We cut and manufacture custom gears in house in Houston, by hobbing, broaching, shaping, and machining. Bring us a sample, a worn part, or a print and we will reverse engineer it, cut it new, and finish it to zero tolerance. Family owned and operated for over 20 years.
Gear cutting is the process of creating a gear. The most common processes are hobbing, broaching, and machining, with shaping, finishing, and grinding rounding out the work. We handle all of it under one roof in Houston, so a single accountable team measures, cuts, finishes, and inspects every gear we make.
When an OEM gear is discontinued, on a long lead time, or simply too expensive, we cut a replacement from a sample or a print. There is no need for your company to go back to the original manufacturer and pay full purchase price when we can manufacture the gear and recondition the equipment around it.
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Each gear is matched to the right process for its size, tooth form, and production run. Here is what happens in the shop.
A hob cuts teeth into a blank while the cutter and the blank rotate together, transferring the profile of the hob onto the gear. The hob makes one revolution for each tooth. Hobbing suits all sizes of production runs and works best for medium to high volume.
For very large gears and splines, a vertical broach carries a single tooth cutter formed to the tooth shape, with a rotary table and a Y axis. Some machines cut to depth and index the table automatically. Broaching excels at internal teeth and produces the largest gears we make.
Gears are cut on a milling machine using a numbered gear cutter chosen by the tooth count. For a helical gear we use a true indexing fixture, geared to the table so the blank rotates in a fixed ratio as the table travels. Form cutting rotates a profiled cutter around the blank so the gear fits when the cut is finished.
A gear blank is mounted in a shaper and a tool ground to the profile of the tooth cuts the form, which also works well for internal splines. A pinion shaped cutter in a gear shaper, running on an axis parallel to the blank, cuts gears for both low and high speed use.
After a gear is cut we finish it by shaving, burnishing, grinding, honing, or lapping. We can leave a high mirror finish or a reground finish and bring the gear within zero tolerance, so it meshes cleanly and runs quiet from the first turn.
Grinding refines the surface using abrasives, especially after a gear is hardened or carburized. We perform surface grinding, lap grinding, internal and external grinding, blanchard grinding, and the rest, so the finished gear holds its size and its hardness.
We cut helical, planetary, herringbone, spiral bevel, straight tooth, worm, rack, and spline gears. No print, no problem. We reverse engineer the gear from your sample or worn part and can make prints available for the next time you need one.
From a single worn worm wheel to a full set of helical pinions, we cut the new part to match the original geometry exactly. Free inspection on every job, so you see the real condition and a clear quote before you commit to anything.
“They produced gears for me within two weeks that I needed to keep my production going. Andrew was good at communicating with me and produced them before the estimated time. Big shout out to the team there. Great work.”
Steven, Google reviewEvery gear we cut is inspected against the original geometry and the finished tooth form before it leaves the shop. We measure tooth count, profile, and fit, then finish the gear within zero tolerance so it drops into your assembly and runs true. The result is a custom gear that performs like the original, often stronger, at a fraction of the OEM price.
Yes. We reverse engineer gears from a sample or a worn part and can make prints available. We measure the original, recreate the tooth profile, and cut a new gear that fits the first time, even when the original manufacturer no longer exists.
We cut helical, planetary, herringbone, spiral bevel, straight tooth, worm, rack, and spline gears, in a wide range of sizes, using hobbing, broaching, shaping, and machining.
After cutting, gears are finished by shaving, burnishing, grinding, honing, or lapping. We can leave a high mirror finish or a reground finish and bring gears within zero tolerance.
Lead time depends on size and complexity, but we move fast when production is on the line. One customer needed gears in two weeks to keep his line running and we delivered them before the estimated time. Call 713 270 6000 for a fast quote.
Free shipping both ways and a free inspection on every job. Bring us a sample, a worn gear, or a print and we will quote it fast, often the same day, and cut it to zero tolerance.
