pSkive: Highest Quality for Internal and External Gears

The standard MONO-head variant of the pSkive offers many advantages when machining ring gears. With its driven workpiece spindle and up to four fixed mounts for turning tools and/or an in-process measuring probe, pSkive enables the efficient and precise machining of geared workpieces.

The MONO head with its “turret technology” (continuous head swivel range of +/-105°) has the advantage that workpieces are skived and deburred in a single clamping. Possible reference diameters and surfaces are finished with a turning tool. This yields not only highly complex gearing qualities, but also high overall component quality in terms of the shape and position tolerances.

In addition, the MONO head enables the optional use of an in-process probe. This allows measurement of the workpieces during the machining process. It ensures that specifications such as the spherical dimension and flank line of the gearing are performed efficiently. The probe also has a positive effect on the setup process after a tool change. The user interface developed by Pittler supports monitoring of the component quality.

Moreover, a sensor can also be implemented for finding the tooth gap for hard peeling. This enables precise and fully automatic control of the process when machining tempered workpieces.

The combination of all of these equipment options enables efficient processing and a high workpiece quality level. The familiar smart operation renders the pSkive skiving machine a versatile solution for rotationally symmetrical components with internal and external gears.

The DUO head offers numerous advantages for ring gear production in the pSkive. With its innovative design and versatile features, the DUO head improves the efficiency and precision of the production process.

A major advantage of the DUO head are two driven workpiece spindles. This means that two skiving wheels can be mounted, which significantly increases productivity. For example, while a roughing tool (larger modules) is used on one spindle for efficient material removal, the finishing peeling wheel can be mounted on the second spindle in order to reduce component costs and protect the expensive finishing tool.

Another option for two peeling spindles is the use of sister tools or two different peeling wheels, which, for example, are required for a stepped planetary gear.

As with the pSkive with MONO head, up to four fixed mounts can be mounted on the DUO head. Further processing or component testing using a measuring probe or finding tooth gaps using a sensor are possible. This opens up a wide range of possible applications in the production of complex ring gears. In summary, the DUO head enables efficient, precise, and versatile production in the pSkive.

With its ability to swivel to a second skiving wheel in just seconds and thus make the process even more flexible and time-saving, it is the skiving machine of the modern manufacturing industry.