EP2844429A2

EP2844429A2 - Finishing method and finishing device for finish machining of rotationally symmetrical workpiece sections

Info

Publication number: EP2844429A2
Application number: EP13718186.3A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Philip UTSCH
Original assignee: Nagel Maschinen und Werkzeugfabrik GmbH
Current assignee: Nagel Maschinen und Werkzeugfabrik GmbH
Priority date: 2012-05-04
Filing date: 2013-04-22
Publication date: 2015-03-11
Anticipated expiration: 2033-04-22
Also published as: WO2013164218A2; CN104684683A; WO2013164218A3; EP2844429B1; DE102012207448A1; DE202013012083U1

Abstract

In a finishing method for finish machining a rotationally symmetrical workpiece section on a workpiece, the workpiece is rotated for the finish machining about a workpiece axis and, in a workpiece section to be machined, a finishing tool equipped with cutting means is pressed with a contact pressure force against a circumferential surface of the workpiece section. In the process, a force signal proportional to the contact pressure force is determined, and a feed path of the finishing tool is controlled during at least one phase of the finishing method on the basis of the force signal.

Description

description

Finishing process and finishing device for finish machining of rotationally symmetrical workpiece sections

BACKGROUND

The invention relates to a finishing method for finish machining a rotationally symmetrical workpiece section on a workpiece in accordance with the preamble of claim 1 and to a finishing device configured to carry out the method according to the preamble of claim 9.

Finishing, which is also referred to as superfinishing, is a machining process with indefinite cutting edges. Finishing can be used to machine workpiece surfaces of rotationally symmetric or non-rotationally symmetrical workpiece sections on workpieces such as crankshafts, camshafts, gear shafts or other components for power and working machines to produce a desired surface fine structure. When finishing, a finishing tool (finishing stone or finishing tape) set with granular cutting material is pressed against the peripheral surface to be machined. To produce the cutting speed required for the material removal, the workpiece is rotated about its workpiece axis. In some process variants of finishing, a relative movement between the workpiece and the finishing tool resting against the peripheral surface is simultaneously generated parallel to the workpiece axis. By combining the rotational movement of the workpiece and the superimposed oscillation movement, a so-called cross-cut pattern can be produced, whereby the machined workpiece surfaces are particularly suitable, for example as running surfaces for slide bearings or roller bearings or the like. In the case of The machined workpiece section can be, for example, a main bearing or a crank bearing of a crankshaft or a camshaft bearing.

In contrast to grinding, finishing is a thermally neutral processing method in which no soft skin interspersed with microcracks or surface tensions arises. Finishing is often used after a grinding process as the last machining process of a process chain to remove the soft skin, re-exposing the original microstructure, increasing the support of the roughened surface structure, and improving the component geometry in terms of roundness and shortwave errors in the axial and circumferential directions.

Grinding is the last shaping machining operation. During grinding, the geometry of the grinding tool of the machine control is known, so that the workpiece can be contoured by grinding in accordance with the tool guidance effected by the machine control. A prerequisite for this shaping is the regular dressing or calibration of the grinding tools. However, the grinding process is usually not able to achieve the achievable by the finish surface properties.

The advantageous surface properties by finishing are achieved, for example, during strip finishing by pressing an abrasive finishing strip against the workpiece section to be machined by a pressing device with a suitably designed hard, soft and / or flexible mold insert with a defined pressing force (eg between 50 N and 500 N) becomes. In this case, the pressing force is controlled, for example, by specifying the hydraulic pressure of a hydraulic actuator. Due to the resulting specific surface pressure between finishing belt and workpiece surface (usually between 0.05 and 2 N / mm ² ), the desired material removal and a fine surface structure come about. The strip finish machining is force-controlled and time-lapse controlled, so that the process result is, inter alia, a function of the pressing force and the process time.

The resulting geometry of the processing site, on the other hand, is essentially derived from pre-processing, i. dependent on the upstream grinding process. Both in axial and in tangential orientation, the global geometric shape shape is maintained, only ripples of higher order in the tangential and axial directions can be reduced if necessary.

