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gear grinding

gear grinding

[′gir ‚grīnd·iŋ]
(mechanical engineering)
A gear-cutting method in which gears are shaped by formed grinding wheels and by generation; primarily a finishing operation.
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The two conventional bevel gear finishing processes are gear grinding and gear lapping.
The guide, according to Powell, offers a variety of grinders such as pneumatic, roll, cutter, automatic, jig, die, surface, hand/manual grinder, angle, cylindrical, belt, portable, laboratory, CNC, contour, universal, centerless, ceramic, drill grinders, bench, automatic, spindle, profile, ID & OD and internal grinding machinery as well as concrete, chucking, cylinder, optical, rotary, pedestal, broach, plunge, crankshaft, thread, gear grinding tools, custom, center-hole, precision, floor, face, radial, collet, valve and other types of standard and custom grinders and allied tools.
Conventional gear finishing processes such as gear grinding, gear shaving, gear honing, gear lapping are costly, have low productivity, and gear material hardness limitation.
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