 - Loading arrangements

19.

Apparatus and method for chamfering a workpiece having internal gearing

      
Application Number 16001872
Grant Number 10857608
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-06-06
First Publication Date 2018-12-06
Grant Date 2020-12-08
Owner LIEBHERR-VERZAHNTECHNIK GMBH (Germany)
Inventor Weixler, Johannes

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for chamfering at least one edge of the gearing at the front side of a workpiece having internal gearing comprising at least one rotatably supported workpiece holder for holding the workpiece and comprising at least one rotatably supported tool holder for holding at least one chamfer hob, possibly a chamfer cut hob, wherein the tool holder is arranged and/or arrangeable next to a workpiece held in the workpiece holder and a chamfer hob held in the tool holder is arrangeable by means of a tool arbor in the region of the center opening of the workpiece formed by the internal gearing to be brought into engagement with an edge of the internal gearing on the upper side and/or on the lower side of the workpiece.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B23F 19/10 - Chamfering the end edges of gear teeth
  • B23F 23/06 - Chucking arrangements
  • B23F 21/00 - Tools specially adapted for use in machines for manufacturing gear teeth
  • B23Q 39/04 - Metal-working machines incorporating a plurality of sub-assemblies, each capable of performing a metal-working operation the sub-assemblies being arranged to operate simultaneously at different stations, e.g. with an annular work-table moved in steps
  • B23F 21/16 - Hobs

20.

Method for the gear manufacturing machining of a workpiece

      
Application Number 15952109
Grant Number 10994352
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-04-12
First Publication Date 2018-10-18
Grant Date 2021-05-04
Owner LIEBHERR-VERZAHNTECHNIK GMBH (Germany)
Inventor
  • Weixler, Johannes
  • Breith, Thomas

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method for the gear manufacturing machining of a workpiece in which a hobbing machining of the workpiece takes place to generate a gearing geometry of the workpiece, wherein the workpiece is gear manufacturing machined by gear skiving in addition to the hobbing machining.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B23F 13/00 - Making worms by methods essentially requiring the use of machines of the gear-cutting type
  • B23F 19/10 - Chamfering the end edges of gear teeth
  • B23F 5/16 - Making straight gear teeth involving moving a tool relatively to a workpiece with a rolling-off or an enveloping motion with respect to the gear teeth to be made by planing or slotting the tool having a shape similar to that of a spur wheel or part thereof
  • B23F 21/00 - Tools specially adapted for use in machines for manufacturing gear teeth
  • B23F 1/06 - Making gear teeth by tools of which the profile matches the profile of the required surface by milling
  • B23F 5/22 - Making straight gear teeth involving moving a tool relatively to a workpiece with a rolling-off or an enveloping motion with respect to the gear teeth to be made by milling the tool being a hob for making spur gears
  • B23Q 15/013 - Control or regulation of feed movement
  • B23F 17/00 - Special methods or machines for making gear teeth, not covered by groups
  • B23F 23/12 - Other devices, e.g. tool holdersChecking devices for controlling workpieces in machines for manufacturing gear teeth

21.

Apparatus for the automated removal of workpieces arranged in a bin

      
Application Number 15876041
Grant Number 10919709
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-01-19
First Publication Date 2018-07-26
Grant Date 2021-02-16
Owner Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH (Germany)
Inventor
  • Mattern, Thomas
  • Haenschke, David
  • Riedmiller, Bernhard

Abstract

The present disclosure shows an apparatus for the automated removal of workpieces arranged in a bin, said apparatus having a first object recognition device for detecting the workpieces in the bin; a first picker for picking and removing the workpieces from the bin; a controller for evaluating the data of the first object recognition device, for path planning and for controlling the first picker; and a transport device on which the workpieces removed from the bin are placed. Provision is made that a robot arm that is used for placing the workpieces on the transport device is arranged on a pedestal above the transport device.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B65G 47/90 - Devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials
  • B65G 47/14 - Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles arranging or orientating the articles by mechanical or pneumatic means during feeding
  • B65G 47/80 - Turntables carrying articles or materials to be transferred, e.g. combined with ploughs or scrapers
  • B65G 47/96 - Devices for tilting links or platforms
  • B25J 9/16 - Programme controls
  • B25J 9/00 - Programme-controlled manipulators
  • B25J 19/02 - Sensing devices

22.

Method for the automatic determination of the geometrical dimensions of a tool in a gear cutting machine

      
Application Number 15861912
Grant Number 10722994
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-01-04
First Publication Date 2018-07-05
Grant Date 2020-07-28
Owner LIEBHERR-VERZAHNTECHNIK GMBH (Germany)
Inventor
  • Stach, Stefan
  • Buchenberg, Andreas
  • Schoellhorn, Martin
  • Schollenburch, Uli

Abstract

The application relates to a method for the automatic determination of the geometrical dimensions of a tool having a machining region in worm thread form, in particular of a grinding worm, in a gear cutting machine, wherein at least one parameter of the tool is automatically detected and/or determined by means of at least one sensor.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B23Q 17/20 - Arrangements for indicating or measuring on machine tools for indicating or measuring workpiece characteristics, e.g. contour, dimension, hardness
  • G05B 19/00 - Programme-control systems
  • B23Q 17/22 - Arrangements for indicating or measuring on machine tools for indicating or measuring existing or desired position of tool or work
  • B23F 23/00 - Accessories or equipment combined with or arranged in, or specially designed to form part of, gear-cutting machines
  • B23F 23/12 - Other devices, e.g. tool holdersChecking devices for controlling workpieces in machines for manufacturing gear teeth
  • G05B 19/401 - Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form characterised by control arrangements for measuring, e.g. calibration and initialisation, measuring workpiece for machining purposes
  • B23Q 17/24 - Arrangements for indicating or measuring on machine tools using optics

23.

Process for gear manufacturing machining

      
Application Number 15499629
Grant Number 10569349
Status In Force
Filing Date 2017-04-27
First Publication Date 2018-06-14
Grant Date 2020-02-25
Owner Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH (Germany)
Inventor Wuerfel, Robert

Abstract

The present invention shows a process for gear manufacturing machining a workpiece by a tool on a gear manufacturing machine, wherein the workpiece is machined by a generating machining process in which the tool for gear manufacturing machining rolls off on the workpiece at a predefined center distance and axial cross angle, wherein the gear manufacturing machining preferably takes place on two flanks, with a desired tooth trace shape and/or tooth thickness of the gearing being generated by the generating machining process. The process is characterized in that an additional condition is predefinable and in that the center distance and the axial cross angle are determined in dependence on the desired tooth trace shape and/or tooth thickness of the gearing and on the additional condition.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B23F 5/02 - Making straight gear teeth involving moving a tool relatively to a workpiece with a rolling-off or an enveloping motion with respect to the gear teeth to be made by grinding
  • B23F 1/02 - Making gear teeth by tools of which the profile matches the profile of the required surface by grinding
  • B23F 19/00 - Finishing gear teeth by other tools than those used for manufacturing gear teeth
  • B23F 23/00 - Accessories or equipment combined with or arranged in, or specially designed to form part of, gear-cutting machines
  • G05B 19/29 - Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form characterised by positioning or contouring control systems, e.g. to control position from one programmed point to another or to control movement along a programmed continuous path using an absolute digital measuring device for point-to-point control
  • B23F 5/04 - Making straight gear teeth involving moving a tool relatively to a workpiece with a rolling-off or an enveloping motion with respect to the gear teeth to be made by grinding the tool being a grinding worm
  • G05B 19/18 - Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form
  • B23F 23/12 - Other devices, e.g. tool holdersChecking devices for controlling workpieces in machines for manufacturing gear teeth
  • B23F 21/02 - Grinding discsGrinding worms
  • G01B 5/008 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of mechanical techniques for measuring coordinates of points using coordinate measuring machines
  • G05B 19/4093 - Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form characterised by part programming, e.g. entry of geometrical information as taken from a technical drawing, combining this with machining and material information to obtain control information, named part programme, for the NC machine

24.

