A machine for honing gears comprises a workpiece spindle, the spindle axis of which is oriented vertically, wherein a workpiece to be machined is attachable in the region of a free end of the workpiece spindle, a honing ring carrier in which a honing ring for machining the workpiece attached to the workpiece spindle is clampable and is drivable in rotation about its central axis, and a machine frame on which the workpiece spindle and the honing ring carrier are mounted. The machine frame surrounds the honing ring carrier. The honing ring carrier is additionally mounted at two bearing points on the machine frame, said bearing points being substantially diametrically opposite one another with regard to the honing ring carrier, so as to be movable linearly along a horizontal axis which extends through the bearing points and so as to be movable in rotation about this axis. The machine has a simple and compact structure. The machine frame serves not only as a structural element for mounting the individual components of the machine and all required shafts, but at least partially also to form a working space in which the machining takes place.

A method for honing processing a toothed wheel in which the toothed wheel and a honing tool mesh with each other and the rotation axes of the toothed wheel and honing tool intersect at an axial intersection angle. The toothed wheel and honing tool carry out a relative movement which oscillates in an axial direction of the rotation axis of the toothed wheel and are positioned in a direction towards each other at the same time in a radial direction with respect to the rotation axis of the toothed wheel starting from an end position in order to remove material from the toothed wheel. During the oscillating relative movement which is directed in an axial direction of the rotation axis of the toothed wheel, the rotation position of the toothed wheel with respect to the rotation axis thereof is changed in accordance with the positioning in a radial direction.

A method for creating a surface structure on a gear wheel in a honing process, in which at least one honing tool is moved along the gear wheel in a first direction using a first crossed axes angle, and in which, subsequently, the at least one honing tool is moved along the gear wheel in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, using a second crossed axes angle, and in which the first crossed axes angle and the second crossed axes angle are chosen such that first scoring marks produced when the at least one honing tool is moved in the first direction on a surface of the gear wheel at least partially intersect, at a given angle, respective second scoring marks produced when the at least one honing tool is moved in the second direction on the surface of the gear wheel.

A method for honing a gear with a beveloid toothing, including the following steps; providing an at least in sections cylindrical honing tool and a gear to be honed, wherein the honing tool has a tool axis and a toothing, and wherein the gear has a workpiece axis and a beveloid toothing, honing the gear by means of the honing tool, wherein the honing tool and the gear are arranged with an axis cross angle to one another, wherein the honing tool and the gear are spaced apart from one another by a center distance at least in sections, and wherein the toothing of the honing tool and the beveloid toothing of the gear contact each other at least temporarily in at least one contact section. In order to simplify effective honing of beveloid toothing, it is proposed that the tool axis and the workpiece axis are spaced apart with an eccentricity at least in sections.