The grinding process must therefore be designed so that at the end of the grinding process no errors that can not be eliminated by finishing remain, for example undulations of small orders, which are also referred to as polygons. One way to avoid form errors during grinding and to obtain the final global runout required at the end of the grinding process is to limit the feed parameters to relatively low values during grinding. As a result, a relatively long pre-processing time usually has to be accepted.

TASK AND SOLUTION

Against this background, the invention has for its object to provide a generic method for finish machining, which allows cost optimization of the process chain grinding - Finishen at least the same final quality of the machined workpieces. It is a further object to provide a finishing device suitable for carrying out the method. To achieve this object, the invention provides a finishing method having the features of claim 1. Furthermore, a finishing device with the features of claim 9 is provided.

Advantageous developments are specified in the dependent claims. The wording of all claims is incorporated herein by reference.

In a finishing method according to the claimed invention, a force signal proportional to the pressing force is determined, and a feed path of the finishing tool is controlled during at least one phase of the finishing process in response to the force signal.

The term "infeed" here refers to a working movement of the finishing tool in the direction of the workpiece section to be machined or, on reversal of the direction of movement, a return movement to remove the finishing tool from the workpiece section. As a result, it is also possible to reduce shape errors of lesser orders in the circumferential direction by the finish machining on the workpiece section to be machined, whereby the finish machining can be used to a certain extent not only for improving the micro-shape resulting from the pre-processing steps, but also for improving the macro-shape The term "microform" here refers primarily to those shape deviations that can also be improved by conventional finishing methods, in particular the roundness, the short-wave or height wavy shape error and roughness. By contrast, the term "macro-form" also refers to low-wave shape errors in the circumferential direction (polygons), which conventionally could not be improved by means of finishing. As is known, in closed-loop control, the continuous feedback of an output variable to the input of a regulator (control device) takes place. In a control (open loop control) lacks such feedback. Both the controller and the controller include a targeted influencing a variable to be influenced, which can be referred to in a controller as a "control variable" and a control as a "controlled variable". In the claimed invention, the position of the finishing tool is controlled as a variable to be influenced. Since this control takes place as a function of the (position-dependent) force signal, which is fed back to the control device, a position control or travel control of the feed motion is realized.

Since a certain proportion of the shaping can be shifted from the pre-machining by grinding in the direction of the finish machining, the requirements for the form accuracy obtainable by grinding can be reduced. Thus, a reduction of the pre-processing times is possible, which today make up a significant proportion of the value added chain of the components processed by grinding and finishing. This can result in a cost savings for the entire process chain, at the end of which the grinding and the downstream finishing are.

For a targeted shaping by Finishen, it is considered advantageous if the effective contours and the position of the finishing tool for controlling the finishing device are known at least in the final stage of finishing. In order to achieve this, it is provided in some method variants that the finishing tool is approached to the tool section by a feed movement guided in the direction of the workpiece section, the force signal is monitored during the feed movement, and a first workpiece contact, ie the first Touch contact between finishing tool and workpiece section, occurring jump detected in the force signal and processed to control the delivery. As a result of this evaluation of the force signal in the sense of a start-up detection, the position of the first-time tool contact with the workpiece is detected, so that the tool position relative to the workpiece is known from this point in time or from this tool position for the control. The subsequent stages of finish machining can be controlled in dependence on this referencing. Thus, it is possible to realize a shaping finish machining both with band finishing tools and with finishing stones without having to know the geometry of the finishing tool prior to machining.

In a variant of the method, which can be particularly advantageous in eliminating form errors of lower orders, the so-called polygons, during a feed movement of the finishing tool the force signal is monitored and the feed movement is stopped in a first position to which the force signal reaches a pre-determined first threshold value, and finish machining is then continued with delivery stopped in the first position. Until reaching the first position, the finishing tool is thus moved (delivered) in the direction of the workpiece section to be machined. In this feed motion, the force signal increases when the finishing tool is in contact with the workpiece portion. This feed movement is stopped at a predetermined pressing force. Since the workpiece rotation and an optionally additionally provided relative oscillatory movement between the workpiece and the finishing tool continue in the axial direction, a material removal takes place predominantly in the areas where the highest pressure force occurs. As a result, circumferential sections located radially outside the workpiece axis become more pronounced in comparison to peripheral sections located further inside. supported so that radii differences are reduced and the roundness is improved.

