The present application belongs to the technical field of gear
machining, and discloses a forming milling
machining method of spherical gear. The method uses a disc-shaped
milling cutter to
machine the spherical gear, and the steps are as follows: firstly, the parameters of the spherical gear are given, the
tooth surface equation of the spherical gear is derived, and the
tooth surface normal vector is calculated; secondly, the forming milling
machining coordinate
system of the spherical gear is established, and the
homogeneous transformation matrix between the coordinate systems is derived, and then the
contact line equation between the spherical gear and the disc-shaped
milling cutter is derived; then, the cross-sectional profile of the disc-shaped
milling cutter is calculated, and then the rotary surface of the disc-shaped milling cutter is obtained; finally, the spherical gear is formed and milled by using the calculated disc-shaped milling cutter, and after machining an annular gear slot, the disc-shaped milling cutter is rotated by a certain angle to continue machining the next gear slot. The forming milling machining method of the spherical gear proposed by the present application can realize the machining of the spherical gear without relying on special gear machining
machine tools, and the disc-shaped milling cutter used has a simple structure and is easy to manufacture.