## Aligning a Bevel Gear

The Align Gear dialog box allows you to configure relevant alignment parameters for bevel gears. You can also use an existing PC-DMIS part program to create the alignment, or you can create a custom alignment.

| Clicking the Align button or selecting the Measure | Alignment Creation menu option displays the Align Gear dialog box.

Align gear for Bevel Gear dialog screen

Measure Select this option to measure the alignment in DCC mode when the Create button is clicked.

Generate:This determines whether or not a part program is generated as part of the alignment process. If this is selected PC-DMIS Gear will create a new part program, otherwise it will open the part program defined in the Part Program area.

Measure face/root cone: Select this option if you want to create the alignment accurately by face/root cone. The Parameter setup dialog box becomes available for selection.

Parameter setup: This button displays the Parameters of the Face/Root Cone measurement dialog box. See the "Face or Root Cone Measurement Parameters" topic for more information on the Parameter setup.

Gear Program Area

Program: This defines the Gear Program to generate (if the Generate check box is marked) or open (if the Generate check box is cleared).

A lignment File Area

Align. File: This box displays a complete path and filename to which the Alignment information will be written after execution. You can specify a different alignment file than that used for the actual gear measurement. Click to select the Align file to use for the alignment. The path to this alignment file will appear in the Align. File box.

Probe Area

Probe File: This box displays a complete path to a probe file
you select for the gear alignment. You can specify a different probe file than that used for the actual gear measurement. Click to select the probe file to use for the alignment. The path to this probe file will appear in the Probe File box.

Note: You must choose a valid probe file, otherwise you will get a warning message.

Motion options Area

This area contains values that control the movement of the machine while executing the DCC portion of the alignment.

Prehit Distance: This value determines the distance from the theoretical point that the machine changes from Move Speed to the slower Touch Speed. For further information on any of these values consult the main PC-DMIS help file.

Retract Distance: The distance away from the measured point location that the machine changes from Touch Speed to the quicker Move Speed.

Touch Speed: This value determines the speed the machine will use when taking a point measurement or approaching the first point of an analog scan.

Move Speed: This value determines the speed the machine will use to move from point to point and to and from the clearance plane.

Clearance Height: This box defines the clearance height used to measure the gear alignment and the clearance height used at the beginning and end of the gear measurement.

Use Clearance Height: When this option is selected, the clearance height will be used during alignment measurement.

Z Axis Area

Z Axis: Specify the feature Type (Cylinder, Plane, Cone) for the Z Axis and change the Feature ID if needed.

X Origin Area

X Origin: Specify the feature Type (Cylinder, Circle, Cone) for the X Origin and change the Feature ID if needed.

Y Origin Area

Y Origin: Specify the feature Type (Cylinder, Circle, Cone) for the Y Origin and change the Feature ID if needed.

Z Origin Area

Z Origin: Specify the feature Type (Plane, Circle, Point, Cone) for the Z Origin and change the Feature ID if needed. Also provide the Offset of the origin in the Z direction if needed. Normally the offset is the value of mounting distance.

Launches PC-DMIS and begins the alignment process. If you have selected to Create a new part program, PC-DMIS will create the part program to accomplish the alignment and then execute the new part program. Otherwise, it will execute the specified part program.

Saves any changes that have been made in the Gear Alignment dialog box.

Closes the Gear Alignment dialog box and saves your changes.

More:

Face or Root Cone Measurement Parameters