Optimization of the precision gear grinding operation based on integrated information system

Abstract

In accordance with the principles of hierarchical management, a comprehensive two-level management system is presented for the development and manufacturing of products for the stages of pre-production (the upper level of the management hierarchy) and for the actual production stage (the lower level of the management hierarchy). At the stage of pre-production, the gear grinding oper-ation design on the “MAAG”type machines was carried out. For this purpose, a technique for optimizing the gear grinding parame-ters for a two dish-wheel rolling scheme has been developed, a mathematical optimization model containing an objective function with restrictions imposed on it has been created. The objective function is the gear grinding machine time, which depends on theoperation parameters (gear grinding stock allowance, cutting modes, grinding wheel specification, part material) and the design fea-tures of the gears beingground (module, diameter, number of teeth, radius of curvature of the involutes). The article showsthat at the stage of pre-production,the gear grinding optimizationis a method of operation design. At the stage of actual production, a closed-loop automatic control system with feedback on the deviation of the adjustable value (gear grinding power) automatically supports the numerical power values that were found at the operation design stage, taking into account ensuring defect-free high-performance gear grinding (minimum number of working strokes and maximum longitudinal feeds). At this stage, i.e. when a robust longitudinal feed automatic control system is operating, the optimization carried out at the previous stage (pre-production) sets the functioning algorithm for the adaptive systemwithcorresponding control algorithm. Thus, at the production stage (when the gear grinding ma-chine is running), the operation optimization is a control method. Therefore, it is shown that with two-level control, the gear grinding operation optimization performs a dual function. On the one hand, it is a design method (at the pre-production stage), and on the other –a management method (at the actual productionstage). With this approach, i.e. with the integration of production and its preparation based on a single two-level management, the efficiency of a single integrated design and production automation system is significantly higher due to general (unified)optimization, rather than partialone.