Research on High-Precision Form Grinding Technology of Gear Based on Ambient Temperature Adaptability

The thermal error of high-precision computer numerical control (CNC) form grinding machine has become the critical factor affecting its locating precision. Because the thermal error is more complicated to be measured directly, most of the measurement tests are usually aimed at no-load conditions. In this article, a method to evaluate the machine tool thermal error based on the principle of tooth profile error through the gear grinding precision is presented. Based on high-precision CNC form grinding machine need to maintain isoperibol, this paper proposed the ambient temperature as a variable, for different ambient temperature to measure the thermal error of the machine tool. According to the measurement results of the thermal error, the method of partial least squares neural network is used to structure the thermal error prediction model of the machine tool. The experimental data show that the grade of the gear precision can reach four levels at different temperatures. This approach shows a promising prospect in the application of high-precision CNC gear form grinding machine in the future.