Invention of the gear-hobbing process about 150 years ago revolutionized not only gear fabrication, but also gear design. Basically, a hob or shaper cutter traverses the gear blank to generate teeth.

, 'involute gears' and 'cycloid gears', based on the difference in tooth shape. Both types have their own advantages, but technology blogger lcamtuf explains the advantages of involute gears. A ...

JTEKT has been granted a patent for a gear machining apparatus that includes a hob cutter, at least one processor, and at least one memory with instructions. The apparatus performs operations such as ...

If you’re into CNC machining, mechanical tinkering, or just love a good engineering rabbit hole, you’re in for a treat. Substack’s [lcamtuf] has written a quick yet insightful 15-minute introduction ...