Preferably, the force signal is monitored when stopped in the first position delivery and the feed movement is continued when the force signal reaches a predetermined second threshold, which is lower than the first threshold. The processing described above with feed stopped in the first position leads to a preferred removal of material in the outermost regions, whereby the pressing force gradually decreases. If the second threshold value for the force signal is reached, the delivery is continued, so that the pressure force then increases again and a further removal of material can take place. In this case, further material is removed, preferably again in the areas further out, if such are still present.

Preferably, the feed movement is continued in such a way that the finishing tool is delivered by a predefined Weginkrement to a second position. As a result, the pressing force and the proportional force signal rise again. The second position is then held as a rule until the force signal reaches a predefinable third threshold, which may correspond to the second threshold or may differ from this.

The incremental infeed of the finishing tool over certain path increments may be repeated one or more times until the desired macro-shape is made by finishing. This point in time can be detected, for example, by monitoring fluctuations in the force signal during the rotation of the workpiece. If the fluctuation range drops below a certain threshold, the control automatically recognizes that roundness of the workpiece section within the tolerances is eliminated. In some variants of the method, during at least one constant force phase, the delivery of the pressing device or of the finishing tool is regulated such that the pressing force remains substantially constant. Such a force-controlled process may, for example, follow the above-described incremental delivery for the reduction of non-circularities. When machining with a constant pressure force, the position or the path of the finishing tool usually changes relatively uniformly and relatively slowly, so that over the entire circumference of the workpiece section uniform surface properties can be achieved.

Preferably, when a predefinable return condition occurs, a return movement of the finishing tool is automatically initiated. There is thus a delivery in the opposite direction. The return movement can be initiated, for example, after a defined processing time or after a defined diameter reduction on the machined workpiece section.

The invention also relates to a finishing device for finish machining circumferential surfaces of substantially rotationally symmetrical workpiece sections on workpieces, which is designed to perform, inter alia, the finishing method according to the invention. The finishing device has a rotating device for rotating the workpiece about a workpiece axis. In general, an oscillation device is furthermore provided for generating an axially oscillating relative movement between the finishing tool and the workpiece parallel to the workpiece axis, which can preferably optionally be switched on or switched off. Furthermore, at least one Finisheinheit is provided which has at least one movably mounted finishing arm, which carries a pressing device for pressing a cutting tool occupied with a finishing tool to a workpiece section to be machined. A finish arm drive unit coupled to the finish arm is connected to a control device of the finishing device and can be actuated by the control device for generating working movement of the finish arm. The movement of the finish arm causes the feed motion of the finishing tool.

The suitability for carrying out the method results inter alia from the fact that the finishing tool can be moved away via the finish arm drive unit or moved in a position-controlled manner. Thus, a position-controlled machine axis is provided which presses the finishing tool against the machining point. The term "machine axis" generally refers to a movable device which can be moved by at least one drive in at least one mechanical degree of freedom, for example a translatory machine axis or a rotary machine axis.

Furthermore, a device for generating a pressing force proportional force signal is provided. The force signal can be determined, for example, by evaluating the motor current of the individual finish arm drive unit. It is also possible to provide in the force flow of the finishing arm a force sensor connected to the control device, which generates a force signal proportional to the pressing force, which can be processed by the control device. The control device is configured to process the force signal and to control a feed path of the finishing tool in dependence on the force signal. In this way, the Zustellachse can be used by means of the Finisharm- drive unit, if necessary, in a force-controlled operation.

In preferred embodiments, the finish arm drive unit is an electromechanical drive unit, which is preferably connected to a is equipped with an electric servo motor. The servo motor, together with a servo drive, forms a servo drive, which makes it possible to operate the servomotor in a closed loop. In principle, the operation can be torque-controlled, speed-controlled or position-controlled, with the possibility of position-controlled operation also being used in the described finishing process.

