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Circle Gear & Machine Co.
When a company has been manufacturing gears for almost a century, it’s a good bet that it knows what it’s doing.
And that longevity and...
Tooling Profile: Tormach
Much like in any industry dealing with manufacturing parts, a lot of those parts, including gears, need to be prototyped or produced in small...
Services Profile: New England Gear
New England Gear president and founder Jeff Barnes grew up as a gearhead. Today, the company he founded 30 years ago focuses on remanufacturing...
Polymer quenchants – Sodium Polyacrylate (ACR)
In previous columns, I discussed three different types of polymer quenchants: PAG, PEOX, and PVP. In this column, I will discuss the use of...
A deeper dive into perils of white papers, pseudo-technical articles
In our last Materials Matter column, I covered some of the risks associated with giving too much trust to gear surface finishing white papers...
Left, right, center: Gear orientation matters
For many months, there has been a debate regarding whether the United States would be better run by one of two political parties. Those...
Q&A with Veronica Becker
You were recently named the new executive director of ASM International. What are your responsibilities?
In a nutshell, the responsibilities are to lead the organization in the achievement of the most critical priorities. One is...
There is no substitute for live, in-person conferences
We all know what happened to industry conferences when COVID hit. And we all know the benefits that a virtual conference can provide: Less...
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