Gear Technology’s Top Three Articles of 2024
- Customize Gear Skiving for Precise, Efficient Gear Cutting
Manufacturers have a relatively new option for gear cutting that offers several key advantages—Gear Skiving on Machining Centers. Gear skiving on a millturn machining center with fully synchronous spindles is highly efficient, fast, and accurate. In some cases when producing small and medium-sized volumes, gear skiving will gradually replace established gear-cutting processes. - Hard Skiving of an Internal DIN5480 Spline—A Process Analysis
This report uses an application case to demonstrate the optimization potential of gear skiving in the production of internal splines on a universal machining center. The process established in the example is then analyzed using the software tool OpenSkiving developed by the wbk Institute of Production Science of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the results are discussed. - Gear Backlash in Robotics Applications
Is the future of gear drives in robotics to grow exponentially or is it doomed because of the intrinsic problems with backlash, wear, unpredictability, size, and high cost? Over the past few months, we conducted research and interviews with robotics and gear drive industry leaders to understand the challenges and opportunities with robotics applications.
Gear tool reconditioning on the Star NXT
The Star NXT linear CNC tool and cutter grinding machine sharpens both straight and spiral gash hob designs up to 8” OD x 10” OAL. The NXT also sharpens disk, shank and helical type shaper cutters, Scudding® and skiving cutters, and a wide range of round tools, making it a versatile tool room machine.
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Happy Holidays
As the year draws to a close, I’d like to take a moment to express my heartfelt gratitude for the continued support of Gear Technology’s readers, advertisers and authors. Thank you for being an integral part of the gear community. This holiday season, as I reflect on the challenges, triumphs, and growth of the past year, I am reminded of the shared passion we all have for advancing the field of gear manufacturing.
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