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Gear shaving is basically a finishing operation. This takes place after the operations of roughing with a hob or cutting
with a shaper cutter is over. The Shaving process consists of the removal of tiny particles of metal from a gear teeth's
working surface. Gear shaving produces fine hairlike chips. The cutter comes in the form of helical gear. It has special
serrations in the flank area of a gear teeth. These serrations act as the cutting edges.
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