Method for producing a gear rack, and a stamping device for carrying out the method

A stamping apparatus for producing a blank for a gear rack for a rack-and-pinion steering system of a motor vehicle, comprising:

• at least three form tools movable relative to one another;
• wherein at least one of the form tools is fixed and at least two of the other ones of the form tools are movable relative to one another and to the fixed form tool;
• wherein at least two of the form tools include effective areas inclined toward one another and are arranged symmetrical with respect to a plane of symmetry of the gear rack, the plane of symmetry being arranged perpendicular to a tooth system region of the gear rack and including a longitudinal axis corresponding to the gear rack;
• wherein at least one of the form tools includes an effective area that is arranged perpendicular to the plane of symmetry of the gear rack;
• wherein the other ones of the form tools are movable substantially only perpendicularly to the plane of symmetry of the gear rack, at least one of the other ones of the form tools including the effective area arranged symmetrically with respect to the plane of symmetry of the gear rack;
• and
• wherein the other ones of the form tools are coupled to each other so that the form tool including the effective area arranged perpendicular to the plane of symmetry of the gear rack is movable at half of a speed of the other movable form tool.