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The term "involute" refers to the shape of the teeth: the curves of the teeth are involutes of circles, which are curves that optimize gear performance. Figure 1.1.2: The three marked circles are key ...

Gear milling is usually performed with a hob dedicated to a specific gear module. Efficiently and economically producing small to medium batches of gears that each have different modules, therefore, ...

Sandvik Coromant Co. has expanded the CoroMill 176 range of full profile hobs for spur gears, helical gears and splines to incorporate module 3-10 applications. First introduced nearly 2 years ago, ...

Elastic deflection of cutting tools relative to the workpiece is one of the major factors contributing to dimensional part inaccuracies in machining. This paper examines the effect of tool deflection ...