In the early 1980s, The Gleason Works, Rochester, N.Y., developed the software for this closed loop system: a gear design and analysis package that was available to gear manufacturers online, via ...

Design goals: • Increase positioning speeds from 200 to 300-ipm range to 1,500 to 2,000 ipm. • Increase cutting speeds to 500 to 600 ipm, as available in larger, more expensive CNC routers.