Selling a used Pfauter or Gleason-Pfauter machine, for example a hobbing machine such as the Pfauter P 900, a gear shaper such as the GP 130 S or a profile grinder such as the P 1200 G? We buy your machine. Which route depends on machine, condition and market. Send the nameplate, build year, control and photos, and you get a first estimate. The overview of all processes and brands is on Sell gear cutting machines.
Several names come together at Pfauter: Pfauter, Gleason-Pfauter and Gleason describe one company history at different times, while Phoenix, Hurth and 160CPS, which also appear in listings, are not of Pfauter origin. Below you find first what decides the value and how the sale works, then the name sequence, the current series and the names used in listings. Manufacturer data comes from publicly available Gleason sources (as of 29 September 2026, see Sources); from dealer listings we take only names and spellings, never technical values.
What decides the value of a used Pfauter or Gleason-Pfauter machine
We state no prices on this page, because the value depends heavily on the individual machine. These factors decide which buyers are interested. The full self-check is in the guide What is my gear machine worth?.
- Process, size and module: the range runs from the 100H Series with 100 mm workpiece diameter to the large P Series with up to 10,000 mm. Buyers search by process and size class, and on the large P Series machines foundation, access and lifting equipment are a planning item of their own.
- Series and control generation: Gleason names 1975 for the first NC hobbing machine and 1983 for the first CNC delivery, the Pfauter PE 150. Whether your machine has an NC or CNC control and how old it is, is a first criterion. Current machines such as the Genesis 180H and 280H run the GEMS interface.
- Control retrofit: with ‘Recontrol’ Gleason offers the replacement of control cabinet, cables, encoders and motors as a factory-prepared plug-and-play solution, supporting Siemens, FANUC, Bosch and NUM. For older Siemens and FANUC controls there is a Windows 10 upgrade (‘SPN’), and the Gleason Connect Box connects older machines to Gleason Global Services. A documented retrofit builds buyer confidence.
- Modernisation and remanufacture: Gleason describes a modular modernisation package, mechanical reconditioning (disassembly, analysis, new wear parts, at Gleason service or on site), ‘Complete Machine Remanufacture’ (the machine goes to Gleason and is fully disassembled and rebuilt), ‘FlexFit’ as a modular retrofit for condition-based overhaul of large machines, and the DSA dressing unit. Gleason names modernisation documentation specifically for the P 60 (hobbing) and the P 800 G to P 3000 G (grinding). The programme page makes no warranty statement, so what counts is what your documents prove: scope, date and who did the work.
- Proof of accuracy: test and acceptance records, information on the gear quality the machine achieves, and the date of the last geometry check.
- Equipment and automation: chamfer milling (HCD, HiC), Electronic Shaping (ES) on shapers, the ring loader option for the P 800 to P 1200 and the pallet changer for the P 2000 G to P 6000 G widen the buyer group.
- Condition and accessories: operating hours, condition of spindles and rotary table, and accessories such as hob arbors, counter supports or dressers.
What we need from you
- Nameplate: model designation as printed, for example P 900, PE 500 or GP 130 S, plus serial number and build year.
- Control and hours: control type, retrofit or modernisation records, operating hours.
- Documents: test or acceptance records, accessory list.
- Photos: nameplate, overall view, workpiece or rotary table area, control, accessories.
- Site details: foundation, door and crane access, whether the machine is still connected.
How selling your Gleason-Pfauter machine works
- Send details and photos.
- First estimate. We assess the machine. The offer usually follows 24–48 hours on working days after we have all the details. Where it is urgent we can visit on site usually within 48 to 72 hours on working days.
- Dismantling and transport. We organise both. For heavy machines we clarify foundation, access and lifting equipment with you early. Whether the costs are included is stated in the offer upfront.
- Payment before pickup (direct purchase). No machine leaves your site without confirmed payment.
The whole process usually takes 7 to 15 working days on a direct purchase. Sale through our buyer network: commission stated upfront; you are paid before pickup. More on the process: How it works.
Sell your Pfauter or Gleason-Pfauter machine: request a free assessment.
What we do not buy and what belongs elsewhere
This page covers the cylindrical gear machines of Gleason-Pfauter. Not covered are finished gears and gearboxes, as well as hobs, shaper cutters and other single tools. Tool presetting devices such as the 160CPS are not power skiving machines; if in doubt, send the nameplate and we tell you how we classify the item. Gleason Works bevel gear machines, for example the Phoenix series, do not belong to Pfauter and are not covered on this page.
