Gear Manufacturing &
Gear Inspection

Close-up of mechanical components with lubricant, showcasing gears and metal parts.

THE GEAR CELLS

Fine and medium pitch gear hobbing and shaping — plus everything around it to build complete gears, transmissions, and machinery: deburring tools, heat treating ovens, NIST-certified hand tools, Zeiss CMM, gear-specific inspection machines, and analysis software.

Every great gear starts with a highly concentric blank, so our 2025 and 2026 capex campaigns went deep on the turning side: a new M08SY-II lathe with 7-axis robot tending and bar feeder for lights-out blank production, and upgraded programming with ESPRIT — a true digital twin from CAM to chips. A Zeiss CMM closes the loop early, catching deviations at the blank stage — before they become scrapped gears — and feeding corrections back into the process so quality compounds with every run.

2026 is not over, stay tuned for more expansion.


Zeiss Duramax CMM

Great for at-line measurement directly in the gear cells. High quality blanks make high quality gears. For FAI, and for final inspection.  

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  • ONLINE
    15 July 2026
  • WORKING RANGE

  • 500mm x 500mm s 500mm

CNC TSUGAMI M08SY-II DUAL SPINDLE BARFED LATHE

Great for small-to-large quantity precision: turning, threading, and boring of complex gear blanks. The Y-axis turret stations help make the blank complete in one machine. Bar-feeding makes quick work on high quantities and temperature compensation ensures repeatabllity.    

ONLINE

  • WORKING RANGE
  • Up to 2.6" diameter, 15" long
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BARFEEDER 
IEMCA

CNC TSUGAMI M08J-II LATHE
Great for small-to-large quantity precision: turning, threading, and boring of simple gear blanks, fixtures and custom shafts. 
  • ONLINE

  • WORKING RANGE (BEST)

  • Up to 2.5" diameter, 6" long; large quantities
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  • WORKING RANGE (FULL)
  • Up to 11" diameter, 11.4" long

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Robotic arm interacting with a machine in a workshop setting.
Productive Robotics OB7 Max 12
Great for more complex and larger gear blank loading. ONLINE
PAYLOAD
  • 12 kg (26 lbs)
  • REACH
  • 1.3 m (51.1 inches)
    DOF
  • 7

OKUMA MANUAL LATHE
Great for small quantities of large pieces: turning, threading, boring,
especially for pipes, tubes, and long shafts
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  • WORKING RANGE (BEST)
  • 3/4" to 11" diameter, 72" long

  • WORKING RANGE (FULL)
  • Up to 11" diameter, 72" long

  • Thread Chart
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SCHAUBLIN 102N MANUAL LATHE
Great for small quantity precision turning and boring
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  • WORKING RANGE (FULL)

  • Up to 5/8" diameter, 4 inches long


PFAUTER RS00 and RS00S HOBBERS
Great for small to medium pitch production of : external spur, helical, ratchet, sprocket gears. Four machines for manufacturing flexibility.
(Pinion and Gear)
Helical(Left and Right)
 
  • WORKING RANGE (BEST)

  • Diametral pitch: 16 and finer

  • Up to 10" Outside Diameter
  • Specifications 
  • Machine Index Constants: Elk 8, Jersey 16, Santa Fe 16, Olive 32, Aberdeen TBD

MIKRON 102 GEAR HOBBER
Great for hobbing cylindrical spur, helical and wormgears
Hydraulic Machine Operation
  • NEW for 2025

  • WORKING RANGE (FULL)
  • Max Diameter: 4-3/4 inches

  • Maximum Module(Pitch): 2.0 Module, (12DP)
  • Maximum Length 5-1/8 inches
    Minimum Tooth Count 6
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MIKRON 132.02 GEAR HOBBER
Great for hobbing instrument gears and small motor gearshafts
Hydraulic Machine Operation

MIKRON 79 EP GEAR HOBBER
Great for hobbing instrument gears
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  • WORKING RANGE (FULL)

  • Max Diameter: 40 mm with 24mm hobs,

  •               46 mm with 18mm hobs

  • Maximum Module(Pitch): 1 Module (26DP)
    Minimum Tooth Count 6
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GLEASON 2A BEVEL GEAR MACHINE (CONIFLEX)
Great for small-to-medium production of bevel gears
 
  • WORKING RANGE (FULL)

  • Diametral pitch: 16 and finer
    Cone distance: up to 2.25"
    Face width: up to 0.43"
    Read more specifications

  • The Last Tooth

MIKRON 120 Type 12C
BEVEL GEAR MACHINE 
Great for small-to-medium production of small bevel gears
 NEW for 2025
  • WORKING RANGE (FULL)

  • Diametral pitch: 26 and finer
    Cone distance: up to 40mm

  • Minimum number of teeth: 6


GEAR MEASUREMENT Roll Testers
Fellows Gear Center Distancing Tools
Gleason Bevel Gear Checkers
Vari-Roll GC-4
Parkson 9N Tester
Mahr Nr. 544
S & F
  • OVERALL WORKING RANGE

  • Minimum Diameter: 2mm

  • Max Diameter: 4 inches

  • Minimum Module(Pitch): 0.2 Module, (128DP)
  • Maximum Module(Pitch): 1.6 Module, (16DP)

 

                                    MicroGear

 


MIKRON 104.01 THREAD MILLING MACHINE
For thread milling worms and threads
This is a work in progress...
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  • WORKING RANGE (FULL)

  • Max Diameter: 2 3/8" inches

  • Maximum Module(Pitch): 64 TPI to 6 TP
  • Main Characteristics
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CNC HAAS TM3-P MILL
Great for small-to-large quantity: milling, engraving, drilling, and cutting with complex geometries, curves, and 3D features
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  • WORKING RANGE (3-AXIS)

  • Up to 40" x 20" x 16"

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  • WORKING RANGE (4-AXIS)
  • Up to 3.5" diameter, 20 pounds

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SIXIS MANUAL MILL
Great for small quantity milling and drilling
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  • WORKING RANGE (FULL)

  • Up to 6" x 4" x 3"

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MIKRON 121 HOB SHARPENER (Q2)
Great at grinding hobs to restore sharpness
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  • WORKING RANGE (FULL)

  • Diameter: 16 to 50mm, width up to 25mm

  • Number of flutes: 10, 12, 15, 20, 30

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MIKRON A60 HOB SHARPENER
Great at grinding hobs to restore sharpness

Tsugami TUG 300 Cylindrical Grinder
Cylindrical grinding for fixtures, bearing journals, precision fits
Manufactured in Tokyo 1952

 

 

  • WORKING RANGE Estimate

  • 5C workholding in spindle

  • Swing 8" Diameter
  • Between Centers estimate 14 inches
  • Main Wheel Swivel 10" wheel
  • Swivel Table
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MULTIPLE HEAT-TREAT OVENS
Great for: single item and batch process heat treating: hardening, quenching, annealing, tempering
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  • WORKING RANGE (FULL)

  • Up to 10" x 10" x 12", 2000ºF

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Bambu X1-Carbon
Great for small quantity prototypes, proofs-of-concept and quick testing
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  • Build Volume (WxDxH)
  • 256x256x256 mm3
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