Honing method with centering of a workpiece on a rolling verification station

摘要

A method for honing a workpiece includes moving the workpiece onto an intermediate retention member which is rotatable about a vertical workpiece axis. Then, the workpiece is brought into a rolling engagement with a teaching wheel. An angular transfer position of the workpiece is established by the rotary sensor of the teaching wheel retention member. Next, the workpiece is transferred from the intermediate retention member onto a workpiece spindle, where the workpiece is retained onto the workpiece spindle. Then, the workpiece goes through a honing process by bringing the workpiece into a synchronized rolling engagement with a honing tool by utilizing the angular transfer position of the workpiece, thereby eliminating a separate centering step of the workpiece.

主权项

1. A method for honing a workpiece, the method comprising the steps of:
providing a teaching wheel on a teaching wheel retention member, wherein the teaching wheel retention member is rotatable about a teaching wheel axis, and wherein a rotary sensor is configured to detect an angular position of the teaching wheel retention member; moving a workpiece onto an intermediate retention member, wherein the intermediate retention member is rotatable about a workpiece axis; bringing the workpiece into a rolling engagement with the teaching wheel, wherein the teaching wheel retention member or the intermediate retention member is rotatably driven by a first motorized drive; establishing an angular transfer position of the workpiece by the rotary sensor of the teaching wheel retention member; providing a workpiece spindle configured to retain the workpiece, wherein the workpiece spindle is rotatable about a workpiece spindle axis and rotatably driven by a second motorized drive; providing a honing tool on a tool spindle, wherein the tool spindle is rotatable about a spindle axis and rotatably driven by a third motorized drive; transferring the workpiece from the intermediate retention member onto the workpiece spindle, wherein the workpiece is retained onto the workpiece spindle; honing the workpiece by bringing the workpiece into a synchronized rolling engagement with the honing tool by utilizing the angular transfer position of the workpiece, thereby eliminating a separate centering step of the workpiece.