Grinding or shaving - economic decision support in the production of gears

Summary, in English

This paper describes a case study at an automotive company with the purpose ov developing an economically based decision support tool, for strategic decision about wheather to chose grinding or shaving as a finishing method in gear manufacturing. In the study different cost models are compared regarding input parameters in alignment with the required input data required to make a decision. With the performance driven cost model used during the analysis, shaving was shown to be the most cost efficient finishing method.