Patent ID: 9649707
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: B23F,Y10T

Claim:
1. A method of rough manufacturing a gear tooth on a workpiece, said manufacturing being carried out by a cutting tool having a plurality of cutting blades with each of said cutting blades having a cutting edge and a clearance edge, said method comprising: rotating said cutting tool, bringing the rotating cutting tool and said workpiece into contact with one another, rotating said workpiece, moving said cutting tool relative to said workpiece to define a generating roll for generating said gear tooth, wherein said rotating of said workpiece comprises rotating the workpiece in a first direction from a start roll position to an end roll position, and wherein said workpiece is rotated at a first rate of rotation less than a theoretical rate of rotation beginning at said start roll position and ending prior to said end roll position, or, wherein said moving of said cutting tool comprises moving the cutting tool in a first direction from a start roll position to an end roll position, and wherein said cutting tool is moved at a first rate of movement greater than a theoretical rate of movement beginning at said start roll position and ending prior to said end roll position.