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    Wire EDM gear manufacture

    The gears were wirecut before and after carburizing. I will post some pictures of the gears as well as the application on our company website fairly soon. The fact that these were the first gears that that we had ever manufactured (I literally had never made a gear previously; we own no...
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    Wire EDM gear manufacture

    I have produced a number of gears using wire EDM, and can assure you that it is a viable means for producing very accurate, specialized spur gears. I am certain that class 13 and higher is readily achievable. As to surface finish, I have produced 10 microinch finishes without any problem. There...

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