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Overview
KAPP NILES is a renowned global leader in gear and profile finishing solutions, with over 120 years of experience. The company provides innovative services and digital solutions across various industrial sectors, including mobility, automation, and energy.
Product Range
The document details a wide range of products, including machines, tools, technology, metrology, and services. Key product lines are the KNG, KX, ZE, and ZP series, each tailored for specific machining tasks and production needs.
Digitisation
Highlights the integration of digital solutions for machine traceability, process monitoring, and predictive maintenance. Connectivity features facilitate seamless integration into smart factories, enhancing production efficiency and quality.
KNG Series
The KNG series provides precision machining solutions for small to large-scale production, with models like the KNG 3P ready and KNG 350 expert offering flexibility, high drive power, and ergonomic design.
KX Series
Designed for high production volumes, the KX series includes DYNAMIC and TWIN models, featuring integrated automation and minimal non-productive times. The KX 500 FLEX offers versatility with various tooling and machining technologies.
ZE Series
Focuses on high-precision machining of external and internal gears. ZE series machines are compact, user-friendly, and equipped with advanced software for grinding and measuring involute profiles.
Metrology and Tools
Includes gear measuring machines and a range of grinding tools tailored to diverse machining processes, ensuring high accuracy and quality assurance in production.
Services
KAPP NILES offers comprehensive services throughout the product lifecycle, including modernization, smart service, and 24/7 support to ensure efficient and stable processes.
Machine Specifications
  • KNG Series: High precision with optional hydrostatics in the rotary table, suitable for both external and internal gears. Models like KNG 10P and KNG 12P support a maximum tip diameter of 1,000 mm and 1,250 mm respectively.
  • ZP Series: Designed for maximum workpiece quality and flexibility, with models supporting up to 8,000 mm tip diameter. Features include hydrostatic bearings and 5-axis interpolation for complex applications.
  • VX Series: Suitable for high-quality gear production, supporting roughing and finishing in one setup. Models like VX 55 and VX 59 cater to different size requirements.
  • RX Series: Focused on rotor grinding with high drive power, offering significant reductions in machining time through innovative grinding processes.
Special Machines
  • ZP B and ZP I/E Models: Tailored for specific applications like hard finishing of planetary gears and high precision internal gear grinding, with features to reduce setup times.
  • GAS, GIS, and HGS Machines: Designed for external and internal thread processing, with high-speed grinding capabilities for specific profiles.
Grinding Tools
  • CBN Grinding Wheels: Non-dressable, electroplated tools for high-quality gear finishing, suitable for various industries including automotive and aerospace.
  • Dressing Tools: Includes diamond profile rolls for efficient dressing of grinding worms, enhancing tool longevity and precision.
Technological Innovations
  • Fine and Polish Grinding: Achieves high surface finishes, integrating downstream processes for improved gear performance.
  • Generating Grinding with Small Tools: Allows machining of gears with interfering edges, optimizing production processes.
Measuring Machines
  • KNM Series: High-precision analytical measuring machines for gears and rotationally symmetric workpieces, featuring stable granite construction and advanced drive technology.
  • KNM X Series: Designed for large workpieces, offering high precision and flexibility without requiring separate foundations.
Conclusion
The document emphasizes the advanced capabilities and applications of KAPP NILES machines, highlighting their precision, flexibility, and suitability for various gear manufacturing and measuring needs.
Specifications
  • KNM C Series: Designed for complex workpieces with a maximum workpiece diameter of 1,600 mm. Models include KNM 5C, 7C, 11C, and 16C, each with varying capacities for workpiece diameter, length, and rotary table load.
  • KNM P Series: Portable measuring machines for gears and diverse components. Models include KNM 67P, 1612P, and 1814P, offering variable workpiece diameters and lengths with a 3-axis structure.
Technical Features
  • Air bearing guide elements for wear-free operation.
  • High-precision mechanics with optimal accessibility.
  • State-of-the-art software for fully automated measurement cycles.
  • Granite-made X- and Z-axes for durability.
Services
KAPP NILES provides comprehensive services including implementation, maintenance, optimization, and modernization. They offer individual consultation, digital service solutions, and ensure long-lasting reliability and productivity.
Global Presence
KAPP NILES has production sites and service branches worldwide, ensuring quick and reliable support in key markets. Locations include Germany, USA, Brazil, China, Japan, India, Mexico, and Italy.
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PRODUCT LINE Machines | Tools | Technology | Metrology | Services | Digitisation

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CONTENTS KAPP NILES is a globally operating group of companies with high-quality and economical solutions for finishing gears and profiles. More than 1,000 employees represent the innovative strength and expertise of the sustainably managed family company which has grown for over 120 years. With production sites in Germany as well as worldwide sales and service branches, we are responsive and reliable in all major markets. KAPP NILES is partner for companies from numerous industrial sectors in our segments mobility, automation and energy. The perfect interaction between machines, tools, and technologies...

