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This section provides an overview for gear cutting machinery as well as their applications and principles. Also, please take a look at the list of 11 gear cutting machinery manufacturers and their company rankings. Here are the top-ranked gear cutting machinery companies as of February, 2025: 1.Dalian ZT Machinery Co., Ltd, 2.MachineToolBuilders, 3.NIDEC SANKYO.
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Gear-cutting machinery refers to machine tools that create grooves in gears through cutting processes. These machines are essential in the manufacture of both rolled and cast gears, offering precise machining for a wide range of gear types.
The types of gear-cutting machinery include hobbing machines, which process external gears using hob cutters; shaping machines, capable of processing both external and internal gears with pinion cutters; and broaching machines, used for manufacturing with broach cutters. Additionally, there are specialized machines for rack gears, worm wheel hobbing, straight bevel gears, and spiral bevel gear cutting.
Gear-cutting machinery is utilized in the production of spur gears, helical gears, internal gears, and racks, which are critical for transmitting power between parallel shafts. These machines also facilitate the creation of straight bevel gears, spiral bevel gears, and face gears for cross-shaft applications, where power transmission shafts intersect. Moreover, they are employed in making worm gears, hypoid gears, screw gears (known as staggered shafts), and specialized gears like noncircular gears, conical gears, and intermittent gears.
Gear-cutting machinery employs various methods such as the creation method, forming method, and gear skiving, tailored to the specific gear being manufactured. For instance, spur gears are typically processed using the generating method, while special gears may require a combination of generating and forming methods. Primarily used for cylindrical gears, these machines include hobbing machines for hobbing, grinding machines for precision shaping, and gear shapers for special gears, combining creation and forming methods as needed.
Aside from spur gears, hobbing machines also machine helical and worm gears. The generating method is noted for its accuracy over the forming method, which processes grooves individually but at a higher cost, especially when using NC (Numerical Control) machine tools.
Different gear-cutting machinery types are distinguished by their processing methods:
This machine performs gear cutting by rotating a hob cutter in contact with the gear blank, featuring cutting edges and grooves to form the gear.
Using a pinion cutter or rack-type cutter, a gear shaper executes shaping through vertical blade movement. It's adept at handling special gear shapes, albeit with lower work efficiency.
High-speed rotation of the grindstone shapes the gears, allowing for high-precision machining of hardened materials.
Used in the final stages of gear production, this machine smooths the gear surface and corrects alignment through rotating gear-like tools.
Specializing in bevel gears, this machinery employs a disc-shaped cutting tool for precision cutting.
Gear-cutting machinery is capable of producing gears in various shapes:
The most common gear type, featuring teeth parallel to the gear axis for power transmission between parallel gears.
With diagonal tooth traces, helical gears offer easier meshing, quieter operation, and greater strength than spur gears.
Characterized by teeth that face inward, these gears rotate a smaller gear within a cylindrical space.
Conical in shape, bevel gears transmit power between intersecting shafts. They are classified into straight (with teeth like those of spur gears) and helical bevel gears (with diagonal teeth).
Consisting of a screw-like worm and a matching worm wheel, worm gears change shaft direction and offer compact, quiet operation compared to bevel gears.
A rack pinion system converts rotational motion into linear motion, using a straight rod (rack) with teeth and a gear (pinion), commonly seen in camera tripod height adjustments.
*Including some distributors, etc.
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Machine Tool Builders, Inc. (MTB), founded in 1995, operates as a manufacturer of machine tools and automation solutions, based in the US. The company was originally established as a service organization, and has since evolved into a world class machinery rebuilder, and has begun to move towards the new machinery business. As a technology driven firm, its staff offers a wide array of experience in mechanical and electrical engineering, electronic controls, and software design. It looks at rebuilding a machine like doing a frame off restoration of customers’ classic car, but with a superior engine and chassis nestled underneath the body.
M Services S.r.l. is an ISO 9001:2015 certified machine tool manufacturer based in Montecchio Maggiore, Vicenza, Italy. The company offers various computer numerical control (CNC) solutions, including gear hobbing machines for helical and curved gears and endless screws. It also manufactures machine tools for chromed shafts, which are typically used in hydraulic and pneumatic cylinders. Additionally, the company offers both manual and automatic boring machines, equipped with rotating tools, tool holder devices, and hydraulic self-centering vises. It further provides center-facing machines designed for precise end-machining of small and large parts.
