Device and method for producing bevels on tooth flanks of gearwheels

A method for producing a bevel on an edge of a gearwheel, wherein the gearwheel comprises at least one end face and teeth, wherein the teeth comprise flanks, defined by the end face of the gearwheel and the flanks of the teeth of the gearwheel adjacent to the end face with a cutting tool which at least comprises one cutting edge, wherein the gearwheel is driven in a rotary manner about a gearwheel rotation axis and the cutting tool is driven in a rotary manner about a cutting tool rotation axis in a predefined speed ratio, in such a way that the at least one cutting edge moves along a section of the edge removing material in an involute manner, wherein the gearwheel rotation axis of the gearwheel and the cutting tool rotation axis of the cutting tool run parallel to one another and wherein the at least one cutting edge comprises a direction of extension, wherein the direction of extension of the at least one cutting edge has a directional component running in a radial direction relative to the rotation axis of the cutting tool, wherein the at least one cutting edge processes only one processing section of the edge with each revolution of the cutting tool.