ORDER-PICKING SYSTEM

      
Application Number EP2016001347
Publication Number 2018/024311
Status In Force
Filing Date 2016-08-04
Publication Date 2018-02-08
Owner LIEBHERR-VERZAHNTECHNIK GMBH (Germany)
Inventor
  • Mattern, Thomas
  • Kluge, Michael

Abstract

The present invention relates to an order-picking system for order-related order-picking of goods stored in racks, with an automated order-picking cell which has a gripper for gripping and order-picking the goods and a cell controller for activating the gripper, with a transport system by means of which the racks can be conveyed to at least one order-picking position in the region of the order-picking cell, wherein the racks have shelves and/or containers, on and/or in which goods are stored, wherein at least one shelf and/or container of a rack arranged in the order-picking position can be conveyed from a storage position inside the rack into a removal position in which said shelf and/or container is at least partially arranged in front of the rack, wherein the gripper is activated by the cell controller in such a manner that said gripper grips the goods stored on the shelf and/or in the container while the shelf and/or container is at least partially arranged in front of the rack in the removal position.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B65G 1/137 - Storage devices mechanical with arrangements or automatic control means for selecting which articles are to be removed
  • B65G 1/04 - Storage devices mechanical
  • G06Q 10/08 - Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distributionInventory or stock management
  • B25J 19/02 - Sensing devices

25.

Storage and retrieval vehicle for a pallet storage system

      
Application Number 15656572
Grant Number 10669096
Status In Force
Filing Date 2017-07-21
First Publication Date 2018-01-25
Grant Date 2020-06-02
Owner LIEBHERR-VERZAHNTECHNIK GMBH (Germany)
Inventor
  • Mattern, Thomas
  • Zollitsch, Markus

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a storage and retrieval vehicle for a pallet storage system having at least one racking system and having at least one floor rail for moving the storage and retrieval vehicle, wherein the storage and retrieval vehicle comprises at least one linear guide, in particular a telescopic linear guide, outwardly coupled via at least one vertical guide to a base body of the storage and retrieval vehicle, and wherein the base body is rotatably arranged, in particular by 360°, about the vertical axis. The present disclosure further relates to a pallet storage system having a corresponding storage and retrieval vehicle and to a modular floor rail for a pallet storage system.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B65G 1/04 - Storage devices mechanical
  • B66F 9/07 - Floor-to-roof stacking devices, e.g. stacker cranes, retrievers
  • B65G 1/06 - Storage devices mechanical with means for presenting articles for removal at predetermined position or level
  • B66F 9/06 - Devices for lifting or lowering bulky or heavy goods for loading or unloading purposes movable, with their loads, on wheels or the like, e.g. fork-lift trucks
  • B66F 9/10 - MastsGuidesChains movable in a horizontal direction relative to truck
  • B66F 9/14 - PlatformsForksOther load-supporting or load-gripping members laterally movable, e.g. swingable, for slewing or transverse movements

26.

ORDER-PICKING CELL

      
Application Number EP2016000819
Publication Number 2017/198281
Status In Force
Filing Date 2016-05-17
Publication Date 2017-11-23
Owner LIEBHERR-VERZAHNTECHNIK GMBH (Germany)
Inventor
  • Mattern, Thomas
  • Hänschke, David
  • Kluge, Michael
  • Krause, Regina

Abstract

The invention relates to an order-picking cell (1) for automatically order-picking goods in an order-related manner, said cell being capable of automatically removing different goods from supply containers (4, 6) and transferring same to a dispensing container (5, 7), comprising an object detection device (3) for detecting the goods in a supply container (4), a gripper (2) for removing the goods from a supply container (4), and a cell controller for evaluating the data of the object detection device (3), planning a path, and actuating the gripper (2). The cell controller actuates the gripper (2) such that different goods of an order or a sub-order are deposited in the dispensing container (5) in a specific position and/or in a specific orientation. The order-picking cell can comprise multiple different grippers (12) which can be used to alternatively grip goods. The order-picking cell (1) can have an intermediate station (11) for temporarily depositing goods to be gripped again from the intermediate station (11) or an intermediate store (13) for sorting out goods or temporarily storing a dispensing container (5).

IPC Classes  ?

  • B65G 1/137 - Storage devices mechanical with arrangements or automatic control means for selecting which articles are to be removed

27.

ORDER-PICKING SYSTEM

      
Application Number EP2016000818
Publication Number 2017/198280
Status In Force
Filing Date 2016-05-17
Publication Date 2017-11-23
Owner LIEBHERR-VERZAHNTECHNIK GMBH (Germany)
Inventor
  • Mattern, Thomas
  • Hänschke, David
  • Kluge, Michael
  • Krause, Regina

Abstract

The invention relates to an order-picking system for order-picking goods into dispensing containers (5) in an order-related manner, comprising a plurality of automated order-picking cells (1), a first conveyor system (2) for supplying and/or discharging the supply containers (4) to and/or from the order-picking cells (1), a second conveyor system (3) for supplying and/or discharging the dispensing containers (5) to and/or from the order-picking cells (1), and an order management controller for carrying out a plurality of order-picking orders by actuating the first and second conveyor system (2, 3) and the plurality of order-picking cells (1). At least one first order-picking cell has different goods handling properties than a second order-picking cell and/or the order management controller uses at least one first order-picking cell to carry out different orders and/or sub-orders than a second order-picking cell.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B65G 1/137 - Storage devices mechanical with arrangements or automatic control means for selecting which articles are to be removed

28.

Machining head having a balancing device

      
Application Number 15268144
Grant Number 10183350
Status In Force
Filing Date 2016-09-16
First Publication Date 2017-04-06
Grant Date 2019-01-22
Owner Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH (Germany)
Inventor Plessing, Matthias

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a machining head for a gear manufacturing machine having at least one driven motor spindle and at least one counter-spindle, wherein a tool arbor having at least one tool arranged thereon is mounted between the motor spindle and the counter-spindle, and wherein at least one balancing device is integrated within the driven motor spindle and at least one balancing device is integrated within the counter-spindle.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B23F 23/10 - Arrangements for compensating irregularities in drives or indexing mechanisms
  • B24B 27/00 - Other grinding machines or devices
  • B23F 1/02 - Making gear teeth by tools of which the profile matches the profile of the required surface by grinding
  • B23F 5/04 - Making straight gear teeth involving moving a tool relatively to a workpiece with a rolling-off or an enveloping motion with respect to the gear teeth to be made by grinding the tool being a grinding worm
  • B24B 49/10 - Measuring or gauging equipment for controlling the feed movement of the grinding tool or workArrangements of indicating or measuring equipment, e.g. for indicating the start of the grinding operation involving electrical means
  • B23Q 17/12 - Arrangements for indicating or measuring on machine tools for indicating or measuring vibration
  • G01M 1/32 - Compensating imbalance by adding material to the body to be tested, e.g. by correcting-weights
  • B24B 47/12 - Drives or gearings for grinding machines or devicesEquipment therefor for rotating or reciprocating working-spindles carrying grinding wheels or workpieces by mechanical gearing or electric power

29.

Method for deburring a gear blank

      
Application Number 15277113
Grant Number 10421136
Status In Force
Filing Date 2016-09-27
First Publication Date 2017-03-30
Grant Date 2019-09-24
Owner Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH (Germany)
Inventor Winkel, Oliver

Abstract

1, and calculating the correction amount of further axes by the controller depending on the specified axis.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B23F 19/10 - Chamfering the end edges of gear teeth
  • G05B 19/18 - Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form
  • B23F 23/12 - Other devices, e.g. tool holdersChecking devices for controlling workpieces in machines for manufacturing gear teeth

30.

