They tried the game-changing Waveform Roughing Strategy, cutting H13 tool steel which had a Rockwell of between 53 and 58, on a production run of 30 gears where each individual standard milling operation on every part would have taken around two hours. We produce cam and timing gears for motorsport, along with sequential gearbox and straight-cut crash gearbox assemblies for off-highway vehicles such as JCB and Caterpillar.вЂќ They also produce batches of up to 5,000 fine pitch module gears between 0.3 and 1.25 module. вЂњAerospace applications are largely for actuation, as part of the drive train mechanism to control flaps on wings. Managing Director Reece Garrod says they typically manufacture orders of up to 200 gears, for aerospace, motorsport, medical, subsea and commercial products. 'We manufacture from a variety of metals including aviation grade stainless steels, carbon steels, case hardened and toughend tool steels, along with exotics such as Inconel and titanium, so EDGECAMвЂ™s ability to let us ramp up feeds and speeds is proving to be invaluable.' Gibbs Gears, based at Stoke Mandeville in Buckinghamshire, predominantly work on low to medium volume runs of loose gears, gearboxes and assemblies, along with specialized transmissions, and drive trains. One of the UKвЂ™s leading gear technology specialists saved an вЂњastonishingвЂќ 45 hours вЂ“ a complete weekвЂ™s milling production time вЂ“ on a batch of 30 gears manufactured in hardened tool steel using EDGECAMвЂ™s Waveform Roughing Strategy.

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