Patent ID: 7715947
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: B23F,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A system for lapping gear sets, each of the gear sets including a ring gear and a pinion gear, the system comprising: a lapping machine tool having a first spindle and a second spindle, the second spindle being rotatable about an axis that is generally perpendicular to a rotational axis of the first spindle, the lapping machine tool having a loading zone for loading the first and second spindles; a robot with an end effector, the end effector having a first end that is configured to hold one of the gear sets; wherein the robot is configured to position the first end of the end effector into the loading zone and to load the first gear set to the lapping machine tool without removing the end effector from the loading zone such that the ring gear is loaded onto the first spindle and the pinion gear is loaded onto the second spindle.