KAPP NILES

Optimal finishing with gear grinding and profile grinding machines.

KAPP NILES is a global market leader in grinding machines and tools for finishing of gears or profiles.

Complementing high-precision metrology makes KAPP NILES the best partner for production solutions. Our 115 years of experience guarantees both precision and cost-effectiveness for the manufacturing of sophisticated components.

Around 800 highly-trained employees represent the innovative power and expertise of this company which has continued to grow for over 115 years.

KAPP NILES is the technology partner for companies from the automotive, aviation and compressor industries, from drive engineering, energy and wind power, exploitation of raw materials and shipbuilding. Machines, tools and technological solutions from KAPP NILES precisely machine gears and profiles to a thousandth millimetre and up to a diameter of eight metres. Each system solution is individually optimised to the customer's requirements, and support is provided throughout its life-cycle.

Machines and tools from KAPP NILES guarantee both precision and cost-effectiveness when manufacturing sophisticated components. In six locations, the know-how and quality of “Made in Germany” is present locally in all important markets. In this way, KAPP NILES customers set their concepts and products in precise motion – on land, at sea and in the air.

For gear grinding we differentiate between two types- discontinuous profile grinding and continuous generating grinding:

Continuous generating grinding

For continuous generating grinding all tooth flanks of the workpiece are machined simultaneously during one stroke of the helical tool. This is accomplished with a synchronized constant rotation of the workpiece relative to the grinding tool. Due to the kinematics of this process, indexing and positioning times are greatly reduced, resulting in low cycle times. Therefore it is a highly productive and cost-effective gear grinding process well suited for small and medium-sized gears. Both dressable ceramic tools and non-dressable CBN tools can be used (in cylindrical or globoid design).

Discontinous profile grinding

Profile grinding of gears describes a process in which the tooth flanks are machined gap after gap with single or multi-ribbed profiled tools. This process offers the highest flexibility while still achieving optimum quality. Discontinuous profile gear grinding is mostly utilized for small batch series and prototype manufacturing. Dressable ceramic wheels as well as non-dressable CBN-tools can be used for this grinding process.

KAPP NILES provides a wide spectrum of machine models suited to the processes of profile and generating grinding

Tools

As a manufacturer of gear and profile grinding machines KAPP NILES offers sophisticated/highly developed technologies with different, the particular task customized tooling concepts.

Metrology

The Group’s expansion, effective April 1st 2017, will operate under the name of KAPP NILES Metrology GmbH. This new product line of measuring technology is a well-suited extension of KAPP NILES current product portfolio of grinding machines, grinding and dressing tools, as well as comprehensive technology support. This positions KAPP NILES to offer comprehensive solutions to the gear industry.

KAPP NILES Metrology GmbH will draw from long-standing wealth of experience from employees of both, former R&P Metrology GmbH from Aschaffenburg, Germany and Penta Gear Metrology residing in Dayton, OH in the USA. The complete measuring technology portfolio includes stationary and mobile measuring machines, measuring instruments, as well as special measuring devices.

Additional we offer our services, if you have bottlenecks in quality control and quality assurance.

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