Terry McDonald: Site Safety
We’ve all dealt with employees who have a “bad attitude.” You’d like to weed out such people before you bring them onboard, of course,...
Any gear manufacturer understands the need to inspect the end product, but there are...
The one essential requirement in the operation of every gear is reliability, and that can only be achieved with systematic inspection methods. Inspections confirm...
Chris Chlon: Buy Laws
Consider the following scenario: A cross-functional team has a project to purchase a widget maker. A “statement of work” has been developed, specifications written,...
Q&A with Jake Angell
How did you get into the rawhide gear business?
It will probably make more sense if I give you some background information. Our parent company,...
Terry McDonald: Site Safety
Are you prepared for the fire hazards that exist in any machine shop? We all know that fire extinguishers, a sprinkler system, an alarm...
We all know lubrication is critical to the operation of any collection of moving...
Today, more than ever, efficiency is on everyone’s mind. It applies everywhere—in production, the transmission of power and, yes, lubrication. Excess lubrication increases churning...
Q&A with Jeff Gribble
Give us a sense of how UVLM came into being.
My grandfather, Lowell Gribble, started an industrial maintenance service company called Ultrasonic Predictable Maintenance, Inc.,...
Terry McDonald: Site Safety
Safety training is an aspect of our professional lives that is too often put off due to budgetary or production constraints. Due to the...
It is critical to understand every aspect of the application for an enclosed gear...
It was once a simple matter to select a gear reducer from a catalog. In order to allow for the application and the inaccuracy...
Q&A with Roland Ramberg
I see that you’ve launched a new Web site. It’s very impressive.
Thanks for paying us a visit. We decided that it was time to...
Terry McDonald: Site Safety
In this column I have tried to discuss many safety issues that I haven’t found covered elsewhere, or that aren’t usually at the top...
Many may feel that the rack and pinion is the simplest of all existing...
Of all THE gear systems that exist, the rack and pinion seem to be the simplest… but are they really? In comparison with other...
Chris Chlon: Buy Laws
During a typical day an industrial buyer has meetings to attend, paperwork to process, negotiations to conduct, problems and disputes to resolve and, of...
Q&A with Steve Arthur
Any company that’s been in business for more than a century is bound to have an interesting story. What’s yours?
The company was established in...
Q&A with Leon Kozlov
Tell us how American Gear Tools came to be established.
Ken Nemec, president of American Broach & Machine, has wanted to establish this division of...
Q&A with Eric Wilson
This year marks the company’s 90th year in business. How did it come to be founded?
William Hewitt was a journeyman blacksmith who relocated to...
Terry McDonald: Site Safety
Do you take a multivitamin? Our doctors tell us we should, especially once we’ve reached a certain age, but it’s kind of hard to...
The more you know about the casting process (including steel strengths and the reasons...
More than 40 ASTM specifications refer to steel castings and they are not easy to comprehend. Standard specifications do exist, and they are the...
Terry McDonald: Site Safety
Stress… is this a serious safety issue? How does stress affect your workplace? Do you bring your stress from home to work with you?...
While metal casting is a fairly straightforward process on its surface, different methods suit...
Metal casting—pouring molten metal into a mold until it solidifies—is an ancient process. Early civilizations learned that, by using this method, the mold shape...
