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Gears: machining, efficiency. Planetary gears

Author: Georges HENRIOT

Publication date: January 10, 2003

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1. Gear machining

1.1 Cutting cylindrical wheels

Cylindrical wheels are mainly cut by generation. Shape hobbing, disk hobbing or end hobbing is not widely used. Disc milling cutters with carbide inserts are available for high-productivity hobbing of large modules, e.g. for roughing large drive rings for cement mills.

The main gear hobbing processes are tool-rack hobbing, hob cutter hobbing and tool-pinion hobbing.

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1.1.1 Rack and pinion hobbing

Rack-and-pinion tools take the form of a...

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