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Gleason acquires Munich-based company Hurth Maschinen und Werkzeuge,
a manufacturer of shaving, grinding and honing machines for cylindrical gears,
including the respective workholding and hard finishing tools, in 1995.

Shaving, Grinding, and
Honing Technology for
Cylindrical Gears

In 1896, 31 years after William
Gleason established the
Gleason Company, Carl Hurth
founds a mechanical workshop In 1993, Hurth introduces the Spheric Honing
®
for the manufacture of gears Machine, which opens entirely new possibilities
in Munich. To ensure the high to the modification of gear profiles.
quality of his gear products,
Carl Hurth develops his first
gear-cutting machine. In the
1920s, Hurth becomes Europe’s
largest producer of motorcycle
transmissions. In 1946, Carl Hurth
invents the first shaving machine
for helical gears. During the
1960s, Hurth builds automotive In 1999, Gleason-Hurth presents its
and agricultural transmissions. revolutionary double spindle shaving
During the following years, Hurth machine at the EMO Exhibition in Paris.
will foray into galvanic diamond
plating, gear honing and threaded
wheel grinding. Today, now called
Gleason Cutting Tools GmbH,
the company focuses on tooling
systems and dressing tools.

In 1981, the inhouse galvanic diamond plating
department is installed.

In the 1920s, Kreidler motorcycles with Hurth
transmissions set various speed records.

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