The wormshafts follow the manufactu

The wormshafts follow the manufacturing process as outlined below: Barstock is cut, faced and centeredBlank shafts are then turned to final dimensions using an Okuma latheTurned shafts are then whirled. The whirling manufacturing process is a special process that it similar to a lathe but has an axis of rotation and a belt driven ring with inserts that create the helix angle, lead and profile that are required. This is a very specialized process with only a handful of companies that manufacture these machines. The ones that we have are from Leistritz https://leistritzcorp.com/machine-tools/whirling-machines/Shafts are then induction heat treated through a coil scanning operation. Shaft are heated up in a main heat cycle and a temper cycle thus meeting the metallurgical propertiesThe shafts are finally descaled using a brushing operation. The brush is an abrasive nylon and it removes the heat treat scale from the shaft and finishes the shaft to the required surface finish valuesRust preventative is applied to the shafts and presented to assembly The worm gears follow the manufacturing process as outlined below: Gear blanks are loaded into the Gleason hob and are hobbed to final dimensionsGears are then brushed to remove any burrs on the lead-in edgesGears are etched (dot peened) with their respective part number and then presented to assembly This is a rough overview of the process for both the wormshafts and gears. If there are additional questions regarding the technical process, we can involve Engineering and/or Quality to further assist.