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Gear Hobbing
Gear hobbing is a generating machining process used to manufacture external gear teeth through synchronized rotation of a cutting tool and workpiece. It is widely used for spur gears, helical gears, and industrial transmission components requiring repeatable tooth geometry and efficient production.
Related process: Gear Manufacturing
Manufacturing overview
Gear hobbing uses a rotating hob cutter coordinated with the workpiece to generate gear tooth profiles.
The process is commonly used for external spur and helical gears, splines, and selected toothed components.
Typical applications include industrial gearboxes, automotive transmissions, machinery drives, agricultural equipment, and mechanical power transmission systems.
Suitable materials include carbon steel, alloy steel, cast iron, bronze, and selected engineering plastics.
Important gear parameters include module or diametral pitch, number of teeth, pressure angle, helix angle, face width, and required accuracy grade.
Gear hobbing is generally performed before hardening, although specialized hard hobbing processes may be used in selected applications.
Components requiring higher tooth accuracy or improved surface finish may undergo subsequent gear grinding or honing.
Manufacturing feasibility depends on gear diameter, module, material, cutter accessibility, and machine capacity.
Buyers should provide gear drawings, 3D CAD models where available, material grade, tooth specifications, heat treatment requirements, quantity, and inspection standards.
Quality control may include tooth profile measurement, lead verification, pitch measurement, runout inspection, and gear quality reporting.
Metraxio supports gear hobbing RFQs for custom gears and industrial transmission components.