The invention also relates to a finishing unit which can be used to construct a finishing machine according to the invention and / or which is suitable for carrying out the finishing method described in this application. When using such Finisheinheiten new finishing machines can be built or existing conventional finishing machines of suitable configuration (machine bed, workpiece holder, etc.) to be converted to finishing machines according to the invention.

The Finisheinheit has at least one movably mounted finishing arm, which carries a pressing device for pressing a cutting tool occupied with a finishing tool to a machined workpiece section, wherein when pressing a certain pressing force can be applied. Furthermore, a finish arm drive unit coupled to the finish arm is present, which can be connected to a control device of the finishing machine to be built up and can be activated by the control device for producing working movements of the finish arm. The finish arm drive unit is an electromechanical drive unit that is configured to remotely move the finish tool over the finish arm drive unit. Furthermore, a device for generating a force signal proportional to the pressing force of the finishing tool is provided on the finishing unit. For this purpose, if necessary, a connection to the drive unit is sufficient, at which a voltage proportional to the motor current is tapped can. Optionally, a separate force sensor may be provided, for example, very close to the finishing tool in a pressing device.

The claimed invention can be used in band finishing as well as in finishing with the aid of hard finishing tools, e.g. for tapeless finishing using finishing stones.

These and other features will become apparent from the claims but also from the description and drawings, wherein the individual features each alone or more in the form of sub-combinations in an embodiment of the invention and in other fields be realized and advantageous and protectable Can represent versions. Embodiments of the invention are illustrated in the drawings and are explained in more detail below.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Fig. 1 shows schematically an embodiment of a belt finishing machine for finishing peripheral surfaces of substantially rotationally symmetrical workpiece sections on workpieces such as crankshafts or camshafts;

Fig. 2 shows an embodiment of a finishing unit adapted for processing a workpiece section coaxial with the axis of rotation of the workpiece;

3 shows an embodiment of a pivotally mounted finisher unit, which is set up for the machining of a workpiece section rotating eccentrically about the axis of rotation of the workpiece; Fig. 4 shows schematically a cross-section through a workpiece portion with a three-wave shape error during finish machining; and

FIG. 5 shows an infeed / force-time diagram for a process variant of finishing processing for eliminating low-order ripples.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

The oblique perspective view in FIG. 1 schematically shows a finishing device 100 set up as a band finishing machine for finishing peripheral surfaces of substantially rotationally symmetrical workpiece sections on workpieces such as crankshafts or camshafts. The belt finishing machine shown is adapted for machining a workpiece 1 10 in the form of a crankshaft. The machine bed 120 of the belt finishing machine is constructed as a 45 ° slant bed and carries on the sloping top essential mechanical components of the finishing machine.

The workpiece 1 10 is received with horizontal workpiece axis in a workpiece holding device. This comprises a fixedly mounted on the machine bed headstock 130 and a horizontally movable towing position tailstock 140. The workpiece is clamped between tips of the headstock and the tailstock. The headstock includes a rotary drive for rotating the workpiece about its workpiece axis and an oscillation drive for generating a workpiece movement to the workpiece axis oscillating short stroke. These drive units are connected to a numerical control device 180. With the help of the components of the workpiece holding device, the workpiece can be rotated about its workpiece axis and at the same time be offset in an axially short-stroke oscillating motion with strokes in the order of a few millimeters.

The finishing device 100 has a plurality of juxtaposed finishing units 200, 300, which are mounted on guide rails of the machine frame. The finishing units, which may also be referred to as finish modules, are shown in detail in FIGS. 2 and 3. The finishing units are each very narrow, in order to be able to process adjacent rotationally symmetrical workpiece sections at the same time. In the installed state, a plurality of first finishing units 200 are provided for processing the main bearings located coaxially with the workpiece axis and a plurality of second finishing units 300 located therebetween for machining connecting rod bearings of the crankshaft that are eccentric to the workpiece axis. For reasons of clarity, only two finishing units 200, 300 are shown; in fact, a separate customized finishing unit is provided for each workpiece section to be machined (main bearing or stroke bearing).

