At the first GrindingHub held from May 17-20, 2022 in Stuttgart (Germany), Gleason presented hard finishing of different applications from typical e-drive to large wind power gears, including threaded wheel grinding, profile grinding, gear honing and hard Power Skiving. 

Gleason welcomed present and future gear manufacturers at the GrindingHub Show with a host of different hard finishing solutions for different applications including typical e-drive gears; truck, agricultural and construction gears; industrial gears, aerospace gears as well as wind power and even larger gears up to 5 m in diameter. Gleason’s hard finishing experts discussed specific applications and answered any questions. 

Additionally, Gleason live-streamed several manufacturing processes from its global operations in Germany, Switzerland and the US. Live streams included threaded wheel grinding with in-process gear inspection, waviness evaluation and gear noise analysis, unique Combi Honing of stepped planetary pinions for e-drives, Hard Power Skiving of internal ring gears, and profile grinding of large wind power gears. To complement process and machine technologies, Gleason showed latest hard finishing and dressing tools for polish grinding, gear honing and hard Power Skiving applications, as well as the appropriate workholding equipment and digital service solutions. 

Present and future customers benefited from a visit at GrindingHub two-fold by stopping by at Gleason-Pfauter Maschinenfabrik GmbH in Ludwigsburg, located only 30 minutes by car from the Landesmesse Stuttgart. Gleason-Pfauter provided a look behind the scenes, a tour through showroom and factory and the possibility to meet the people working on customers’ projects. 

Gleason is a global leader in gear technology. Gleason’s "Total Gear Solutions" range from gear and transmission design software to the development and production of gear manufacturing machines and related accessories, gear metrology equipment and automation systems. Gleason products are used by customers in the automotive, commercial vehicle, aerospace, agricultural, mining, energy, construction, power tool, marine and many other industrial equipment markets. Gleason has manufacturing facilities in the US, Brazil, Germany, Switzerland, India, China and Japan, and operates sales and service offices in North and South America, Europe and Asia Pacific.