Used Gleason Gear Machines for Sale 81

Gleason Corporation has consolidated multiple gear manufacturing equipment brands into a comprehensive product portfolio — Gleason for bevel gear manufacturing, Gleason Pfauter for cylindrical gear hobbing, and acquired brands addressing gear grinding and inspection. The vertical integration across gear manufacturing technologies makes Gleason the dominant supplier of gear production equipment to automotive, aerospace, and industrial gearbox manufacturers globally.

The Pfauter heritage — now Gleason Pfauter — represents cylindrical gear hobbing capability. The P series CNC hobbing machines cover gear diameters from 150mm to over 2000mm, with module ranges and cutting capacity matched to the target gear size. Pfauter machines from the pre-acquisition era continue to operate productively in gear manufacturing worldwide, reflecting the mechanical quality of German gear cutting machine engineering.

Gleason bevel gear machines — the company's original product line from its 1865 founding — produce the spiral bevel and hypoid gears used in automotive rear axles, aerospace transmissions, and heavy machinery drivetrains. The mechanical complexity of bevel gear cutting requires specialised machines that Gleason has refined through over a century of development.

Gear grinding machines from Gleason address the finishing requirements for hardened gears — particularly critical for automotive transmission gears and aerospace gearbox components where surface finish and profile accuracy directly affect noise, vibration, and durability. Continuous generating grinding and form grinding technologies each address specific gear finishing requirements.

Gleason gear inspection machines provide the metrology capability that supports gear manufacturing quality control. Dedicated gear measuring machines evaluate tooth profile, lead, pitch, and runout with precision that general CMM measurement cannot match for gear-specific characteristics.

CNC control on current Gleason machines typically uses Siemens or Fanuc platforms with extensive Gleason-specific software that handles gear-specific calculations — profile correction, tooth crown corrections, lead modifications, and similar gear-specific parameters that generic CNC programming cannot address.

When evaluating used Gleason gear machines on Exapro, request gear measurement reports demonstrating current machine accuracy, verify cutting spindle condition through appropriate test cuts, check CNC control system version and Gleason software licence status, inspect machine mechanical condition particularly for gear-specific wear areas, and confirm that cutting tool or grinding wheel supply remains available for the machine configuration. Gleason machines typically retain production capability through high hour counts if maintenance has been thorough, but verification requires measurement of actual gear output.