Method of producing a workpiece having a modified gearing geometry

      
Application Number 15273623
Grant Number 10773356
Status In Force
Filing Date 2016-09-22
First Publication Date 2017-03-23
Grant Date 2020-09-15
Owner LIEBHERR-VERZAHNTECHNIK GMBH (Germany)
Inventor
  • Wuerfel, Robert
  • Geiser, Hansjoerg

Abstract

A method of producing a workpiece having a modified gearing geometry by a generating method includes generating machining the workpiece in at least one machining stroke with a tool having a modified gearing geometry and a topological modification. Provision is made that the contact path with the workpiece is not shifted on the tool during the machining stroke. In one example, a cylindrical workpiece is machined by an axial generating method. In another example, a conical workpiece is machined by a diagonal generating method, and the diagonal ratio is selected such that the contact path does not shift on the tool during the machining stroke.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B24B 51/00 - Arrangements for automatic control of a series of individual steps in grinding a workpiece
  • B23F 5/04 - Making straight gear teeth involving moving a tool relatively to a workpiece with a rolling-off or an enveloping motion with respect to the gear teeth to be made by grinding the tool being a grinding worm
  • B23F 19/00 - Finishing gear teeth by other tools than those used for manufacturing gear teeth
  • B23F 23/12 - Other devices, e.g. tool holdersChecking devices for controlling workpieces in machines for manufacturing gear teeth
  • G05B 19/042 - Programme control other than numerical control, i.e. in sequence controllers or logic controllers using digital processors
  • G05B 19/402 - Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form characterised by control arrangements for positioning, e.g. centring a tool relative to a hole in the workpiece, additional detection means to correct position

31.

Method of producing a toothed workpiece having a modified surface geometry

      
Application Number 15207424
Grant Number 10500659
Status In Force
Filing Date 2016-07-11
First Publication Date 2017-01-12
Grant Date 2019-12-10
Owner Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH (Germany)
Inventor Wuerfel, Robert

Abstract

A toothed workpiece having a modified surface geometry may be produced by a diagonal machining method by means of a modified tool. The modification of the tool can be described at least approximately at least locally in the generating pattern in a first direction of the tool by a linear and/or quadratic function; the coefficients of this linear and/or quadratic function are formed in a second direction of the tool which extends perpendicular to the first direction. A pitch and/or crowning of the modification varies in dependence on the angle of rotation of the tool and/or on the tool width position, and a tooth thickness of the modified tool varies in a non-linear manner in dependence on the angle of rotation of the tool and/or on the tool width position.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B23F 23/00 - Accessories or equipment combined with or arranged in, or specially designed to form part of, gear-cutting machines
  • B23F 19/00 - Finishing gear teeth by other tools than those used for manufacturing gear teeth
  • G05B 19/18 - Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form

32.

Method of producing one or more workpieces

      
Application Number 15207442
Grant Number 10500657
Status In Force
Filing Date 2016-07-11
First Publication Date 2017-01-12
Grant Date 2019-12-10
Owner Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH (Germany)
Inventor Wuerfel, Robert

Abstract

One or more workpieces having a desired gear geometry may be produced by means of a suitably dressed tool which is respectively dressed by a dresser after the carrying out of one or more machining steps before further machining steps are carried out at the same workpiece or at further workpieces. A relative position between the dresser and the tool may be changed by a corresponding additional adjustment of the axes of movement of the dressing machine in a later dressing process with respect to an earlier dressing process in addition to the smaller center distance resulting from the smaller tool diameter.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B23F 19/10 - Chamfering the end edges of gear teeth
  • B24B 53/07 - Devices or means for dressing or conditioning abrasive surfaces of profiled abrasive wheels by means of forming tools having a shape complementary to that to be produced, e.g. blocks, profile rolls
  • G05B 19/404 - Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form characterised by control arrangements for compensation, e.g. for backlash, overshoot, tool offset, tool wear, temperature, machine construction errors, load, inertia
  • G05B 19/18 - Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form

33.

Method of producing a workpiece having a desired gear geometry

      
Application Number 15207454
Grant Number 10603730
Status In Force
Filing Date 2016-07-11
First Publication Date 2017-01-12
Grant Date 2020-03-31
Owner Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH (Germany)
Inventor Wuerfel, Robert

Abstract

A method of producing a workpiece having a desired gear geometry by means of a suitably dressed tool may include specifying a desired gear geometry of the workpiece and selecting a combination of a dresser and a tool, such that the desired gear geometry of the workpiece can be produced by the selected combination at least within one permitted tolerance. The method may further include dressing the tool with the dresser in line contact for producing a suitable gear geometry of the tool and machining the workpiece with the dressed tool for producing the desired gear geometry of the workpiece at least within a permitted tolerance.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B23F 19/10 - Chamfering the end edges of gear teeth
  • B24B 53/07 - Devices or means for dressing or conditioning abrasive surfaces of profiled abrasive wheels by means of forming tools having a shape complementary to that to be produced, e.g. blocks, profile rolls
  • G05B 19/4093 - Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form characterised by part programming, e.g. entry of geometrical information as taken from a technical drawing, combining this with machining and material information to obtain control information, named part programme, for the NC machine

34.

Method of dressing a tool

      
Application Number 15207461
Grant Number 10343256
Status In Force
Filing Date 2016-07-11
First Publication Date 2017-01-12
Grant Date 2019-07-09
Owner Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH (Germany)
Inventor Wuerfel, Robert

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method of dressing a tool which can be used for the gear manufacturing machining of a workpiece on a dressing machine, wherein the dressing takes place with line contact between the dresser and the tool; wherein a specific modification of the surface geometry of the tool is produced in that the position of the dresser with respect to the tool during dressing is varied in dependence on the tool width position.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B24B 53/08 - Devices or means for dressing or conditioning abrasive surfaces of profiled abrasive wheels controlled by information means, e.g. patterns, templets, punched tapes or the like
  • B24B 53/14 - Dressing tools equipped with rotary rollers or cuttersHolders therefor
  • G05B 19/4093 - Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form characterised by part programming, e.g. entry of geometrical information as taken from a technical drawing, combining this with machining and material information to obtain control information, named part programme, for the NC machine
  • G05B 19/18 - Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form

35.

Method of producing a toothed workpiece having a modified surface geometry

      
Application Number 15207339
Grant Number 10493546
Status In Force
Filing Date 2016-07-11
First Publication Date 2017-01-12
Grant Date 2019-12-03
Owner Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH (Germany)
Inventor Wuerfel, Robert

Abstract

A toothed workpiece having a modified surface geometry may be produced by a diagonal generating method by means of a modified tool whose surface geometry comprises a modification. The modification may be described by a linear and/or quadratic function, with the coefficients of this linear and/or quadratic function. Pitch and/or crowning of the modification may vary in dependence on the angle of rotation of the tool and/or on the tool width position. The specific modification of the tool produces a corresponding modification on the surface of the workpiece by the diagonal generating method, with a desired modification of the surface geometry of the workpiece being specified and a modification of the surface geometry of the tool suitable for producing this desired modification being determined in combination with a diagonal ratio of the diagonal generating method suitable for producing the desired modification.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B23F 23/00 - Accessories or equipment combined with or arranged in, or specially designed to form part of, gear-cutting machines
  • G05B 19/4097 - Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form characterised by using design data to control NC machines, e.g. CAD/CAM
  • G05B 19/29 - Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form characterised by positioning or contouring control systems, e.g. to control position from one programmed point to another or to control movement along a programmed continuous path using an absolute digital measuring device for point-to-point control
  • G05B 19/4093 - Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form characterised by part programming, e.g. entry of geometrical information as taken from a technical drawing, combining this with machining and material information to obtain control information, named part programme, for the NC machine

36.

Method of producing a toothed workpiece having a modified surface geometry

      
Application Number 15207350
Grant Number 10583508
Status In Force
Filing Date 2016-07-11
First Publication Date 2017-01-12
Grant Date 2020-03-10
Owner Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH (Germany)
Inventor Wuerfel, Robert

Abstract

In a method of producing a toothed workpiece having a modified surface geometry by a diagonal generating method by means of a modified tool, a tool may be used whose surface geometry comprises a modification which can be described at least approximately in the generating pattern at least locally in a first direction of the tool by a linear and/or quadratic function, with the specific modification of the tool producing a corresponding modification on the surface of the workpiece by the diagonal generating method, with the modification of the workpiece produced by the specific modification of the tool having a profile modification and/or a modification caused by a change of the machine kinematics during the machining process of the workpiece superposed on it.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B23F 23/00 - Accessories or equipment combined with or arranged in, or specially designed to form part of, gear-cutting machines
  • B23F 19/00 - Finishing gear teeth by other tools than those used for manufacturing gear teeth
  • G05B 19/18 - Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form

37.

