Gear burnishing is a process for

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  1. surface finishing.
  2. under cut gears.
  3. producing cycloidal gears.
  4. removing residual stress from teeth roots.

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Option 1 : surface finishing.
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Gear finishing processes:

  1. Conventional finishing process for gears:
    1. Gear shaving
    2. Gear grinding
    3. Gear honing
    4. Gear lapping
    5. Gear burnishing
    6. Gear skiving
  2. Advanced finishing processes for gears:
    1. Gear finishing by electrochemical honing.
    2. Gear finishing by electrochemical grinding.
    3. Gear finishing by abrasive flow finishing (AFF).

Gear hobbing:

  • It is the process of generating gear teeth by means of a rotating cutter referred to as a “hob”
  • Hobbing can be used to produce spur, Helical, & worm gears, as well as splines in almost all material (ferrous and non-ferrous metals & plastics), but not bevel or internal gears.
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