FIG. 2 diagrammatically shows a first finishing unit 200, which is set up for processing a workpiece section located coaxially with the workpiece axis, that is, for example, a main bearing of the crankshaft. FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of a second finishing unit 300, which is set up for processing a connecting rod bearing or lifting bearing. Here, the finishing unit is pivotably mounted about a pivot axis 390 running parallel to the workpiece axis, so that the finishing unit can follow the eccentric movement of the stroke bearing during workpiece rotation.

Each of the finishing units has two processing arms (finishing arms or pressure arms) which are pivotably mounted about mutually parallel pivot axes such that their free ends point inwards in the direction of the workpiece to be machined or outwardly from the workpiece. piece away in the manner of a pair of pliers are pivotable. The first finisher unit 200 in FIG. 2 is shown in a configuration in which the finish arms 210, 220 are pivoted outward to the open position. FIG. 3 shows the finish arms 310, 320 in a machining configuration in which the machining tongs are closed.

The pivoting movements of the finishing arms are not independent of each other, but positively coupled via a mechanical device. To explain a possibility of realization, the detail figure in FIG. 3 shows that section of the base element 330 in which the pivot bearings for the finish arms 310, 320 are mounted. The first finish arm 310 is pivotable about the horizontal pivot axis 312, while the second finish arm 320 is pivotable about the pivot axis 322 parallel thereto. At the first finish arm 310, a first gear segment 314 is fixedly mounted, which is pivotable with the finish arm. On the second finish arm 320, a second gear segment 324 is mounted, which is pivotable with the second finish arm. The teeth of the gear segments engage with each other without backlash, so that a pivoting movement of the first finishing arm 310 inevitably causes an opposite pivoting movement of the second finishing arm 320. By way of a corresponding construction, the first finish arm 210 and the second finish arm 220 of the finishing unit 200 are also mechanically positively coupled with each other.

The belt finishing device effects the material removal on the workpiece by means of a machining tool in the form of a finishing belt 340, which is shown in fragmentary form in FIG. A finishing belt conveyor, not shown in detail, provides the finishing belt 340 which is withdrawn from a supply roll toward the entry side of the finishing unit and, after use, is fed from the exit side of the finishing unit to a spent finishing belt take-up roll. The finishing tape 340 comprises a large extent incompressible, low-stretch polyester film, which is occupied on its front side facing the workpiece 342 with bonded granular cutting means. Other types of finishing tapes are also usable, for example finishing tapes with cutting means on fabric underlay or finishing tapes with cutting means on paper underlay. Any conventional cutting means may be used, for example, ceramic cutting grains of alumina or silicon carbide, diamond cutting grains or cubic boron nitride cutting grains or the like.

As can be clearly seen in FIG. 3, on each of the finishing arms 310, 320, in the region of the free end on the side facing the workpiece, there is fastened an exchangeable pressing device 315 or 325, which is designed in each case for the cutting belt 340 covered with cutting means respectively to the machined peripheral surface of the workpiece section so that the finishing tape is pressed against the peripheral surface over a wrap angle of, for example, 120 ° to 150 ° and provided for the machining operation pressing force. Typically, the finishing belt rests during the material-removing machining, so that the cutting speed required for material removal is produced exclusively by the rotational movement of the workpiece, possibly in combination with the superimposed axial oscillatory movement.

For the pivoting movement of the finishing arms a numerically controlled machine axis is provided in each of the finishing units, which allows a position-controlled or position-controlled operation, so that the feed movement of the finishing arms or the finishing tool in the direction of the workpiece or away therefrom or position-controlled can. For this purpose, the finisher unit 200 has an electromechanical finish arm drive unit 250, which is connected to the control device 180. The finish arm drive unit has a servomotor mounted on top of the base member 230 which directly engages, via a ball screw, an upwardly projecting lever arm 219 which is secured to and pivotable with the first finish arm 210. If the servo motor is driven in such a way that the spindle nut moves in the direction of the first finish arm 210, a closing movement of the finish arms is thereby produced. When the direction of rotation is reversed, the processing tongs are opened.

