Gear Cutting ( Shaping Gear Teeth ) Is a Method Of Processing Internal And External Gears Or Racks On a Gear Shaping Machine By Means Of a Gear Shaping Cutter. In Principle, The Process Of Gear Shaping Is Equivalent To The Meshing Of a Pair Of Spur Gears.
Gear Shaping Is Also a Widely Used Method Of Tooth Profile Processing, Often Parallel With Hobbing. It Is Equivalent To a Pair Of Cylindrical Gears Meshing, Shaping Cutter Is Equivalent To a Modified Gear.
When Shaping Teeth, There Is a Reciprocating Movement Of The Shaping Cutter, Which Is Cutting Down; There Is a Movement Of The Shaping Cutter, That Is, When The Shaping Cutter Is Upward, The Workpiece Or The Cutter Retreats a Distance In The Radial Direction To Prevent The Cutter From Scratching The Machined Surface; There Is a Spreading Movement, And There Is a Radial Feed Movement.