Gleason-Pfauter: manufacturer, origin and name sequence
Gleason-Pfauter Maschinenfabrik GmbH is based at Daimlerstraße 14 in Ludwigsburg. Gleason describes the site as a development and technology centre for gear processes producing high-precision cylindrical gears with workpiece diameters up to 10,000 mm, for soft and hard machining. It is a subsidiary of the Gleason Corporation in Rochester, New York, founded in 1865 by William Gleason.
The origin is Pfauter: Robert Hermann Pfauter invented and patented the gear hobbing process in 1897 (company founded 1900), and in 1900 the Hermann Pfauter Maschinenfabrik KG was founded in Chemnitz. After the Second World War the company moved to Ludwigsburg, where a new plant was built in the early 1950s. Milestones as Gleason names them:
- 1975: first NC hobbing machine presented at EMO in Paris
- 1983: first Pfauter PE 150 CNC delivered
- 1987: first profile grinding machine
- 1994/95: takeover of Mikron’s gear machine business in Biel (Gleason-Pfauter Switzerland)
- 1997: the Pfauter group joins the Gleason Corporation
- 2006: Genesis series introduced
- 2012: complete power skiving line
- 2014: GX series introduced for threaded wheel grinding
- 2015: Gleason-Hurth machine division integrated into the Gleason-Pfauter organisation
From Pfauter to Gleason-Pfauter to Gleason
This is where sellers and listings mix the names. The table shows how the brands relate in time:
| Period | Name on machines and in listings | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Until joining Gleason (1997) | Pfauter (Hermann Pfauter Maschinenfabrik) | P 400, P 900, P 3001, RS series, PE 150, PSA 300 |
| From 1997 | Gleason-Pfauter | P 210, P 1600, P 2400/2800, GP 130 S, GP 200 S |
| Today | Gleason brand without the Pfauter prefix; the legal entity is still called Gleason-Pfauter Maschinenfabrik GmbH | Genesis 280H, P Series, Titan Series, GP Series, 100H Series |
The 1997 merger and the present company name are documented. When exactly the nameplate of a given machine changed is not, and dealers list the PSA series both as ‘Pfauter’ and as ‘Gleason Pfauter’. Always check the plate on your machine, not the name in a listing.
What does not belong to Pfauter
- Phoenix: a bevel gear machine series from Gleason Works in Rochester, introduced in 1988, not a Pfauter machine. A dealer listing for a ‘Gleason Pfauter 275G Bevel Gear Grinding Machine’ means the Phoenix 275 G bevel gear grinder.
- Gleason-Hurth: the Munich Hurth machines, for example for shaving or honing, have a different origin. Carl Hurth Maschinen und Werkzeuge became part of Gleason in 1995; in 2015 the machine division was integrated into the Gleason-Pfauter organisation.
- 160CPS: not a skiving machine but a tool presetting device for shaping and skiving tools, which Gleason files under power skiving and shaping.
- Gleason Cutting Tools: this tool unit in Rockford (Illinois) was called ‘Gleason Pfauter Hurth Cutting Tools Corporation’ from 1997 to 2000. It is not the machine factory.
Current Gleason series at a glance
Gleason sorts its cylindrical gear machines today by process and size. The table gives the current series as Gleason states them on its product pages. HCD marks versions with chamfer milling, HiC versions with integrated chamfering, HL versions for longer shafts, and ES stands for Electronic Shaping. For your machine, the nameplate is what counts.
