The continuous profile grinding of tooth flanks is done by using a globoid worm shaped grinding wheel which surrounds a part of the workpiece. The dressing (profiling) is made with a diamond
coated dressing wheel which nearly has the shape of the workpiece to be produced (i.e. it is a dressing gear). The globoid worm grinding wheel can only be used for one specific workpiece geometry; therefore this process is predestined for serial or mass production.