Gear honing is a highly productive process for the production of small and medium sized gears and is used mainly in the serial production of the automotive industry. The low robustness of the process is a particular challenge in gear honing. The consequences range from an inadequate gear quality to an early breakage of the honing tool. In order to describe the processmachine interaction, the machining forces must be known.

In the last semester of my senior year of mechanical engineering, I recall having a discussion with my study group friends about the purpose of our...