Skiving for high-performance machining of periodic structures

Skiving is a continuous cutting method for high-performance machining of periodic structures. With this method, the main manufacturing times can be reduced substantially.The key to the successful application of skiving is the design of suitable tools and safe processes. Due to the complexity of the skiving kinematics, the tool design has to be based on simulation. A suitable software program was developed for this purpose, so that the complete shape of skiving tools can be defined. By simulating the production process with the same program, all cutting parameters for an optimum process adjustment can be determined. Furthermore, a geometric assessment of the resulting workpiece geometry is provided by the software program.The possibilities offered by the simulation software developed, and the skiving manufacturing method, are demonstrated by the example of cylindrical external gearing.