Patent ID: 7431544

Claim:
A bevel gear cutting machine for chamfering and/or deburring edges of the teeth of a bevel gear in a continuous process, said machine having a plurality of numerically controllable axes and comprising: a workpiece spindle, which receives the bevel gear coaxially of a workpiece spindle axis, a deburring spindle having a deburring spindle axis generally orthogonal to the workpiece spindle axis for coaxially receiving a deburring tool, and a deburring tool having a deburring blade head and a plurality of bar-like blade inserts attachable to the deburring blade head, each of said blade inserts having a shaft for clamping and a free end with at least one edge for chamfering and/or deburring the edges of a bevel gear, wherein the deburring blade head comprises: a base holder extending along the deburring spindle axis, said base holder having a connection area at a first end of the base holder for fastening the base holder to the deburring spindle; and a plurality of blade insert mounting means attached proximate to a second, distal end of the base holder, for respectively clamping the blade insert shafts and holding the blade inserts generally radially oriented to the deburring spindle axis of the deburring spindle.