Super precision gear grinding

Its focus is small volume, high precision gears in aerospace and high performance automotive applications, such as F1, plus industrial optics and custom designed industrial products. Customers can economically grind small batches of helical/spur gears DIN and AGMA quality standards, ideal for providing items such as master gears, precision prototyping, timing gears for use in aerospace applications, and helical gears for use in high performance automotive gearboxes and oil pumps. Originally developed in collaboration with the Gear Design Unit at Newcastle University, the award-winning machine, which is designed, produced and marketed in the UK, carries several lifetimes of gear profile and grinding knowledge in the onboard software, making complex forms and advanced profile results from relatively simple operator controls. A good example of the on-board intelligence is solving one of the major problems in helical gear manufacture; that of predicting actual stresses. This is important because the more pressure there is on the gear teeth, the more risk there is of pitting (macro or micro) and eventual gear failure. This problem is addressed with unique stress prediction software, developed by Holroyd engineers, and enables the machine to optimise gear design, with profile and lead modifications to achieve the optimum contact conditions for low noise and high strength.