In the path of the power flow between the servo drive and the finishing arm, no design-related flexibility is provided, so that the position of delivery of the processing tool (finishing belt) can be specified directly via the position of the servo drive that can be detected by the position sensor. In other words, there is a rigid, unyielding coupling between the electro-mechanical drive and the machining tool.

In the second finisher unit 300 in FIG. 3, a corresponding functionality is realized. Here, the finish arm drive unit 350 connected to the control device 180 is located on the rear side of the base element 330 opposite the finish arms 310, 320. The spindle nut 352 of the ball screw pivots a transmission element 356 mounted pivotably on the base element during a movement in the axial direction of the spindle 354 rotated by the drive , which is coupled via a rigid rod 358 with the lever arm 319 on the first finish arm 310. As a result, a backlash-free orthogonal transmission is provided, which makes it possible to attach the finish arm drive unit to the opposite of the finish arms back of the base member 330. The advantages of the play-free coupling between the electromechanical drive and the finish arms are retained.

As can be seen in FIG. 1, the pivotable second finishing units 300 for the stroke bearings according to FIG. 3 are arranged alternately with the non-pivotable first finishing units 200 according to FIG. 2 for the main bearings next to one another. The finish arm drive units are thus alternately once above the respective basic elements (in the finishing units for the main bearings) and at the rear end of the basic elements (in the finishing units for the rod bearings). This makes it possible to use finish arm drive units whose width is greater than the relatively narrow width of the basic elements of the finishing units. Thus, commercially available servo drives of suitable power can be used, whereby a cost-effective design is possible.

Each servo drive of this drive system can be individually controlled by the control device. To detect the motor current of the individual servo drives devices are provided whose output signals can be processed in the controller. Since the motor current when pressing the Finiswerkzeuge to the workpiece surface varies depending on the pressure force generated, these output signals can be used as the pressing force proportional force signals for the control.

By means of the finishing device, it is possible to carry out finishing processes in which a force signal proportional to the pressing force of the finishing tool is determined and the feed path of the finishing tool is controlled during at least one phase of the finishing process in dependence on the force signal. This makes it possible, inter alia, to perform a finishing process that allows global shape errors in the circumferential direction to be machined on the workpiece sections to reduce by the strip finishing, so perform a shaping processing within certain limits with the help of the strip finishing. This, in turn, makes it possible to reduce the machining accuracy requirements of an upstream grinding process, allowing processes involving grinding and downstream finish machining to be performed faster and more cost effectively than heretofore with at least the same end product quality.

To illustrate a variant of a strip finishing machining, FIG. 4 shows a cross section through a substantially rotationally symmetrical workpiece section 410 of a workpiece, which may be, for example, a crankshaft or camshaft. The work piece section shown is a main bearing, which is centered to the workpiece axis 412. At the workpiece portion 410 is after completion of the pre-processing (by grinding) before a significant roundness error. In the example, the workpiece portion has an approximately polygonal cross-sectional shape, which corresponds to a three-wave shape error, which is characterized in that the radius of the workpiece varies in the circumferential direction three times between a smallest radius R1 and a largest radius R2. The ratios are shown greatly exaggerated for illustration, a radius difference AR = R2 - R1 may e.g. on the order of a few microns, e.g. in the range of 3 μητι to 5 μητι.

In Fig. 4, the locally occurring on the circumference material increases compared to an ideal round shape (radius Ri) are shown hatched. Reference numeral 440 denotes the finishing belt, which is supported by a pressing device with C-shaped recess (tool shell), which is not shown, and is pressed by means of this pressing device with its front side 442 for material removal against the peripheral surface 414 of the workpiece section. The pressing force F acts essentially radially to the axis of rotation 412 of the workpiece section.