Method of dressing a tool

      
Application Number 15207450
Grant Number 10322461
Status In Force
Filing Date 2016-07-11
First Publication Date 2017-01-12
Grant Date 2019-06-18
Owner Liebherr-Verzahntechnik Gmbh (Germany)
Inventor Wuerfel, Robert

Abstract

A tool which can be used for gear manufacturing machining of a workpiece may be dressed on a dressing machine, and the dressing may take place with line contact between the dresser and the tool. A specific modification of the surface geometry of the tool is produced by the suitable selection of the position of the dresser with respect to the tool during dressing. The specific modification of the surface geometry of the workpiece is specifiable with regard to various parameters.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B23F 23/12 - Other devices, e.g. tool holdersChecking devices for controlling workpieces in machines for manufacturing gear teeth
  • G05B 19/27 - Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form characterised by positioning or contouring control systems, e.g. to control position from one programmed point to another or to control movement along a programmed continuous path using an absolute digital measuring device
  • B23F 19/05 - Honing gear teeth
  • B23F 19/00 - Finishing gear teeth by other tools than those used for manufacturing gear teeth
  • B23F 23/00 - Accessories or equipment combined with or arranged in, or specially designed to form part of, gear-cutting machines
  • G05B 19/4093 - Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form characterised by part programming, e.g. entry of geometrical information as taken from a technical drawing, combining this with machining and material information to obtain control information, named part programme, for the NC machine
  • G05B 19/18 - Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form

38.

Workpiece clamping device with face driver

      
Application Number 15152476
Grant Number 09975181
Status In Force
Filing Date 2016-05-11
First Publication Date 2016-11-17
Grant Date 2018-05-22
Owner Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH (Germany)
Inventor Weixler, Johannes

Abstract

This present disclosure relates to a device for rotary entrainment of a workpiece clamped between two tips, which is mounted on a machine table of a machine tool, consisting of a base body with a centrically arranged tip and a plurality of concentrically arranged, axially shiftable driver elements which for the rotary entrainment of the workpiece are pressed against or into an end-face surface, wherein an axial position of the driver elements can be defined by active fixation after a centering operation of the workpiece, and to a receptacle opposite the base body, for example a tip or hollow tip, which serves a guidance of an opposite side of the workpiece.

IPC Classes  ?

39.

Method and apparatus for the gear manufacturing machining of a workpiece by a diagonal generating method

      
Application Number 15005680
Grant Number 10293423
Status In Force
Filing Date 2016-01-25
First Publication Date 2016-07-28
Grant Date 2019-05-21
Owner Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH (Germany)
Inventor Wuerfel, Robert

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method for the gear manufacturing machining of a workpiece by a diagonal-generating method, in which the workpiece is subjected to gear tooth machining by the rolling off of a tool, wherein an axial feed of the tool takes place during the machining with a diagonal ratio given by the ratio between the axial feed of the tool and the axial feed of the workpiece. According to the present disclosure, the tool has a conical basic shape.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B23F 5/04 - Making straight gear teeth involving moving a tool relatively to a workpiece with a rolling-off or an enveloping motion with respect to the gear teeth to be made by grinding the tool being a grinding worm
  • B23F 9/02 - Making gears having teeth curved in their longitudinal direction by grinding
  • B23F 21/02 - Grinding discsGrinding worms
  • G05B 19/18 - Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form
  • B23F 19/00 - Finishing gear teeth by other tools than those used for manufacturing gear teeth

40.

Method for the manufacture of a workpiece having a corrected gear tooth geometry and/or a modified surface structure

      
Application Number 15005751
Grant Number 10286469
Status In Force
Filing Date 2016-01-25
First Publication Date 2016-07-28
Grant Date 2019-05-14
Owner Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH (Germany)
Inventor Wuerfel, Robert

Abstract

Ft1 in a second direction of the tool, which extends perpendicular to the first direction, and/or wherein the modification is produced in that the position of the dresser to the tool is varied during dressing in dependence on the angle of rotation of the tool and/or on the tool width position, wherein the modification of the tool produces a corresponding modification on the surface of the workpiece, and wherein the modification of the workpiece produced by the modification is superposed by a profile modification and/or a modification caused by a change of the machine kinematics during the machining process.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B23F 5/04 - Making straight gear teeth involving moving a tool relatively to a workpiece with a rolling-off or an enveloping motion with respect to the gear teeth to be made by grinding the tool being a grinding worm
  • B23F 23/12 - Other devices, e.g. tool holdersChecking devices for controlling workpieces in machines for manufacturing gear teeth
  • B23F 19/00 - Finishing gear teeth by other tools than those used for manufacturing gear teeth
  • B23F 9/02 - Making gears having teeth curved in their longitudinal direction by grinding
  • G05B 19/4097 - Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form characterised by using design data to control NC machines, e.g. CAD/CAM

41.

Method for the gear manufacturing machining of a workpiece by a diagonal generating method

      
Application Number 15005799
Grant Number 09969019
Status In Force
Filing Date 2016-01-25
First Publication Date 2016-07-28
Grant Date 2018-05-15
Owner Liebherr-Verzahnechnik GmbH (Germany)
Inventor Wuerfel, Robert

Abstract

A method for the production of a workpiece having a corrected gear tooth geometry and/or a modified surface structure by a diagonal generating method by a modified tool, wherein a modification of the surface geometry of the tool is produced in that the position of the tool dresser is varied during dressing in dependence on the angle of rotation of the tool and/or on the tool width position and/or wherein a modification of the surface geometry is produced which has a constant value at least locally in the generating pattern in a first direction of the tool and is given by a function in a second direction of the tool which extends perpendicular to the first direction, wherein the modification of the tool produces a corresponding modification on the surface of the workpiece, and wherein the modification on the surface of the workpiece is a directed crowning without shape deviations.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B23F 23/12 - Other devices, e.g. tool holdersChecking devices for controlling workpieces in machines for manufacturing gear teeth
  • B23F 5/04 - Making straight gear teeth involving moving a tool relatively to a workpiece with a rolling-off or an enveloping motion with respect to the gear teeth to be made by grinding the tool being a grinding worm
  • B23F 5/22 - Making straight gear teeth involving moving a tool relatively to a workpiece with a rolling-off or an enveloping motion with respect to the gear teeth to be made by milling the tool being a hob for making spur gears
  • B23F 19/00 - Finishing gear teeth by other tools than those used for manufacturing gear teeth
  • B23F 9/02 - Making gears having teeth curved in their longitudinal direction by grinding
  • F16H 55/17 - Toothed wheels

42.

Method and apparatus for the gear manufacturing machining of a workpiece by a diagonal generating method

      
Application Number 15005843
Grant Number 09873160
Status In Force
Filing Date 2016-01-25
First Publication Date 2016-07-28
Grant Date 2018-01-23
Owner Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH (Germany)
Inventor Wuerfel, Robert

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method for the gear manufacturing machining of a workpiece by a diagonal-generating method, in which the workpiece is subjected to gear tooth machining by the rolling off of a tool, wherein an axial feed of the tool takes place during the machining with a diagonal ratio given by the ratio between the axial feed of the tool and the axial feed of the workpiece. According to the present disclosure, the diagonal ratio is changed within the course of the machining of a workpiece.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B23F 9/00 - Making gears having teeth curved in their longitudinal direction
  • B23F 9/02 - Making gears having teeth curved in their longitudinal direction by grinding
  • B23F 21/00 - Tools specially adapted for use in machines for manufacturing gear teeth
  • B23F 21/02 - Grinding discsGrinding worms
  • B23F 5/04 - Making straight gear teeth involving moving a tool relatively to a workpiece with a rolling-off or an enveloping motion with respect to the gear teeth to be made by grinding the tool being a grinding worm
  • B23F 19/00 - Finishing gear teeth by other tools than those used for manufacturing gear teeth
  • B23F 23/12 - Other devices, e.g. tool holdersChecking devices for controlling workpieces in machines for manufacturing gear teeth
  • G05B 19/18 - Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form

43.

