Honing method with cross-grinding for gear wheels

A gear wheel, comprising:

• respective teeth of the gear wheel have a surface structure with a number of first scoring marks and a number of second scoring marks, and wherein the number of first scoring marks intersects the number of second scoring marks, at least partly, at a given angle;
• wherein each of the first scoring marks provided at a first crossed axes angle and the second scoring marks provided at a second crossed axes angle intersects an axis extending transversely from a center point of the gear wheel, said axis separating a left half of the gear wheel from a right half of the gear wheel;
• wherein each of the first scoring marks extends from a left edge of the gear wheel on the left half to a top of the gear wheel on the right half;
• and
• wherein each of the second scoring marks extends from a right edge of the gear wheel on the right half to the top of the gear wheel on the left half.

A honing machine for the power honing of a gear wheel, comprising:

• at least one honing tool and a controller, wherein the controller moves the at least one honing tool in a first direction along the gear wheel, and wherein the controller moves the at least one honing tool in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, along the gear wheel, and wherein the controller adjusts a crossed axes angle between the gear wheel and the at least one honing tool in dependence on a current direction of movement, such that, when the at least one honing tool is moved in the first direction, scoring marks created on a surface of the gear wheel at least partly intersect, at a given angle, respective scoring marks produced on the surface of the gear wheel during a movement of the at least one honing tool in the second direction;
• wherein each of the first scoring marks provided at the first crossed axes angle and the second scoring marks provided at the second crossed axes angle intersects an axis extending transversely from a center point of the gear wheel, said axis separating a left half of the gear wheel from a right half of the gear wheel;
• wherein each of the first scoring marks extends from a left edge of the gear wheel on the left half to a top of the gear wheel on the right half;
• and
• wherein each of the second scoring marks extends from a right edge of the gear wheel on the right half to the top of the gear wheel on the left half.