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bevel gear
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bevel gear
a gear having teeth cut into a conical surface known as the pitch zone. Two such gears mesh together to transmit power between two shafts at an angle to each other

bevel gear [′bevĀ·əl ‚gir]
(mechanical engineering)
One of a pair of gears used to connect two shafts whose axes intersect.


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The Gleason organization also covers the broad spectrum of parallel-axis and bevel gears, including technology from the now-incorporated Pfauter organization.
The emergence of the light truck and sport vehicle categories with their four-wheel and all-wheel drives has reversed a decline in use of bevel gears because of the switch to lighter, front-wheel drive cars.
As the race heats up, watch for the company to move beyond today's gear line, which includes spur and helical gears, bevel gears, hypoid bevel gears, ground tooth gears, shafts, tapered serrations, differential and differential-carrier assemblies, housings, custom drives and torque-hub planetary gears used as wheel drives, shaft output drives and spindle output drives.
 
 
 
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