Invention of the gear-hobbing process about 150 years ago revolutionized not only gear fabrication, but also gear design. Basically, a hob or shaper cutter traverses the gear blank to generate teeth.

The teeth of teeth of involute gears hobs and teeth for involute spline shaft hobs have a trapezoidal profile. In the U.S. a huge volume of good quality hobs are produced, and offers potential for ...

Durability, NVH with load variation Microgeometry optimization Manufacturing variability simulation Case study of a speed gear pair No two gears are manufactured the same, but addressing manufacturing ...

Confused about gear ratios and what the numbers used for the different gear ratios mean? Mat Brett explains all and how to ...