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PRODUCT RANGE System solutions from a single source Generating / profile grinding External / internal gears Special profiles Automation system Gear measuring machines Portable measuring machines Universal measuring machines Integrated measuring systems Comprehensive standard equipment up to customer-oriented special machines For the optimisation of quality assurance METROLOGY CBN profile grinding wheels CBN generating grinding worms Corundum tools Dressing tools Tailored to a wide range of machining processes TOOLS Comprehensive services over the entire service life cycle SERVICES Topological...

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DIGITISATION Condition Monitoring Production Monitoring Tool Management Perfect interaction for efficient processes Process Monitoring Part Tracing Closed Loop KN connect Maintenance Manager Connectivity Seamless integration in smart factories Compatibility also of existing machines Interfaces to various customer systems Remote Service Production Optimisation of processes Improvement of quality Zero-defect manufacturing Machine Traceability of each component Monitoring of the machine and the process Detection of conspicuities in real time Support Targeted assistance Fast response times Predictive...

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KNG ready Gear profile grinding machine The integrated electrical cabinet ensures a short commissioning time Ergonomic control and set-up concept optimised for manual loading Intuitive KN grind control with touch screen HMI The profile grinding machine KNG 3P ready offers an inexpensive entry into precision machining. It has been designed as a solution for flexible production of small and medium lot sizes. The machine is characterised by a grinding spindle with high drive power for components up to module 10 mm. The directly driven rotary table is generously dimensioned for a table load of up...

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Functional, ergonomic machine design with compact footprint Gear centre Integrated loading workpiece handling ensure device to to ensure minimal nonproductive times Application of dressable tools with high cutting speeds The KNG 350 expert is based on a compact, set-up-optimised machine concept and is intended for use in medium and largescale series production of external geared components. The integrated workpiece handling ensures short non-productive times and can handle both bored parts and shafts. The new functional and ergonomic machine design paired with the innovative user- friendly interface...

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KNG 350 flex Gear centre Flexibility through external and internal grinding Grinding spindle with counter bearing for large grinding worms Luke zumachen, grüner Kaben Digital support for optimisation of set-up process The KNG 350 flex is based on a compact, set-up optimised machine concept for use in the prototype sector up to large series production. Both externally and internally toothed workpieces can be machined. The performance-optimised grinding spindle with counter bearing is designed also for the use of large grinding worms with widths of up to 200 mm. This allows an efficient realisation,...

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KNG 350 flex HS Gear centre Highest grinding quality and productivity even when using small tools Flexibility through generating and profile grinding Significantly reduced non-productive times through a machineintegrated loading device The KNG 350 flex HS is based on a compact, set-up optimised machine concept and is intended for use in small, medium and large series production of externally toothed components up to 350 mm diameter. The machine is characterised in particular by the highest grinding quality and productivity, even when machining with small tools. Using a high-speed grinding spindle...

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KX DYNAMIC series Gear centres Pick-up concept and integrated automation enable fastest changing times Automatic change of clamping devices Multifunction-axis to discharge measured and tested parts Intended to be used within the automotive industry, the DYNAMIC series convinces with minimal set-up and non-operational times. The concept is based on the integrated loading function and the optionally available automatic changeover of the workpiece fixtures. Parallel to grinding operation, the second pick-up axis can unload the finished workpiece and pick up an unmachined part. The workpiece is aligned...

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KX TWIN series Gear centres Twin spindle concept with rotary indexing table Flexible connection to different concepts of automation Minimal nonproductive times Machines of the KX TWIN series have been designed for continuous generating grinding with dressable and non-dressable tools. They are particularly suitable for the high production volumes in the medium and large batch production of gears and shafts. The concept includes two identical workpiece spindles arranged at opposing sides of an rotary indexing table. While machining one part, the second workpiece spindle simultaneously loads / unloads...

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Direct drives in tool spindle and workpiece spindle Highest flexibility due to various machining processes Flexible connection to different automatic loading solutions Based on different tool and process technologies, userspecific, optimal production solutions can be configured. The tool spindle with counter bearing can hold dressable and non-dressable grinding worms or profile grinding wheels. Due to the use of auxiliary spindles small grinding wheels up to a minimum diameter of 25 mm can be used. Machines can be loaded either manually or automatically. The use of an integrated ring loader allows...

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All KAPP NILES catalogs and technical brochures

  1. KX 500 FLEX

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  2. KX 300 P

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Archived catalogs

  1. Machining

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  2. KX 160 TWIN

    4  Pages

  3. KX 500 FLEX

    4  Pages

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