The crowned tooth gear coupling is a key component in modern heavy-duty shaft transmission; its crowned tooth meshing compensates angular, radial and axial misalignment between shafts. In China, the GICL, NGCL and GCLD series under GB/T standards are mainstream and widely used in metallurgy, mining and power industries. Overall, Japan, the US and Europe each have their strengths in crowned tooth and gear couplings: Japan excels in tooth crowning and consistency, the US in high-torque grading and durability, and Europe in integrated design and sealing. The domestic GICL series, however, holds clear advantages in cost-performance, lead time and spare-part convenience, meeting most medium-to-heavy duty conditions. In materials and heat treatment, domestic products mainly use 42CrMo and 45 steel, carburized and quenched to a tooth-surface hardness of HRC58-62. High-end foreign products often use alloy carburizing steel with vacuum heat treatment, giving better hardness uniformity and delaying pitting and wear. In summary, domestic crowned tooth couplings already have the technical basis to replace imports; users can select reasonably based on duty, budget and lead time. We will keep sharing selection and maintenance essentials for the GICL series.