hp tooling 2020 #1

materials & tools
A wide product range
Dressing tools and digital solutions
KAPP NILES, as a manufacturer of gear and
profile grinding machines, offers highly developed
technologies with various tool concepts adapted
to the respective task. The product range in
the tool sector includes dressing tools for dressing
vitri fied bonded grinding tools and non-dressable
grinding tools with CBN- and diamond coating.
Dressing tools can be used for the following processes:
KAPP NILES offers dressing rolls in galvanic positive and
nega tive versions for the generating grinding. These are
used for flexible, workpiece-bonded or topological dressing
of vitrified bonded corundum grinding worms.
Diamond profile rolls with or without head dressing device
For the profile grinding process KAPP NILES offers diamond
form rolls in sintered design. In addition to the economical
version with natural diamond, the durable version
with set CVD diamond plates is also used. The diamond
form rolls can be reground several times and are
characterised by a long tool life.
Diamond dressing gears are available for gear honing.
These bring the correct tooth geometry quickly and accurately
into the corresponding honing ring and guarantee
the quality desired at the component.
In addition to the dressing tools, CBN and diamond
grinding tools have been part of the product range for over
40 years. KAPP NILES manufactures non-dressable, electroplated
single-layer CBN and diamond tools for finishing
Multi-groove diamond full profile rolls
of gears and profiles. The tools are characterised by long
tool life, accuracy and regrindable bodies and are among
the top products worldwide. They are used when the highest
demands are placed on quality, performance and economy.
The CBN coating can be renewed more than 50
times, thus contributing to the conservation of resources.
On request, tools can be equipped with RFID chips,
which enables integration into a tool data management
system such as KN assist.
Provision of set-up and tool data via
RFID technology
As well as constant optimisation of machining times, the
reduction of set-up and non-productive periods also always
play an important role in a flexible production environment.
In addition to machine concepts with optimised
set-up times, KAPP NILES offers intelligent components.
KN extender
For set-up processes the technological data of components
and tools is made available to the controller by using
RFID technology, which enable an identification without
any contact between antennas and RFID chips in the
machine. In order to correctly identify the components,
the operator is guided through intuitive step by step menu
navigation, thus reducing the possibility for faulty inputs.
22 no. 1, 2020, March