Workpiece carrier

      
Application Number 14860534
Grant Number 09533830
Status In Force
Filing Date 2015-09-21
First Publication Date 2016-03-31
Grant Date 2017-01-03
Owner Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH (Germany)
Inventor
  • Lingenhoel, Klaus
  • Landerer, Roman
  • Heuberger, Michael

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a workpiece carrier for a workpiece conveying device for the transportation of workpieces, especially for heavy workpieces, having a conveyor chain for conveying the workpiece carriers by transmitting friction forces and having a guide track for guiding and supporting the conveyor chain and the workpiece carriers. The conveyor chain runs in a U-shaped guide track, wherein support surfaces extend next to the U-shaped guide track and the workpiece carriers are supported with guide rollers on said support surfaces. The workpiece carriers are equipped with a front and a rear carriage which are provided with an entrainer for engagement into the U-shaped cut-out, and wherein the entrainers are designed via a foot part with an adjustable contact force to overcome the sliding friction, with a display serving the visualization of the set contact force in accordance with the present disclosure.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B65G 17/42 - Attaching load-carriers to traction elements
  • B65G 17/34 - Individual load-carriers having flat surfaces, e.g. platforms, grids, forks
  • B65G 19/02 - Conveyors comprising an impeller or a series of impellers carried by an endless traction element and arranged to move articles or materials over a supporting surface or underlying material, e.g. endless scraper conveyors for articles, e.g. for containers
  • B65G 35/06 - Mechanical conveyors not otherwise provided for comprising a load-carrier moving along a path, e.g. a closed path, and adapted to be engaged by any one of a series of traction elements spaced along the path
  • B65G 17/14 - Conveyors having an endless traction element, e.g. a chain, transmitting movement to a continuous or substantially-continuous load-carrying surface or to a series of individual load-carriersEndless-chain conveyors in which the chains form the load-carrying surface comprising a series of individual load-carriers fixed, or normally fixed, relative to traction element with two spaced connections to traction element

44.

Apparatus for the automated removal of workpieces arranged in a container

      
Application Number 14733449
Grant Number 09855659
Status In Force
Filing Date 2015-06-08
First Publication Date 2015-12-10
Grant Date 2018-01-02
Owner Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH (Germany)
Inventor
  • Mundt, Alois
  • Mattern, Thomas
  • Haenschke, David
  • Riedmiller, Berhard

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for the automated removal of workpieces arranged in a container; having an object recognition device for detecting the workpieces and having a gripper for gripping and removing the workpieces from the container; having a control for evaluating the data of the object recognition device, for path planning and for controlling the gripper; and having a buffer station on which the gripper places the workpieces after the removal from the container, wherein the workpieces are picked up from the buffer station by a gripper and are placed down in a target placement area, with the buffer station having at least two different workpiece placement areas for placing down the workpiece in at least two different, defined placement positions.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06F 19/00 - Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific applications (specially adapted for specific functions G06F 17/00;data processing systems or methods specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial, supervisory or forecasting purposes G06Q;healthcare informatics G16H)
  • B25J 9/16 - Programme controls
  • B25J 5/00 - Manipulators mounted on wheels or on carriages
  • B25J 9/00 - Programme-controlled manipulators
  • B25J 19/02 - Sensing devices

45.

Robot module

      
Application Number 14728526
Grant Number 09827676
Status In Force
Filing Date 2015-06-02
First Publication Date 2015-12-03
Grant Date 2017-11-28
Owner Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH (Germany)
Inventor
  • Mattern, Thomas
  • Haenschke, David
  • Riedmiller, Berhard

Abstract

The present disclosure shows a robot module having a cell frame and a robot, wherein the cell frame has a base plate at which the robot is mounted and has at least one cell wall connected to the base plate, and wherein the robot module is equipped with a control module for the robot. The present disclosure furthermore comprises a feed module which is connectable to the robot module.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06F 19/00 - Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific applications (specially adapted for specific functions G06F 17/00;data processing systems or methods specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial, supervisory or forecasting purposes G06Q;healthcare informatics G16H)
  • B25J 9/16 - Programme controls
  • B25J 3/00 - Manipulators of leader-follower type, i.e. both controlling unit and controlled unit perform corresponding spatial movements
  • B25J 9/00 - Programme-controlled manipulators
  • B25J 9/08 - Programme-controlled manipulators characterised by modular constructions
  • B25J 21/00 - Chambers provided with manipulation devices

46.

Apparatus for the automated removal of workpieces arranged in a container

      
Application Number 14728993
Grant Number 09958851
Status In Force
Filing Date 2015-06-02
First Publication Date 2015-12-03
Grant Date 2018-05-01
Owner Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH (Germany)
Inventor
  • Mattern, Thomas
  • Haenschke, David
  • Riedmiller, Berhard

Abstract

The present disclosure shows an apparatus for the automated removal of workpieces arranged in a container, having an object recognition device for detecting the workpieces and a gripper for gripping and removing the workpiece from the container and having a control for evaluating the data of the object recognition device, for path planning and for controlling the gripper. In this respect, the apparatus is set up in a modular manner by a handling module and a feed module, wherein the handling module has the gripper kinematics, in particular a robot or an area gantry, and the feed module has an arrangement for providing a container having workpieces.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06F 7/00 - Methods or arrangements for processing data by operating upon the order or content of the data handled
  • G06F 19/00 - Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific applications (specially adapted for specific functions G06F 17/00;data processing systems or methods specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial, supervisory or forecasting purposes G06Q;healthcare informatics G16H)
  • G05B 19/19 - Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form characterised by positioning or contouring control systems, e.g. to control position from one programmed point to another or to control movement along a programmed continuous path
  • B25J 9/00 - Programme-controlled manipulators
  • B25J 9/08 - Programme-controlled manipulators characterised by modular constructions
  • B25J 19/02 - Sensing devices
  • B25J 21/00 - Chambers provided with manipulation devices

47.

Method for the location determination of the involutes in gears

      
Application Number 14721926
Grant Number 10018459
Status In Force
Filing Date 2015-05-26
First Publication Date 2015-11-26
Grant Date 2018-07-10
Owner Lienherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH (Germany)
Inventor Wuerfel, Robert

Abstract

A method for the location determination of the involutes of a pre-gear cut workpiece within a gear-cutting machine using a gear-cut tool comprising the method steps: generating first and second relative movements between the workpiece and the tool; detecting respective, resulting first and second contact between a first tooth flank of the tool and a first tooth flank of the workpiece; and detecting a respective first and second set of coordinates for representing the relative movement of the workpiece and the tool; and determining the angles of rotation, the feeds, the axial distance and the crossed-axes angle of the tool and the workpiece based on the first and second set of coordinates and subsequent calculation of the location of the involutes on the basis of the angles of rotation, the feeds, the axial distance and the crossed-axes angle.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G01B 5/24 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of mechanical techniques for measuring angles or tapersMeasuring arrangements characterised by the use of mechanical techniques for testing the alignment of axes
  • B23Q 17/20 - Arrangements for indicating or measuring on machine tools for indicating or measuring workpiece characteristics, e.g. contour, dimension, hardness
  • B23Q 17/22 - Arrangements for indicating or measuring on machine tools for indicating or measuring existing or desired position of tool or work
  • G01B 5/008 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of mechanical techniques for measuring coordinates of points using coordinate measuring machines
  • B23F 23/12 - Other devices, e.g. tool holdersChecking devices for controlling workpieces in machines for manufacturing gear teeth
  • G05B 19/414 - Structure of the control system, e.g. common controller or multiprocessor systems, interface to servo, programmable interface controller
  • B23F 23/00 - Accessories or equipment combined with or arranged in, or specially designed to form part of, gear-cutting machines

48.

Handling apparatus of modular design for handling parts

      
Application Number 14228751
Grant Number 09616578
Status In Force
Filing Date 2014-03-28
First Publication Date 2015-09-03
Grant Date 2017-04-11
Owner Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH (Germany)
Inventor
  • Kennerknecht, Wilhelm
  • Grötzinger, Thomas

Abstract

A handling apparatus for handling parts, in particular large-volume workpieces, and having at least two gripper modules which are disposed opposite one another at a horizontal carrier which can be moved relative to one another and which are driven by a motor. The handling apparatus is of modular design and having at least one carrier module forming the horizontal carrier and at least two gripper modules as components which can be assembled in modular form.

IPC Classes  ?

49.

