Actual Tooth Contact Analysis of Straight Bevel Gears
Straight bevel gears are the simplest type of bevel gears that transfer power between intersecting axes [1]. They are widely […]
Customer Success Stories
Technology Transformation at Croix Gear & Machining Croix Gear & Machining leverages Gleason’s total solutions package to exceed customer expectations […]
Precision Bevel Gears with Low Tooth Count
Right-angle bevel gears are a particular case of intersected-axis gearing (further Ia-gearing) with an arbitrary value of the shaft angle. […]
Slim Profile Peripheral Cutting Tool Using Stick Blades
Introduction Peripheral cutter heads are used for the machining of cylindrical and bevel gears as well as for general milling […]
An Approach to Find Optimal Topological Modification to Duplicate Tooth Flank Form of the Existing Gear
Recently, the cutting of bevel gears on universal five-axis milling machines has been widely accepted as a promising solution to […]
UNIMILL: Prototype and Small Batch Bevel Gear Manufacturing
Manufacturing of spiral bevel and hypoid gears can be conducted in several ways. The following methods are commonly known: • […]
Economics of Machining Bevel Gears on Multi Tasking Machines
Bevel gears have been made for over 50 years. There have been several incremental improvements to the initial methods, but […]
Add Big Gear Sets to the Multi-Tasking List
Many shops increasingly incorporate full 5-axis multi-tasking machine tool technology because it allows them to handle any kind of part […]
Horror Stories of Costing
My pet peeve is seeing companies lose money needlessly in the process of costing and pricing. This happens for four […]
Cyclocut Bevel Gear Production
Low-quantity bevel gearsets can be manufactured with the Cyclo-Palloid® method. The Cyclo-Palloid uses interlocking face hobbing cutters with five starts […]
Contour Hardening Bevel, Hypoid, and Pinion Gears
Traditional gear heat treatment involves gas carburizing in batch or continuous furnaces for an extended time, and then oil quenching. […]
Designing Asymmetric Gears
In propulsion gear transmissions, the tooth load on one flank is significantly higher and is applied for longer periods of […]
Better Bevel Gear Production
Gleason revolutionized bevel gear production in 1989 with the introduction of the first fully CNC controlled cutting machine, called the […]
Milling Tools for Bevel Gears
Curved bevel gears are one of the most complex components in mechanical engineering, and special machines and tools have therefore […]
A New Angle on Cutting Bevel Gears
Straight bevel gears are widely used in the design of automotive differentials, as well as in other applications. In high […]
Continuous Generation Grinding
When I first heard the word “generation” as a kid it was used in a family context: my grandmother, my […]
CONIFACE Face Gear Cutting and Grinding
According to the traditional definition, face gears are plane ring gears with a face angle of 90° that mate with […]
CONIFLEX Plus Straight Bevel Gear Manufacturing
Bevel gears with straight teeth have an increasing popularity for certain applications. Before the development of the six-axis CNC machining […]
Gas Carburizing vs. Contour Induction Hardening in Bevel Gears
This paper examines the impact on distortion of two processes using traditional gear measurement techniques. It will discuss design considerations […]
Better Bevel Gearing
Above a ratio of 2.5 it is common gear design practice to convert a gearset from two generated members into […]
