Abstract: A full form net shape roll finished contacting machine element such as a gear or sprocket is produced from a near net shape workpiece of wrought or forged steel including teeth with an initial outer peripheral contoured surface, each having a tooth flank with a nominally involute surface and a root/fillet region with a trochoidal surface. A rolling die is rotatably supported on a first axis. With the workpiece rotatably supported on a parallel distant second axis, the rolling die is advanced in an in-feed direction to meshingly engage with the workpiece. The involute surface of each tooth of the rolling die engages the involute surface of a mating tooth of the workpiece and the tooth tip of the rolling die engaging the trochoidal root/fillet surface between adjacent mating teeth of the workpiece to effect material flow along the outer peripheral contoured surface. This process continues for all of the teeth of the workpiece.

Abstract: A full form net shape roll finished contacting machine element such as a gear or sprocket is produced from a near net shape workpiece of wrought or forged steel including teeth with an initial outer peripheral contoured surface, each having a tooth flank with a nominally involute surface and a root/fillet region with a trochoidal surface. A rolling die is rotatably supported on a first axis. With the workpiece rotatably supported on a parallel distant second axis, the rolling die is advanced in an in-feed direction to meshingly engage with the workpiece. The involute surface of each tooth of the rolling die engages the involute surface of a mating tooth of the workpiece and the tooth tip of the rolling die engaging the trochoidal root/fillet surface between adjacent mating teeth of the workpiece to effect material flow along the outer peripheral contoured surface. This process continues for all of the teeth of the workpiece.