Huayu Machinery Company is an ISO 9001:2015-certified manufacturer of cardboard production machinery that was established in Hebei, China, in 1999. The company primarily manufactures corrugated cardboard production lines, automatic gluing machines for manufacturing processes, and printing machinery linkage lines. It also offers custom manufacturing services for unique projects or client use cases. Although it operates internationally, the company mainly serves clients in China's e-commerce industry. Its products are also commonly used by customers in industrial manufacturing and packaging operations.
EMAG, founded in the year 1867, based in Michigan, US, is a manufacturer and supplier of machine and tool solutions. Their product portfolio includes turning, grinding, milling, gear cutting, coupling, laser welding, and joining machines. The products are used in various applications which include agriculture, automotive, aviation construction, vehicle, medical and wind energy. The company offers innovative machinery with digitalization and automation systems. They also provide services that include retool options, retrofit remanufacturing, and control system upgrades.
Nidec Corporation was founded in Kyoto, Japan in 1973 and is a conglomerate with over 200 subsidiaries. Primary products are hard-disk drive motors and automotive parts, and specializes motors ranging from miniature to gigantic. Nidec’s products are used in robotics, automotive, home appliances, agriculturel equipments well as molding, cutting, and machining equipment and sensors.
Otto Frei, founded in 1930 in the United States, is a master watchmaker and manufacturer of watch parts and repairing watches in Oakland. The company has expanded its product lines and services to meet the needs of the always changing watch, jewelry, and precision industries. Along with watch and clock tools and materials, it offers crystal fitting services, a complete line of jewelry tools and supplies, a large selection of jewelers findings, as well as watch bands, boxes and displays in its main warehouse in Oakland. It has become the chief watch material supply house west of the Rocky Mountains.
Liebherr Group, founded in 1949 and headquartered in Bulle, Switzerland, operates as a German-Swiss multinational equipment manufacturer. The company serves diverse industries with a wide range of products and services, offering construction machines like excavators and cranes, mining equipment for both surface and underground operations, mobile and crawler cranes, material handling technology covering loaders and handlers, as well as maritime cranes for ship and offshore platform tasks. Its solutions find application in construction, mining, transportation, aerospace, maritime, and more.
KLINGELNBERG Group origin dating back to1863, is a manufacturing company and a powerhouse in the gear industry, based in Switzerland. The company specializes in developing and manufacturing machines for bevel gear and cylindrical gear production, precision measuring centers for rotationally symmetrical objects, and precision gear components. Its business units include four product lines: Oerlikon Bevel Gear Technology, Höfler Cylindrical Gear Technology, Klingelnberg Precision Measuring Centers, and Klingelnberg Drive Technology/Customized Bevel Gears. Its products are used by customers in automotive, eMobility, aircraft, agriculture, construction, robotics and marine industries. It has been serving the Japanese market successfully since its foundation in 1954.
Gleason Corporation, founded in 1865, is a full service supplier of machine engineering, tool manufacture and workholding systems, based in the United States. The company has evolved into the largest gear systems provider worldwide. It is a forerunner in the development and manufacture of production systems for all types of gears including design software for gears and power transmission systems, gear production machinery, metrology systems, automation solutions, related equipment and plastic gears. From power tools and medical applications, car and truck transmissions, windpower turbines, to the largest gears for mining machinery, it has a solution that fits your requirement.
Ranking as of February 2025
Derivation Method| Rank | Company | Click Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dalian ZT Machinery Co., Ltd |
18.5%
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| 2 | MachineToolBuilders |
14.7%
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| 3 | NIDEC SANKYO |
11.5%
|
| 4 | EMAG |
9.8%
|
| 5 | M SERVICES S.R.L. |
8.4%
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| 6 | Gleason Corporation |
8.4%
|
| 7 | Liebherr Group |
8.0%
|
| 8 | Xi’an Huayue Machinery and Equipment Co.,LTD |
7.3%
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| 9 | Otto Frei |
6.6%
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| 10 | KLINGELNBERG |
6.3%
|
Derivation Method
The ranking is calculated based on the click share within the gear cutting machinery page as of February 2025. Click share is defined as the total number of clicks for all companies during the period divided by the number of clicks for each company.Number of Employees
Newly Established Company
Company with a History
*Including some distributors, etc.
*Including some distributors, etc.
| Country | Number of Companies | Share (%) |
|---|---|---|
|
China
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2 | 28.6% |
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Japan
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2 | 28.6% |
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United States of America
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1 | 14.3% |
|
Italy
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1 | 14.3% |
|
Germany
|
1 | 14.3% |
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