Building the machine…
The Pfauter gear hobbing machineGear hobbing"Original-Pfauter" No. 00 · Hermann Pfauter, Chemnitz, about 1929

The Pfauter gear hobbing machine

The "Original-Pfauter" Automatic Gear Hobbing Machine No. 00, built by Hermann Pfauter of Chemnitz in about 1929, cut spur, worm and spiral gears with a hob.

This exhibit shows how the machine works and how a hob generates the teeth of a gear.

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