INGERSOLL WERKZEUGE GMBH – THE COMPANY SPECIALIST FOR GEAR PRODUCTION TOOLS Ingersoll Cutting Tools started the production of milling and boring tools in 1962 with just 23 employees, as a subsidiary of Ingersoll International Inc. in Rockford, USA. The first gear milling tools were made as grind-type tools with exchangeable HSS as well as solid carbide blades. The grinding and regrinding of the tools, according to the specific profile, was carried out on Ingersoll profile grinding machines. In order to meet the demands of metal cutting in gear milling, the engineers at Ingersoll designed in 1977 the first roughing gasher, module 16, diameter 370 mm, with indexable carbide inserts. A further milestone came with the development of hobs with indexable carbide inserts. Only two years later, in 1979, Ingersoll designed the first skiving hob, module 25, 400 mm in diameter, with four segments. It is with pride, that Ingersoll looks back on many years of experience in the field of gearing. During the last years, Ingersoll has designed numerous cutting tools; both in standard design, as well as special design, in accordance with the individual needs of the customer, from module 1 to larger modules as for example the roughing gasher, module 60 with a diameter of 520 mm, the finishing gasher, module 100, 460 mm in diameter, as well as the largest hob, module 42, with a diameter of 500 mm. Ingersoll has the essential engineering know-how to comply with the high technical and temporal requirements. 3