Precision Gear Manufacturing
Capabilities

Precision Gear Manufacturing
Capabilities

Forest City Gear manufactures precision gears and splines for demanding applications across aerospace, space, defense, robotics, medical, transportation, industrial, and other high-performance industries.

From prototype and low-volume precision work to high-volume gear production, our capabilities span the complete gear manufacturing process, including CNC machining, gear hobbing, gear shaping, gear grinding, thread grinding, inspection, and engineering support.
Explore our manufacturing capabilities below to find the right process for your gear requirements.

Need a lot of gears? We know a thing or 70,000 about that.

Forest City Gear produces more than 70,000 gears each month, including spur and helical gears, splines, worms and worm gears, tapered splines, threads, master gears, face gears, beveloids, clutch teeth, special forms, and serrations.

Our high-volume gear manufacturing capabilities combine advanced equipment, automation, process control, and precision inspection to support repeatable production without sacrificing the quality that critical applications demand. Explore High-Volume Gear Production.

Gear hobbing is one of the most efficient and versatile methods for producing external gear teeth, including spur and helical gears.

Forest City Gear offers advanced CNC gear hobbing capabilities along with specialized processes such as crown hobbing and carbide re-hobbing. Our experience with precision tooth geometry, tooling, and process control allows us to tackle everything from everyday gears to decidedly not-everyday gears. Explore CNC Gear Hobbing & Carbide Re-Hobbing.

Gear shaping provides the flexibility to manufacture internal and external gear teeth, splines, and geometries that may not be suitable for hobbing.

Forest City Gear uses advanced CNC gear shaping equipment to produce precision gear features for demanding applications, including internal and external gears in both spur and helical, splines, face gears, couplings, and other specialized forms.

Explore Gear Shaping.

When gear applications require exceptional accuracy and surface finish, grinding provides a highly precise finishing process for gear and spline tooth forms.

Forest City Gear’s advanced gear grinding capabilities support tight-tolerance components for some of the most demanding applications we serve. We can nimbly service prototype and higher volume grinding needs. Our equipment and expertise allow us to control critical gear characteristics while achieving the accuracy required by the customer’s design. Explore Gear Grinding.

Is “high volume” correct here? Or does volume mean something different?

 

Forest City Gear provides precision thread grinding for a variety of thread and worm geometries.

Our capabilities include involute worms as well as stub, ACME, ball screw, metric, and standard thread forms. Specialized grinding equipment allows us to produce complex profiles while maintaining the accuracy required for demanding motion and power transmission applications. Explore Thread Grinding.

Great gears start with great blanks.

Forest City Gear’s CNC machining capabilities support the precision turning, milling, and related operations required before and after gear tooth generation. multi-axis capabilities, we can efficiently produce precision gear blanks and complete components while maintaining control over critical dimensions throughout the manufacturing process. Explore CNC Machining.

Precision gear manufacturing requires precision measurement.

Forest City Gear provides comprehensive gear and spline inspection using advanced analytical inspection equipment and processes. Parts are inspected according to customer requirements, applicable specifications, and international standards to verify the characteristics that matter to gear performance.

Our inspection capabilities support both production quality control and the highly demanding requirements found in critical gear applications. Explore Gear Inspection.

Sometimes the hardest part of making a gear happens before a machine ever starts cutting.

Forest City Gear’s engineering team supports customers throughout the gear manufacturing process, from drawing and manufacturability review to tooling, inspection, and process considerations.

Before hobbing or shaping gear teeth, we carefully review the customer’s print to confirm that we have the correct for the job. If a new cutting tool is required, we collaborate with our tooling vendors to review the design and ensure the proper tool is selected or manufactured for the application. Explore Gear Engineering Services.

You make the blank. We make the teeth.

Forest City Gear’s Cut Teeth Only service gives OEMs, machine shops, contract manufacturers, and other gear manufacturers access to specialized gear-cutting capabilities without outsourcing the entire component.

Customers provide the gear blanks and specifications, and we handle the required tooth manufacturing operations, including hobbing, shaping, grinding, and inspection, depending on the job. Explore Cut Teeth Only Gear Manufacturing.

Need Help Choosing the Right Gear Manufacturing Process?

Not every gear fits neatly into a capability-page-shaped box.

If you have a drawing, specification, or gear manufacturing challenge and aren’t sure which process is the right fit, send it our way. Our team can review your requirements and help determine the best manufacturing approach.

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