UNSPSC 23242202: Gear hobbing machine

Gear hobbing machines use a gear-cutting hob to cut the teeth of a gear. A gear-cutting hob is basically a worm or screw, made into a gear-generating tool by machining a series of longitudinal slots or gashes into it to form cutting teeth.

UNSPSC 23242202 Gear hobbing machine is a Commodity code that represents specialized industrial equipment with limited recent procurement activity in state and local markets. The two most recent state and local opportunities tagged to this code show minimal alignment with the code's nominal scope: Sourcewell's cooperative purchasing RFP #061626, posted May 12, 2026, with a June 16, 2026 response deadline, concerns law enforcement equipment procurement across multiple Washington state counties and participating entities nationwide; the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point's IFB 2026STPALL01275RFB, posted March 19, 2026, with an April 16, 2026 deadline, solicits tank upgrade services and components for a paper machine laboratory, including false bottoms and drain valves. Neither opportunity involves gear hobbing machines or gear manufacturing equipment in any substantive way.

The code shows little relevant recent activity. Issuing bodies tagged to the code include a multi-state cooperative purchasing vehicle (Sourcewell) and a higher-education institution (University of Wisconsin System), but the tagged opportunities do not reflect actual demand for gear hobbing machines or related manufacturing machinery. Geographic spread across the recent record extends to Washington state, Wisconsin, and participating Sourcewell jurisdictions nationwide, but this geographic signal is decoupled from genuine procurement need for the equipment category the code nominally describes. Firms evaluating this code should treat it as currently inactive for state and local gear hobbing machine procurement and monitor for future solicitations that more clearly align with specialized manufacturing equipment requirements.