Q&A with Stefan Scherbarth
I’ve heard a great deal of buzz about InvoMilling™. How did the idea come about?
I was visiting a big machine tool maker in Germany,...
Q&A with Brian Richardson
Tell me about the origins of the Brevini Group.
On the road from Bologna, Italy to the city of Reggio Emilia, there is a scattering...
Q&A with Scott Richards
James Engineering specializes in deburring machines. A number of gear manufacturers are still hand deburring their products, aren’t they?
I’m working with one right now—a...
Q&A with Jack Nowlin
What does C-B Gear specialize in?
We started business in 1952 as a job shop, doing mostly replacement gears, and we’ve been providing the industry...
Q&A with Scott Knoy
German Machine Tools of America (GMTA) is a leader in supplying machining and fabricating equipment solutions to the North American Market. Tell me a...
Q&A with Brian Slone
I hear there are some exciting things in the works for Slone Gear International.
We’re merging with a company that has laser machining and welding...
Q&A with Tony Werschky
So “Delta” really describes more than one company, right?
We’re lumped into two different companies: Delta Research and Delta Gear, Inc. Delta Gear produces gears...
Q&A with Dennis Richmond
Reishauer has a range of gear grinding machines. What sort of capabilities do you offer?
We have a family of smaller grinding machines with capacities...
Q&A with Justin Gordon
Tell our readers a little bit about the workholding products Fairlane provides.
We manufacture serrated grippers and other workholding components—the contact points that hold onto...
Q&A with Bill Gay
What’s so important about choosing the right lubricant for gear production?
With the right lubricant, it all comes down to contamination elimination, which extends the...
Q&A with Zen Cichon
Innovative Rack and Gear services the oil, aerospace, steel, marine, automation, machine tool, computer, medical, and precision instrument industries and supplies gear racks to...
Q&A with Chuck Chen
Tell me a little bit about the history of Luren. I understand you are based out of Taiwan.
Yes, that is correct. We are located...
Q&A with Tom Spedding
Would you give me some background on the company?
We’re in Livonia, MI, located in the greater Detroit area. We’re right in the hub of...
Q&A with Robert Whitehouse
What led you to your current position with Castle Metals?
I’ve been with Castle Metals for nine years now, originally working for them in the...
Q&A with Rod Jones
What is your background?
I started in the machine tool industry when I was 17 years old in a machine shop in the Detroit area...
Q&A with Daniel Herring
As the "Heat Treat Doctor" how has your work impacted the industry?
I feel my greatest contribution is having the opportunity to share the technical...
Q&A with Michael Menz
Please tell us about your new role with Riley Gear Corporation.
The new roll of Executive Vice President consists of managing the day-to-day operations and...
Q&A with Stephen P. Radzevich Ph.D.
You have written a book titled, Theory of Gearing: Kinematics, Geometry, and Synthesis. What does the book discuss?
This book systematically presents and develops a...
Q&A with Jack Fiorille
As a manufacturing engineer for Elyria Manufacturing Corp., what are your duties?
As a manufacturing engineer my focus is in machining, quoting prices for customers,...
Q&A with Dean Burrows
Give us a little background information on the joint venture between Gear Motions and KBE+.
I’d be glad to. About four years ago I sat...
