Method for cutting a gear and gear-cutting machine

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for machining a toothing of a workpiece held in a clamping, in which method a toothing tool that rotates about its rotational axis and comprises cutting edges is brought into in particular rolling chip-removing machining engagement with the toothing that in particular rotates about its rotational axis, in order to produce a predetermined tooth flank end geometry in one or more machining passes, wherein during the machining pass which produces the tooth flank end geometry, monitoring responsive to the event of a removed chip being pressed into a machined tooth flank of the toothing by means of the in particular rolling machining process is carried out and, if the monitoring responds, an additional toothing machining process that removes the material protrusion on top of the tooth flank end geometry formed by the chip that was pressed in during the event which occurred is implemented in particular automatically, which process is carried out in particular in the same clamping of the workpiece and in particular by means of the toothing tool itself.

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