Form rolling apparatus and form rolling method

• Main Author: Nagata Eiri
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 18.07.2017
• Subjects: GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; MAKING PARTICULAR METAL OBJECTS BY ROLLING, e.g. SCREWS,WHEELS, RINGS, BARRELS, BALLS; MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVINGMATERIAL; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PUNCHING METAL; ROLLING OF METAL; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS ORPROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL

A form rolling apparatus for applying in-feed form rolling to a rod-shaped material includes a support portion configured to support the rod-shaped material to be axially rotatable, a round die formed with die teeth on an outer periphery thereof, the die teeth configured to be positioned facing an outer periphery surface of the rod-shaped material, and a moving device moving the round die so that a distance of axes of the round die and the rod-shaped material changes. The die teeth includes forming die teeth for generating gear teeth on the outer periphery surface of the rod-shaped material and finishing die teeth enhancing a tooth surface precision of the generated gear teeth by engaging with the generated gear tooth and rotating. The finishing die teeth are formed in a configuration each having an addendum that does not come to contact a bottom land of the generated gear teeth.