Interlinking system for overhead transfer devices

      
Application Number 14469666
Grant Number 09616538
Status In Force
Filing Date 2014-08-27
First Publication Date 2015-05-14
Grant Date 2017-04-11
Owner Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH (Germany)
Inventor
  • Lingenhöl, Klaus
  • Radigk, Uwe
  • Landerer, Roman

Abstract

The invention relates to an interlinking system for overhead transfer devices having at least two portals for the transport of workpieces or of workpieces on pallets between machines and/or supply/removal devices and vice versa. Each of the portals is in this respect equipped with at least one loading unit and the two portals are equipped with a transfer module for conveying the workpieces or the workpieces on pallets between a first and a second portal which is in turn equipped with a transport device for the reception of one or more workpieces or workpiece pallets.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B23Q 7/14 - Arrangements for handling work specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, machine tools, e.g. for conveying, loading, positioning, discharging, sorting co-ordinated in production lines
  • B23Q 41/02 - Features relating to transfer of work between machines
  • B65G 37/02 - Flow sheets for conveyor combinations in warehouses, magazines or workshops
  • B25J 11/00 - Manipulators not otherwise provided for
  • B65G 47/90 - Devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials

50.

Method of controlling a gear cutting machine and gear cutting machine

      
Application Number 14486393
Grant Number 09983561
Status In Force
Filing Date 2014-09-15
First Publication Date 2015-05-14
Grant Date 2018-05-29
Owner Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH (Germany)
Inventor Schuon, Florian

Abstract

The invention relates to a method of controlling a gear cutting machine having at least one tool for cutting gears into a workpiece clamped in a workpiece mount, wherein the machine control carries out a three-dimensional collision monitoring during the gear cutting machining.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B23Q 11/00 - Accessories fitted to machine tools for keeping tools or parts of the machine in good working condition or for cooling workSafety devices specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, machine tools
  • G05B 19/18 - Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form
  • G05B 19/4061 - Avoiding collision or forbidden zones
  • G05B 19/4069 - Simulating machining process on screen

51.

Method of setting up a gear cutting machine and gear cutting machine

      
Application Number 14482744
Grant Number 10061297
Status In Force
Filing Date 2014-09-10
First Publication Date 2015-03-19
Grant Date 2018-08-28
Owner Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH (Germany)
Inventor
  • Karl, Thomas
  • Heider, Marco

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method of setting up a gear cutting machine, wherein the gear cutting machine is equipped with at least one machine part which can be set up and the parameters relating to the set-up machine part are input into the machine control for the subsequent gear cutting process, wherein a graphical model of the machine part is virtually composed on a display element of the gear cutting machine in a user-controlled manner from one or more graphical part components and the required parameters for the following gear cutting process are derived from the graphical modeling.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G05B 19/4097 - Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form characterised by using design data to control NC machines, e.g. CAD/CAM
  • B23F 23/00 - Accessories or equipment combined with or arranged in, or specially designed to form part of, gear-cutting machines
  • B23Q 15/22 - Control or regulation of position of tool or workpiece
  • G05B 19/4093 - Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form characterised by part programming, e.g. entry of geometrical information as taken from a technical drawing, combining this with machining and material information to obtain control information, named part programme, for the NC machine

52.

Gear cutting machine

      
Application Number 14482725
Grant Number 10156838
Status In Force
Filing Date 2014-09-10
First Publication Date 2015-03-12
Grant Date 2018-12-18
Owner Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH (Germany)
Inventor
  • Karl, Thomas
  • Heider, Marco
  • Heilmannseder, Tobias

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a gear cutting machine having a machine control as well as having at least one display for displaying machine-relevant parameters, wherein the display is multitouch-operable and allows an operator input for controlling the gear cutting machine by multifinger gestures over the display.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G05B 19/18 - Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form
  • G05B 19/409 - Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form characterised by using manual data input [MDI] or by using control panel, e.g. controlling functions with the panelNumerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form characterised by control panel details or by setting parameters
  • B23F 23/00 - Accessories or equipment combined with or arranged in, or specially designed to form part of, gear-cutting machines
  • G06F 3/0488 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

53.

Machine tool and method for the machining of workpieces having at least two separate machining units

      
Application Number 14448546
Grant Number 09463519
Status In Force
Filing Date 2014-07-31
First Publication Date 2015-02-12
Grant Date 2016-10-11
Owner Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH (Germany)
Inventor Zeller, Thomas

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an apparatus as well as to a method for the manufacture or processing of large tooth systems for internal or external teeth or large cogs in small production runs, wherein at least two machining methods are used with the aim of a complete machining of precision-relevant surfaces at these workpieces and while realizing production times which are as short as possible.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B23F 23/04 - Loading arrangements
  • B23F 17/00 - Special methods or machines for making gear teeth, not covered by groups
  • B23Q 1/01 - Frames, beds, pillars or like membersArrangement of ways
  • B23Q 1/48 - Movable or adjustable work or tool supports using particular mechanisms with sliding pairs and rotating pairs
  • B23Q 1/52 - Movable or adjustable work or tool supports using particular mechanisms with rotating pairs only a single rotating pair
  • B23Q 41/04 - Features relating to relative arrangements of machines
  • B23Q 3/157 - Arrangements for automatic insertion or removal of tools of rotary tools
  • B23F 5/20 - Making straight gear teeth involving moving a tool relatively to a workpiece with a rolling-off or an enveloping motion with respect to the gear teeth to be made by milling
  • B23Q 3/155 - Arrangements for automatic insertion or removal of tools
  • B23F 21/12 - Milling tools
  • B23B 3/30 - Turning-machines with two or more working-spindles, e.g. in fixed arrangement

54.

Double-side dresser

      
Application Number 14321650
Grant Number 09399279
Status In Force
Filing Date 2014-07-01
First Publication Date 2015-01-08
Grant Date 2016-07-26
Owner Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH (Germany)
Inventor
  • Breith, Thomas
  • Zankl, Manfred

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and to a method for dressing generating grinding tools or profile grinding tools for the gear cutting processing of toothed workpieces using at least two disk-shaped dressing tools with which one or more tool regions and/or profile regions of the tool are provided with a defined dressing geometry.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B24B 53/075 - Devices or means for dressing or conditioning abrasive surfaces of profiled abrasive wheels for workpieces having a grooved profile, e.g. gears, splined shafts, threads, worms
  • B24B 53/06 - Devices or means for dressing or conditioning abrasive surfaces of profiled abrasive wheels
  • B23F 23/12 - Other devices, e.g. tool holdersChecking devices for controlling workpieces in machines for manufacturing gear teeth
  • B23F 21/00 - Tools specially adapted for use in machines for manufacturing gear teeth
  • B23F 21/02 - Grinding discsGrinding worms

55.

Machining method for hard-fine machining of noise-optimized gears on a gear-cutting machine

      
Application Number 14195985
Grant Number 09409244
Status In Force
Filing Date 2014-03-04
First Publication Date 2014-09-11
Grant Date 2016-08-09
Owner Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH (Germany)
Inventor Geiser, Hansjörg

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for hard-fine machining of tooth flanks with corrections and/or modifications on a gear-cutting machine, wherein respective toothed wheel pairings which mesh with one another within a transmission or a test device are machined while taking account of the respective mating flanks, and wherein the tooth flanks of the relevant workpieces are provided with periodic waviness corrections or waviness modifications. In accordance with the invention, the rotational error extent is determined by means of rotational distance error measurement of the toothed wheel pairs in a gear measuring device and/or transmission. This measurement result serves as an input value for defining the amplitude, frequency and phase position for the periodic flank waviness corrections on the tooth flanks of the toothed wheel pairings for production in the gear-cutting machine.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B24B 51/00 - Arrangements for automatic control of a series of individual steps in grinding a workpiece
  • B23F 19/00 - Finishing gear teeth by other tools than those used for manufacturing gear teeth
  • B23F 1/02 - Making gear teeth by tools of which the profile matches the profile of the required surface by grinding
  • B23F 17/00 - Special methods or machines for making gear teeth, not covered by groups
  • B23Q 15/02 - Control or regulation of feed movement according to the instantaneous size and the required size of the workpiece acted upon
  • B23F 23/12 - Other devices, e.g. tool holdersChecking devices for controlling workpieces in machines for manufacturing gear teeth
  • B23F 5/04 - Making straight gear teeth involving moving a tool relatively to a workpiece with a rolling-off or an enveloping motion with respect to the gear teeth to be made by grinding the tool being a grinding worm

56.

