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Faster Than A Speeding Spindle...

Posted October 27, 2007 7:16 AM

...and able to leap tall lathes in a single step, today's gear manufacturers are using technology to realize more accurate, efficient gear cutting. Armed with tooling advances in coatings and substrates, optimized cutting tool geometries, and more versatile gear cutting machines, faster cutting speeds, longer tool life, tighter tolerances, and greater productivities are being achieved. Multiple operations, such as finish-hobbing, are now performed in a single setup. Can these technology trends pump up your productivity powers? At the same time, are some going overboard in specifying cutting tolerances — asking for tolerances as tight as possible rather than as tight as needed?

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Re: Faster Than A Speeding Spindle...

10/28/2007 4:16 PM

well nice site , this is not my field , but curiosity is different thing right , i will prefere moulding technology for gears just like plastic gears are manifactured for toys watches , electronics drives ,even though my metallurgy, mechanical back ground is weak , if you think of productions in volumes moulding is best soltions . Gear manifactured through cutting grinding , forging , finishing , tempering , is lengthy process and expensive for machineries involved and time offcourse. after testing prototype , moulds can be developed , gears manufactured through high grade alloys and then tempered for strength , please pardon me if you think this is quiet antique technique , this is just any other comment , well thank you

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Re: Faster Than A Speeding Spindle...

07/24/2008 10:36 AM

hi i am mechanical engineer as you say that casting is easy process for mfg of gears

but it also have drawbacks like due to casting product become brittle ,it not maintain tighter tolerance (it have to give shrinkage allowance,machining allowance etc)

so it is not always preferred

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