Section III: Cutting Tools for Gear Generating: Parallel-Axis Gear Machining Mesh

For convenience, this review of the designs of gear cutting tools begins with the analysis of the kinematics of the parallel-axis gear machining mesh.

Parallel-axis gear machining mesh can be schematically depicted by two rotation vectors, which are parallel to each other-the rotation vector of the work gear 𝛚g and the rotation 𝛚c vector of the gear cutting tool.