Tool for grinding toothed workpieces having collision contours

      
Application Number 14162165
Grant Number 09718139
Status In Force
Filing Date 2014-01-23
First Publication Date 2014-07-24
Grant Date 2017-08-01
Owner Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH (Germany)
Inventor
  • Breith, Thomas
  • Zankl, Manfred

Abstract

A tool for generating tooth systems by grinding when the maximum tool diameter is limited by collision contours on the workpiece has a dressable grinding tool that is tightly connected to the tool holder. In one preferred arrangement, the dressable grinding tool is glued on the tool holder.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B23F 21/00 - Tools specially adapted for use in machines for manufacturing gear teeth
  • B24D 5/06 - Bonded abrasive wheels, or wheels with inserted abrasive blocks, designed for acting only by their peripheryBushings or mountings therefor with inserted abrasive blocks, e.g. segmental
  • B24D 18/00 - Manufacture of grinding tools, e.g. wheels, not otherwise provided for
  • B24D 5/14 - Zonally-graded wheelsComposite wheels comprising different abrasives
  • B24D 5/12 - Cut-off wheels
  • B24B 53/085 - Devices or means for dressing or conditioning abrasive surfaces of profiled abrasive wheels controlled by information means, e.g. patterns, templets, punched tapes or the like for workpieces having a grooved profile, e.g. gears, splined shafts, threads, worms
  • B24D 11/04 - Zonally-graded surfaces
  • B24B 53/075 - Devices or means for dressing or conditioning abrasive surfaces of profiled abrasive wheels for workpieces having a grooved profile, e.g. gears, splined shafts, threads, worms
  • B23F 21/02 - Grinding discsGrinding worms
  • B23F 5/04 - Making straight gear teeth involving moving a tool relatively to a workpiece with a rolling-off or an enveloping motion with respect to the gear teeth to be made by grinding the tool being a grinding worm

57.

Apparatus for the automated handling of workpieces

      
Application Number 13929647
Grant Number 09492926
Status In Force
Filing Date 2013-06-27
First Publication Date 2014-06-05
Grant Date 2016-11-15
Owner Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH (Germany)
Inventor
  • Mattern, Thomas
  • Haenschke, David
  • Riedmiller, Bernhard
  • Mundt, Alois

Abstract

An apparatus for the automated handling of workpieces comprising at least one gripper for picking the workpiece; a control for controlling the at least one gripper and an intermediate station for placing the workpiece, with the apparatus being configured such that the workpiece is placed in a defined position and/or defined orientation on the intermediate station and is picked up again with a changed orientation and/or with greater accuracy.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B25J 13/08 - Controls for manipulators by means of sensing devices, e.g. viewing or touching devices
  • B25J 11/00 - Manipulators not otherwise provided for
  • B25J 9/00 - Programme-controlled manipulators
  • B25J 19/02 - Sensing devices
  • B65G 47/14 - Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles arranging or orientating the articles by mechanical or pneumatic means during feeding
  • B25J 9/16 - Programme controls

58.

Apparatus for automated removal of workpieces arranged in a container

      
Application Number 13968471
Grant Number 09902066
Status In Force
Filing Date 2013-08-16
First Publication Date 2014-02-20
Grant Date 2018-02-27
Owner Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH (Germany)
Inventor
  • Mattern, Thomas
  • Haenschke, David
  • Riedmiller, Bernhard
  • Mundt, Alois

Abstract

A device for automated removal of workpieces arranged in a container has a detector device, for the purpose of detecting the workpiece, and a picker, which can be moved via a robot arm having at least six axes, for picking and removing the workpieces from the container. The device also has controller for evaluating the data of the detector device, for path planning, and for controlling the robot arm and the picker. The robot arm has a picker arm element, with at least two further axes of movement, for moving the picker.

IPC Classes  ?

59.

Apparatus for the automated handling of workpieces

      
Application Number 13929652
Grant Number 09302396
Status In Force
Filing Date 2013-06-27
First Publication Date 2014-01-23
Grant Date 2016-04-05
Owner Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH (Germany)
Inventor
  • Mattern, Thomas
  • Haenschke, David
  • Riedmiller, Bernhard
  • Mundt, Alois

Abstract

An apparatus for the automated handling of workpieces comprising an object recognition device for detecting the workpiece and a gripper arranged at a gripping arm for picking the workpieces and a control for evaluating the data of the object recognition device, for track planning and for controlling the gripping arm and the gripper and comprising a compensation unit which allows an evasion movement of the gripper, wherein the compensation unit only allows an evasion movement of the gripper on the exceeding of a predefined first load of the gripping arm and remains rigid below the first load, wherein the first load is larger than a load exerted on the gripping arm solely by the gripper and/or the picked workpiece.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B25J 13/08 - Controls for manipulators by means of sensing devices, e.g. viewing or touching devices
  • B25J 19/06 - Safety devices

60.

Apparatus for the automated removal of workpieces arranged in a container

      
Application Number 13929637
Grant Number 09289897
Status In Force
Filing Date 2013-06-27
First Publication Date 2014-01-16
Grant Date 2016-03-22
Owner Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH (Germany)
Inventor
  • Mattern, Thomas
  • Haenschke, David
  • Riedmiller, Bernhard
  • Mundt, Alois

Abstract

An apparatus for the automated removal of workpieces arranged in a container comprising a first object recognition device for detecting the workpieces and a first gripper for picking and removing the workpieces from the container; and a control for evaluating the data of the first object recognition device, for track planning and for controlling the first gripper; wherein an intermediate station on which the first gripper places the workpiece after the removal from the container; and a positioning apparatus which positions the workpieces more accurately starting from the intermediate station and/or singularizes them.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B25J 9/00 - Programme-controlled manipulators
  • B25J 19/02 - Sensing devices
  • B65G 47/14 - Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles arranging or orientating the articles by mechanical or pneumatic means during feeding
  • G06T 1/00 - General purpose image data processing
  • B25J 9/16 - Programme controls

61.

Method and apparatus for hard finishing modified gears

      
Application Number 13860433
Grant Number 10173278
Status In Force
Filing Date 2013-04-10
First Publication Date 2013-10-24
Grant Date 2019-01-08
Owner Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH (Germany)
Inventor
  • Geiser, Hansjoerg
  • Wuerfel, Robert

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method for the manufacture of a workpiece having a corrected gear geometry and/or a modified surface structure, in particular by a hard finishing process, in particular generation grinding or honing. Provision is made in this respect that it is achieved by a direct generation of a wobble movement and/or of an eccentricity of the tool that a modification, in particular a profile modification or profile waviness, and/or a defined periodic flank waviness is generated on the active surface of the workpiece machined therewith.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B23F 5/04 - Making straight gear teeth involving moving a tool relatively to a workpiece with a rolling-off or an enveloping motion with respect to the gear teeth to be made by grinding the tool being a grinding worm
  • B23F 19/05 - Honing gear teeth
  • B23F 19/00 - Finishing gear teeth by other tools than those used for manufacturing gear teeth
  • B23F 23/10 - Arrangements for compensating irregularities in drives or indexing mechanisms
  • B23F 21/03 - Honing tools
  • B23F 21/02 - Grinding discsGrinding worms
  • B24B 53/075 - Devices or means for dressing or conditioning abrasive surfaces of profiled abrasive wheels for workpieces having a grooved profile, e.g. gears, splined shafts, threads, worms
  • B23F 23/12 - Other devices, e.g. tool holdersChecking devices for controlling workpieces in machines for manufacturing gear teeth

62.

