Power skiving manufacturing process: A review

Gears are the most widely used mechanical components for motion and power transmission; thus, gear manufacturing plays a crucial role in many industrial sectors. Amongst the different methods for gear machining, power skiving has become a highly competitive gear manufacturing process in the last few decades. This is mainly due to advances in manufacturing engineering and improvements in numerical control of electric drives. This article presents a comprehensive review on the research and development activities on power skiving that is missing in the literature. In particular, it aims at presenting the current state of the art of this manufacturing process and highlighting new advancements. The study encompasses some of the major topics, namely: new tool designs, influence of working parameters on the cutting operation, chip geometry, determination of cutting forces and tool wear. Finally, study deficiencies, practical limitations and new research directions in the field of power skiving are discussed which can serve as guidelines for new research on the topic.