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A PC-Based System for Gear Pitch Analysis and Monitoring in Gear Manufacturing Process  

김성준 (강릉대학교 산업공학과)
지용수 (니치정보기술㈜)
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Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management / v.30, no.3, 2002 , pp. 111-119 More about this Journal
Abstract
Gears are essential elements for mechanical power transmission. Geometric precision is the main factor for characterizing gear grade and qualify. Gear pitch is one of the crucial measurements, which is defined as a distance between two adjacent gear teeth. It is well-known that variability in gear pitches may causes wear-out and vibration noise. Therefore maintaining pitch errors at a low level plays a key role in assuring the gear quality to customers. This paper is concerned with a case study, which presents a computerized system for Inspecting pitch errors in a gear machining process. This system consists of a PC and window-based programs. Although the start and stop is manually accomplished, the process of measuring and analyzing pitch data is automatically conducted in this system. Our purpose lies in reducing inspection cost and time as well as Increasing test reliability. Its operation is briefly illustrated by example. Sometimes a strong autocorrelation is observed from pitch data. We also discuss a process monitoring scheme taking account of autocorrelations.
Keywords
Gear Manufacturing; Geometric Measurements; Gear Quality; Pitch Error; Automated Gear Inspection; Data Aquisition; Autocorrelated Data;
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