Dipl.-Ing.(FH) Uwe Gaiser is Director Product Management Bevel Gears and Director Gear Technology at the Gleason Corporation. Starting as an Application Engineer for Bevel
Gears 28 years ago, he has become expert in every aspect of Gear Design and Development,
from drawing concept all the way to vehicle gearbox assembly. During studying mechanical engineering, Uwe Gaiser was instrumental in the development of first-correction-capabilities of 3D-measurements of bevel gears with the Gleason G-AGE software releases worldwide. His final diploma topic at the University was Single-Flank testing of automotive bevel gears at a well-known luxury car manufacturer. Since then, working for Gleason Corporation, he has filed several bevel gear related patent applications in the area of bevel gear grinding, blade geometry and production methodologies.
Differential gear manufacturers began moving away from the tried-and-true Revacycle broaching process to forgings some 30 years ago. At the time, forged differential gears seemed almost tailor-made to meet the needs of automotive, truck, and other vehicle producers: Relatively inexpensive when produced in high volumes; able to deliver the high power densities necessitated by the severe size constraints imposed by a differential cage; durable and robust.
Exciting new machine, cutting tool and software technologies are compelling
many manufacturers to take a fresh look at producing their larger gears on machining centers. They're faster than ever, more flexible, easy to operate, highly affordable - and for any type of gear.