Company Profile: Heiko Machine Tools LLC
With a recent collaboration with a maker of cross wedge rolling machines, Heiko Machine Tools LLC is poised to offer its customers high-end equipment for the metal-forming...
The Bold New World of Chamfering and Deburring
Chamfering and deburring are finally getting the respect they deserve, as manufacturers devise ingenious new ways to take the pain out of applying these important auxiliary...
Contact Ratio Optimization of Powder-Metal Gears
Price and the ability to offer a much larger design window are making manufacturers look to powder metal gears as a solution for high-performance gears.
Gear Expo 2017: What Drives You
Join us at Gear Expo 2017, THE Drive Technology Show, where you’ll be introduced to exciting new products, technology and services tailored to the drive technology and...
Departments
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Materials Matter: Increasing Gear Set Power Density
By: E. Buddy Damm
High-strength, high-toughness steels can be used to increase power density while addressing critical components of gear set design.
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Tooth Tips: Calculating the Weighted Average Load and Life for Bearings
By: Rick Miller
When considering gearbox applications, conditions for data points vary and all must be considered.
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Hot Seat: Surface Engineering of Steels: Understanding Carburizing
By: D. Scott MacKenzie, Ph.D., FASM
Carburizing is a widely used, effective technique to increase surface hardness of steel used in gears, and achieve a compressive residual stress. There are several methods, and hotter isn’t always better.
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Q&A with Zach Fehler
Manufacturing Engineer
Gearench
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UPCOMING EVENTS
- AGMA Bevel Gear System Design
Sep 6 -Sep 8 - International Conference on Gears 2017
Sep 13 -Sep 15 - AGMA Basic Training for Gear Manufacturing
Sep 18 -Sep 22 - AGMA Steels for Gear Application
Oct 4 -Oct 6 - AGMA Fall Marketing & Forecasting Meeting
Oct 4 -Oct 5
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- Power Density; Why Steel Cleanness Matters
The recent development of cleaner air-melted steel provides design engineers the opportunity to...
- Common Gear Failures
A systemic failure analysis aids in identifying the root problem of a gear failure, and once...
- Steel Cleanness and Why Measurement Matters
Highly loaded components benefit from clean steels, but careful measurement — from steel...
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A Brief Overview Of Splines
Splines must be properly sized and designed in order to ensure the proper torque capacity and...
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Non-Design Engineering Considerations
Design engineers should contemplate non-design engineering considerations while designing a...
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Designing Quiet Gears
The gear design phase is the easiest, least costly, and most effective way to influence gear...
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Heat Treatment of AISI 52100 For Bearing Applications
Manufacturing a component is oftentimes extremely complex, even when that component seems as...
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Surface Engineering of Steels
Surface engineering draws upon chemistry, material science, metallurgy, tribology, and biology...
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Metallurgical Reasons for Grinding Cracks and Their Detection
Aggressive grinding can result in thermal damage and potential cracking of a ground part, but...