Gear cutting / turning, machining gear cutting

Combination technology turning and gear cutting: shortening the process chain in gear production

How important gear production is for many sectors of industry is shown by the diverse research efforts that concentrate on finding new coatings for the tools used (for gear cutting), more efficient machines with high-speed technology, and further development of the process (gear cutting) itself. The objectives are of course the same. The developers are looking for lower unit costs at the same time as they demand a better component quality – and this where the special geometries encountered in the manufacture of gears and geared components, already make it a pretty complex process.

EMAG combination turning and gear cutting machines

Gear cutting and turning, combination gear cutting and turning, gears

Experts estimate that every year up to two billion gears are produced worldwide (the larger part by gear cutting). The number of gears needed for transmission systems for the automotive industry alone is astronomical. In addition to the huge numbers, there are other factors to be considered, such as the complexity of geometries and the exceptional component quality required (for geared components in particular). Many users meet these requirements with a relatively long process chain, namely turning, gear cutting and deburring – with each process allocated to a different machine. As a result, gear manufacture attracts long throughput times. EMAG’s gearing specialists and technology experts in gear cutting offer their customers a much quicker alternative for their gear production. The vertical machines VSC 400 WF (WF stands for gear cutting) and VLC 250 WF have all processes – such as gear cutting, turning and deburring – integrated in a single setup. As a result, productivity increases dramatically.