Category: Gear manufacturing process

  • Know Your Gears!

    Know Your Gears!

    Did you know there are a bunch of different processes by which gears get made? Blanking, casting, extrusion, powder metallurgy and forging are all different means for gear manufacturing, though they basically all start with blanking operations – producing the ‘blank’ parts for later, more specific gear machining. Different gears produce slightly differing functions in…