Power Skiving is a machining method used for the manufacture of gear teeth, based on the patent by Wilhelm vonPittler from the year 1910. Over the past few years, the latest developments in manufacturing engineering have led tothe technology becoming an efficient and flexible alternative for gear components.
Typical for Power Skiving is the diagonal arrangement of the tool axis to the component axis, known as the shaft angle.This adjustment of the tool, a defined axial feed and the coupled speed of tool and component result in a relative movementwhich effectively “peels” the tooth space from the component along the main cutting direction.