Such low-order shape errors in the circumferential direction can not be corrected with conventional finish machining processes using fluidic (hydraulic or pneumatic) infeed, since in these processes the finishing tool tends to follow the low-waveshaping errors, so that at most small improvements are made Roundness revealed.

A process variant for eliminating the material elevations and thus for eliminating ripples of low order will now be explained in more detail with reference to the diagram of FIG. In this diagram, the feed path S of the band finishing tool is plotted as the reciprocal distance of the band finishing tool to the rotational axis 412 of the workpiece as a dotted line and the pressing force F of the band finishing tool on the circumferential surface of the workpiece portion as a solid line over time t.

The finishing process runs through successively four immediately consecutive process phases I, II, III and IV. In the starting phase I beginning at the time t0, the belt finishing tool moves towards the workpiece in position-controlled operation, but there is still no workpiece contact. Accordingly, no pressing force is detected (F = 0). The start-up phase ends at time t1. At time t1, i. immediately at the beginning of Phase II, a first-time touch contact between the strip finishing tool and the workpiece takes place. This results in a jump in the force signal at time t1.

The tool feed (the feed motion) is stopped when the force signal reaches a first threshold F1 during this jump. In the period immediately after the jump in the force signal, the band finishing tool so not delivered, but holds the reached position, which is referred to here as the first position P1. The workpiece rotation and, if appropriate, the superimposed axial workpiece oscillation are not interrupted.

This first position P1 corresponds to a radial distance of the machining tool from the axis of rotation 412 which is greater than the smallest radius R1 and which is not or only slightly smaller than the larger radius R2.

Since, when the machining tool is stopped in the first position P1, it rests against the circumference of the workpiece section with a pressure force, the outer workpiece tips are removed on the peripheral surface in the area of the material elevations, since only there is a pressing force sufficient for material removal. There is no substantial material removal in the regions between the workpiece tips with a smaller local radius. In the phase II is thus worked with interrupted cut.

With increasing material removal on the projecting workpiece tips, the pressing force and the corresponding force signal slowly decrease. If the force signal reaches a predefinable second threshold value F2, which is the case in the example at time t2, the belt finishing tool is delivered by a predefined path increment AS. This delivery takes place in the time interval between times t2 and t3. As a result of this delivery, the force signal rises again. The second position P2 reached after delivery about the path increment AS is then held again and the cycle of "sparking out", ie the preferred material removal at the outwardly protruding material tips, is repeated, albeit at already lower radii This process phase lies between the times t3 and t4 in FIG. 5. This incremental delivery and subsequent processing with stopped delivery and interrupted cut can be done once or, as in the example, repeated again. It is also a multiple repetition possible.

The phase of incremental delivery may e.g. after a predetermined number of repetitions or depending on an information acquired during operation (e.g., fluctuation width of the force signal falls below a predetermined threshold value).

It is often favorable if a force-controlled processing phase follows the described process control (incremental travel delivery, at least initially interrupted cut). During phase III of the process control explained with reference to FIG. 5, the drive is performed with a constant contact force (F = const), so that the force signal remains constant. The feed path S changes due to the very small Zeitspanvolumens in this constant travel phase usually only slightly. The radial distance between the finishing tool and the axis of rotation 412 decreases slowly.

The material removal is terminated in the embodiment when a predefinable return condition occurs. The retraction of the band finishing tool can be initiated, for example, after a defined processing time or after a defined diameter reduction. In the process of Fig. 5, the return movement is initiated at the time t5 controlled over the residence time. In this case, the pressing force F drops virtually instantaneously to zero and the material removal is completed.

A particular potential of the process control illustrated by way of example with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5 lies in the first possibility of improving shape errors of smaller orders in the circumferential direction. In addition, advantages in the sensitive, force-controlled process control compared to conventional force-controlled and residence-time-controlled process control can be expected.

