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Gear Terminology Question

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lumpyrugger

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I deal with European OEMs quite often and was wondering if anyone knows the difference between these three terms related to gearing specs:

Profile Shift
Profile Offset
Correction Factor

In the US we use "Profile Shift" to indicate how much the gear is to but cut under or over pitch diameter.
 
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