Gear Shaping

Gear shaping is a multipoint machining process for generating teeth by a reciprocating cutter.  Gear shaping is one of the most versatile of all gear cutting operations.

Process Characteristics

Uses a gear-shaped cutter that is reciprocated and rotated, in relationship to a blank, to produce the gear teeth
Cutters rotate in timed relationship with the workpiece
Produces internal gears, external gears, and integral gear-pinion arrangements

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Information provided is from Manufacturing Processes Reference Guide by Robert H. Todd, Dell K. Allen, and Leo Alting.--1st ed. Published by Industrial Press Inc., 1994.