Gleason has introduced a next-generation GP300S/ES CNC shaping machine featuring a revolutionary new design that both improves cycle times and delivers long-sought flexibility for shaping spur and helical gears (internal and external) up to 300 mm in diameter. The GP200S/ES shaper is one of Gleason’s new generation of GP series of machines. It can be equipped with Gleason’s backlash-free, direct-drive mechanical shaping head (“S” model) and, for maximum flexibility and the production of helical gears, an electronic helical guide (“ES” model). The ES model’s electronic helical guide uses powerful Seimens 840D CNC and proprietary software to superimpose the additional rotational motion on the cutter spindle necessary to generate any required helix angle. As a result, the high procurement costs, and delivery and changeover time, associated with mechanical helical guides generally used by conventional shaping machines is eliminated. Learn more at [www.gleason.com].