The novel finishing machine or the novel finishing units allow u.a. the described cascaded position and force control in the belt finishing. A determination of the relative position of the temporary process intervention by means of the evaluation of the force signal, e.g. via motor current or external force sensor is possible. Measurement and evaluation of the process force during position-controlled strip finishing are possible. The position-controlled process control during strip finishing allows a so-called "spark-out" during strip finishing to eliminate global geometry maxima on the workpiece circumference.Other process options result from the possibility of a stepwise (incremental) infeed during strip finishing, possibly in conjunction with force-controlled strip finishing. A ribbon finishing with constant process force by force control is also possible.

Corresponding process variants can be used if, instead of a finishing tape, a finishing stone is used as a finishing tool.

Claims

claims

A finishing method for finish machining a rotationally symmetrical workpiece section on a workpiece, wherein

the workpiece for finishing machining is rotated about a workpiece axis, and

pressing a cutting tool with a finishing tool in a workpiece section to be machined with a pressing force against a peripheral surface of the workpiece section,

characterized,

in that a force signal proportional to the pressing force is determined and a feed path of the finishing tool is controlled during at least one phase of the finishing process as a function of the force signal.

2. Finishing method according to claim 1, wherein the finishing tool is approached before the finish machining by a guided in the direction of the workpiece section feed to the tool section, the force signal is monitored during the feed movement and detected at a first workpiece contact jump in the force signal and to control the Delivery is processed.

3. A finishing method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein during a feed movement of the finishing tool, the force signal is monitored, the feed movement in a first position (P1) is stopped when the force signal reaches a predetermined first threshold value (F1), and the finish machining in the first position of stopped delivery.

4. Finishing method according to claim 3, wherein the force signal is monitored in the first position (P1) stopped delivery and the feed movement is continued when the force signal is a vorgebba reached second threshold (F1), which is lower than the first threshold.

5. Finishing method according to claim 4, wherein the feed movement is continued by the finishing tool by a predefined Weg- increment (AS) to a second position (P2) is delivered.

6. finishing method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein during at least one constant force phase, the delivery of the pressing device is controlled such that the pressing force remains substantially constant.

7. finishing method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein upon the occurrence of a predefinable return condition, a return movement of the finishing tool is automatically initiated.

8. finishing method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein in addition to the rotation of the workpiece a parallel to the workpiece axis oscillating relative movement between the workpiece and the finishing tool is generated.

9. finishing device for finish machining peripheral surfaces of substantially rotationally symmetrical workpiece sections on workpieces (10), in particular for finish machining of bearing points on camshafts and crankshafts, with:

a rotating device for rotating the workpiece about a workpiece axis;

at least one finishing unit (200, 300) having at least one movably mounted finishing arm (210, 220, 310, 320) carrying a pressing means for pressing a cutting tool-equipped finishing tool (340, 440) against a workpiece portion to be machined, and a finish arm drive unit (250, 350) coupled to the finish arm and coupled to a controller (180) and controllable by the control means for producing work motions of the finish arm;

characterized,

in that the finishing tool is movable in a path-controlled manner via the finish arm drive unit (250, 350),

in that a device for generating a force signal proportional to the pressing force is provided

and that the controller (180) is configured to process the force signal and control a feed path of the finishing tool in response to the force signal.

A finishing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the finish arm drive unit is an electromechanical drive unit (250, 350).

1 1. A finishing device according to any one of claims 9 to 10, wherein the finishing device for performing the finishing method is configured according to one of claims 1 to 8.

12. finisher unit (200, 300), in particular for use on a finishing machine according to one of claims 9 to 12 and / or for carrying out the method according to one of claims 1 to 8, with

at least one movably mounted finishing arm (210, 220, 310, 320), which carries a pressing device for pressing a cutting tool-equipped finishing tool (340, 440) against a workpiece section to be machined with a pressing force, and

a finish arm drive unit (250, 350) coupled to the finish arm and connectable to a control device (180) of a finishing machine and controllable by the control device to produce working movements of the finish arm;

characterized in that the finish arm drive unit is an electromechanical drive unit (250, 350),

the finishing tool is remotely movable via the finish arm drive unit (250, 350), and

a device for generating a force signal proportional to the pressing force of the finishing tool is provided on the finishing unit.