Key Takeaways:
In gear hobbing, the hob and workpiece must rotate with extreme steadiness. Hydrostatic support gives both axes non-contact, high-stiffness, vibration-damped rotation—protecting flank accuracy and surface finish batch after batch.
Gear Quality Starts With Motion
A gear's flank accuracy and surface finish are decided by how steadily the hob and workpiece rotate during the cut. Any runout, vibration, or drift transfers directly onto the tooth form.

What Hydrostatic Adds
Because both the hob spindle and the workpiece table float on non-contact oil films, there is no bearing runout or wear to corrupt the geometry. Oil-film stiffness above 500 N/μm resists cutting-force deflection, and oil-film damping suppresses the chatter that would mark tooth surfaces.
The Payoff
The result is repeatable, high-accuracy gear cutting—class 6 per GB/T 10095—with consistency maintained across long production batches, since the supporting films do not wear. For precision gear manufacturing, hydrostatic support is not optional refinement; it is the foundation of the accuracy.