GEAR-CUTTING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING OR MACHINING GEAR TEETH

      
Application Number EP2012004348
Publication Number 2013/075773
Status In Force
Filing Date 2012-10-17
Publication Date 2013-05-30
Owner LIEBHERR-VERZAHNTECHNIK GMBH (Germany)
Inventor Geiser, Hansjörg

Abstract

The invention relates to a gear-cutting machine having at least two workpiece spindles for receiving the workpieces to be machined, having at least one main machining station for incorporating the gear teeth or the profile, and having at least one secondary machining station, wherein the workpiece spindles are arranged on a pivoting unit that is pivotable about a main axis. The angle enclosed by the spindle axes associated with the workpiece spindles and the main axis is less than 180°. The invention also relates to a method for producing or machining gear teeth on workpieces.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B23F 23/04 - Loading arrangements
  • B23F 17/00 - Special methods or machines for making gear teeth, not covered by groups
  • B23Q 7/02 - Arrangements for handling work specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, machine tools, e.g. for conveying, loading, positioning, discharging, sorting by means of drums or rotating tables or discs
  • B23Q 39/02 - Metal-working machines incorporating a plurality of sub-assemblies, each capable of performing a metal-working operation the sub-assemblies being capable of being brought to act at a single operating station

63.

Method of manufacturing multiple identical gears using a gear cutting machine

      
Application Number 13159890
Grant Number 09440299
Status In Force
Filing Date 2011-06-14
First Publication Date 2012-08-16
Grant Date 2016-09-13
Owner Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH (Germany)
Inventor
  • Winkel, Oliver
  • Bodenmüller, Erwin

Abstract

The invention relates to method of manufacturing a multiple of identical gears by means of cutting machining, in particular hob cutting or hob grinding, on a gear-cutting machine, wherein workpieces are machined by means of a rotating tool which is brought into engagement with the workpiece via the control of NC axes of the gear cutting machine. In accordance with the invention, deviations from workpiece to workpiece are compensated by a respective different control of at least one of the NC axes of the gear cutting machine.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B23F 23/00 - Accessories or equipment combined with or arranged in, or specially designed to form part of, gear-cutting machines
  • G05B 19/00 - Programme-control systems
  • F16H 1/00 - Toothed gearings for conveying rotary motion
  • B23F 23/12 - Other devices, e.g. tool holdersChecking devices for controlling workpieces in machines for manufacturing gear teeth
  • F16H 1/16 - Toothed gearings for conveying rotary motion without gears having orbital motion involving only two intermeshing members with non-parallel axes comprising worm and worm-wheel
  • G05B 19/19 - Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to execute positioning, movement or co-ordinated operations by means of programme data in numerical form characterised by positioning or contouring control systems, e.g. to control position from one programmed point to another or to control movement along a programmed continuous path

64.

METHOD FOR MILLING A WORM GEAR AND APPARATUS THEREFOR

      
Application Number EP2012000219
Publication Number 2012/097984
Status In Force
Filing Date 2012-01-18
Publication Date 2012-07-26
Owner LIEBHERR-VERZAHNTECHNIK GMBH (Germany)
Inventor
  • Winkel, Oliver
  • Hermes, Jörg

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for milling at least one worm gear, in particular for hobbing at least one worm gear in a manner setting the contact pattern, having at least one mill as milling tool, in particular a hob as milling tool, wherein the milling tool at least temporarily executes an additional helical compensation movement and wherein the additional helical compensation movement is at least partially settable. Furthermore, the invention relates to an apparatus and to the use of the apparatus for carrying out the method.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B23F 11/00 - Making worm wheels, e.g. by hobbing
  • B23F 19/00 - Finishing gear teeth by other tools than those used for manufacturing gear teeth

65.

Processing head

      
Application Number 12935401
Grant Number 08931984
Status In Force
Filing Date 2008-12-16
First Publication Date 2011-02-03
Grant Date 2015-01-13
Owner Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH (Germany)
Inventor Zeller, Thomas

Abstract

The present invention relates to a processing head for processing machines, preferably tooth milling and tooth grinding machines, comprising a direct drive which is arranged in a processing head bed of a processing machine, wherein the direct drive comprises at least two motors actuatable in synchronism with each other.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B23F 5/24 - Making straight gear teeth involving moving a tool relatively to a workpiece with a rolling-off or an enveloping motion with respect to the gear teeth to be made by milling the tool being a hob for making bevel gears
  • B23Q 5/28 - Electric drives
  • B23F 1/00 - Making gear teeth by tools of which the profile matches the profile of the required surface
  • B23F 9/00 - Making gears having teeth curved in their longitudinal direction
  • B23F 23/12 - Other devices, e.g. tool holdersChecking devices for controlling workpieces in machines for manufacturing gear teeth

66.

MACHINING HEAD

      
Application Number EP2008010718
Publication Number 2009/121387
Status In Force
Filing Date 2008-12-16
Publication Date 2009-10-08
Owner LIEBHERR-VERZAHNTECHNIK GMBH (Germany)
Inventor Zeller, Thomas

Abstract

The present invention relates to a machining head for machine tools, preferably tooth milling and tooth grinding machines, having a direct drive, disposed in a machining head bed of at least one machine tool, wherein the direct drive comprises at least two motors that can be actuated synchronously with each other.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B23F 1/00 - Making gear teeth by tools of which the profile matches the profile of the required surface
  • B23F 23/12 - Other devices, e.g. tool holdersChecking devices for controlling workpieces in machines for manufacturing gear teeth
  • B23Q 1/54 - Movable or adjustable work or tool supports using particular mechanisms with rotating pairs only two rotating pairs only

67.

Loading station

      
Application Number 12315039
Grant Number 08789312
Status In Force
Filing Date 2008-11-26
First Publication Date 2009-06-11
Grant Date 2014-07-29
Owner Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH (Germany)
Inventor Landerer, Roman

Abstract

The present invention relates to a loading station comprising a loading region which is accessible from a loading side and from a machine side and comprising two door elements movable along a guide from a machine position in which they release the machine side and close the loading side into a loading position in which they release the loading side and close the machine side, wherein the door elements overlap at least partially in the loading position and/or in the machine position so that, on an opening procedure of the machine side and/or of the loading side, the machine side and/or the loading side only starts to open when the respective other side has closed at least partially.

IPC Classes  ?

  • E06B 3/34 - Arrangements of wings characterised by the manner of movementArrangements of movable wings in openingsFeatures of wings or frames relating solely to the manner of movement of the wing with only one kind of movement

68.

MACHINING CENTER HAVING ASSOCIATED PALLET STORAGE AND HANDLING SYSTEM

      
Application Number EP2007011376
Publication Number 2008/098609
Status In Force
Filing Date 2007-12-21
Publication Date 2008-08-21
Owner LIEBHERR-VERZAHNTECHNIK GMBH (Germany)
Inventor
  • Finkenwirth, Klaus
  • Lingenhöl, Klaus

Abstract

The present invention relates to a machining center having an associated pallet storage and handling system, wherein the machining system is separated from the pallet storage by a travel path on which the pallet handing device can be displaced for handling the pallets, wherein the route can be bridged by means of a part serving as a platform in order to enable access to the machining center.

IPC Classes  ?

  • B23Q 7/10 - Arrangements for handling work specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, machine tools, e.g. for conveying, loading, positioning, discharging, sorting by means of magazines
  • B23Q 7/14 - Arrangements for handling work specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, machine tools, e.g. for conveying, loading, positioning, discharging, sorting co-ordinated in production lines

69.

TOOL ARRANGEMENT FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HELICAL TEETH IN GEAR WHEELS

      
Application Number EP2006008658
Publication Number 2007/031219
Status In Force
Filing Date 2006-09-06
Publication Date 2007-03-22
Owner
  • FETTE GMBH (Germany)
  • LIEBHERR-VERZAHNTECHNIK GMBH (Germany)
Inventor
  • Carmincke, Wolfgang
  • Winkel, Oliver

Abstract

Tool arrangement for the production of helical teeth in gear wheels, wherein a roughing hob (20), at least one deburring cutter (16, 18) and a finishing hob (12) can be fastened on a common mandrel (14) in a predetermined rotational position relative to one another, and the teeth of the finishing hob, which are situated along a helical line, each have a different cross section such that the engagement angle of the right or left flanks decreases continuously starting from a maximum value of the first tooth up to the last tooth, and the maximum engagement angle of the right flanks of the first or last tooth coincides with the minimum engagement angle of the left flanks, and vice versa.

IPC Classes  ?