| Arts and Crafts |
Suitable Gear Types |
Characteristic |
| Gear Hobbing |
Spur gears, Helical gears, Worm gears |
Continuous cutting, high efficiency, suitable for mass production (e.g. automotive gearbox gears). |
| Gear Shaping |
Internal Gear, Multi-Link Gear |
Suitable for complex structure gears, high flexibility, but less efficient than hobbing. |
| Gear Milling |
Special tooth shape, Non-standard gears |
Multi-axis CNC machining for complex tooth shapes (e.g. herringbone gears, non-circular gears). |
| Gear Shaving |
Finishing Soft Gear |
For semi-finishing after hobbing/shaping to improve tooth surface finish (Ra 0.81.6m) |