| Series | Process | Max. workpiece Ø (mm) | Max. module |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100H Series (100H, 100HL, 100HiC, 100HCD) | Gear hobbing, high speed | 100 (120 optional) | 2.5 / 3 / 4 |
| Genesis 130H, 210H, 210HiC | Gear hobbing, vertical | 210 | 3 (4 optional) |
| Genesis 180H/HCD, 280H/HCD | Gear hobbing | 280 | 6 |
| 250HL | Hobbing and profile milling, horizontal, for long shafts, worms and rotors | 250 | 12 |
| Genesis 400H (CD) | Gear hobbing | 400 (450 optional) | 8 |
| P Series: P 400, P 600, P 600/800 | Gear hobbing, universal, mid-size | 800 | 16 |
| P Series: P 800 to P 10000 | Gear hobbing, large gears | 10,000 | 45 (profile milling 60) |
| Titan Series: 1200H, 1600H | Gear hobbing, high productivity | 1,600 | 30 (profile milling 40) |
| GP Series: GP 200 S, GP 300 S | Gear shaping, compact | 300 (400 optional) | 6 |
| P Series: P 500 S, P 600 S, P 600/800 S | Gear shaping, mid-size | 800 | 12 |
| P Series, shaping of large gears | Gear shaping | 3,200 (larger on request) | 24 |
| 80PS, 100PS, 300PS, 400PS to 600/800PS | Power skiving | manufacturer page gives no values | no data |
| 1200G, 1600G | Profile grinding | 1,600 | profile depth max. 80 mm |
| P 2000 G to P 6000 G | Profile grinding, large gears | 6,000 | profile depth max. 120 mm |
| Genesis 200GX, 260GX | Threaded wheel grinding | 260 | 4 |
The 100H Series mostly comes with the GEMS operating software; for the 100HL Gleason gives shaft lengths up to 1,200 mm, for the 250HL up to 2,350 mm. Gleason also calls the 100H Series the next generation of the P90 Series, so the two are not the same series. For the shapers, Gleason lists the Electronic Shaping (ES) option, which lets you enter the helix angle of the workpiece in the dialogue program. For the mid-size profile grinders P 400 G to P 600/800 G we deliberately leave out the workpiece diameter, because the manufacturer’s value does not clearly fit the series designation. Process background: hobbing, shaping, grinding and power skiving.
Older Pfauter and Gleason-Pfauter models
For older models such as the P 900, P 1251, PE 150, PE 500, PSA 300, RS 00 or GP 130 S we found no manufacturer specification pages. That is why we deliberately give no figures for these machines: dealer data on module, diameter and build year is unreliable and partly contradictory. Take the data of your machine from the nameplate, original documents and test record. Give us the model designation and we classify it.
Names in the used market
The table shows spellings from dealer listings and what each means. Spellings with and without a space occur side by side, for example P 210 and P210, or P 1200 G and P1200G.
| Spelling in a listing | What is meant | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Pfauter P 900, P 1251, P 1800 B, P 750 R, P 3001 | Gear hobbing machines under the Pfauter name | We found no manufacturer data sheets for these models; check data via the nameplate |
| PFAUTER PE 150, PE 500 CNC, PE 800, ‘PFAUTER / MHD PE 500’ | Hobbing machines of the PE series | ‘MHD’ is an addition by the dealer or reconditioner, not a model name |
| Gleason-Pfauter P 210, P 210 L, P 1600, P 2400/2800 | Hobbing machines under the Gleason-Pfauter name | Spellings with and without a space |
| GP 130 S, GP 200 S, PSA 300, PSA 500 | Gear shaping machines | The PSA series appears as ‘Pfauter’ and as ‘Gleason Pfauter’ |
| P 1200 G, P1200G | Profile grinding machine | Spellings with and without a space |
| 300 PS, ‘Hob Peeling Machine’ | Power skiving machine | Dealers call the process ‘hob peeling’, Gleason calls it ‘power skiving’ |
| RS 00 | A search term, not one machine | A dealer search returns mixed older Pfauter models |
| Phoenix 275 G, ‘Gleason Pfauter 275G’ | Bevel gear grinding machine from Gleason Works | Not a Pfauter machine |
| Gleason-Hurth ZSE 150 T, ZH 125 | Hurth machines for shaving and honing | Different origin from Pfauter |
| 160CPS | Tool presetting device | Not a power skiving machine |
Be careful with build years in listings: obvious errors occur, even years in the future.
Other gear machine brands
If you have machines from several makers: we also assess machines from Liebherr (LC, LS, LK, LGG), Klingelnberg, Kapp Niles and Reishauer. German makers in general: Sell German machine brands.
Sources
Manufacturer data, retrieved 29 September 2026:
- Gleason, Gleason-Pfauter Maschinenfabrik GmbH, Ludwigsburg (site page): gleason.com
- Gleason, ‘This is our story’ (company history of Pfauter and Gleason-Pfauter): gleason.com
- Gleason, P Series for hobbing up to 10,000 mm (product page): gleason.com
- Gleason, modernisation programmes for gear machines: gleason.com