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Maximizing Gearbox Performance

Introduction Gearboxes are one of the most widely used types of industrial equipment in the world. They are used as vital power transmission sources for...

Acoustic Properties of Industrial Machinery: Part II

In the early 1970s the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) generated more awareness, concern, and a need to control industrial noise (sound levels)....

New Technologies in Analytical CNC Gear Inspection

The value of analytical gear measurement grows as advances in technology allow gears to be measured in ways that help diagnose complex manufacturing problems....

Gear Inspection: Troubleshooting Tips

In the June 2005 issue of Gear Solutions we presented an article titled “An Elementary Guide to Gear Inspection,” which was followed by “A...

Acoustic Properties of Industrial Machinery: Part I

In the early 1970s the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) generated more awareness, concern, and a need to control industrial noise (sound levels)....

Special Report: AGMA Objectives

During the Fall Technical Meeting held in Orlando last October, members of the AGMA’s board of directors took time out from their primary concerns...

A Proven Process for Plastics

It’s an old problem: the common condition of misaligned mating parallel-axis (spur and helical) gear tooth surfaces. The solution—new to molded plastic gears, but...

The Methadology of Modified Crowning

Is there anything that can still be considered new in bevel gear tooth theory? Most experts in the transmission layout industry would probably find...

Tips for Tougher Molded Plastic Gears

Molded plastic gearing is rapidly becoming a real contender in moderate power gearing applications. Custom gear design, precision molding equipment, and new formulations of...

The ABCs of CBN Grinding

As with all work, there’s a right tool for every job. In manufacturing, successful machining depends on sharp, well-maintained cutting tools that not only...

The Electrolytic Edge for Fine Finishing

The application of electrolytic metal removal technology to medium through high volume production in automotive, aerospace, medical, computer, and other markets has continued to...

Rolling Contact Fatigue of Surface Densified PM Gears

Surface densification provides the opportunity for PM technology to advance into the manufacture of highly stressed product groups, such as automotive transmission gears. A...

Calculating Tooth Form Transmission Error

The variation of the tooth meshing stiffness is a primary source of noise. In production lines for gear manufacturing in large volumes, such as...

A Green Light to the Future

Imagine curing the coatings on your gears with the flip of a light switch, and being able to handle and examine the end results...

Case Study: Conicity Technologies

With a reputation for manufacturing some of the strongest and quietest automobile axle assemblies, production at the Getrag Axle Plant in Newton, North Carolina,...

Grinding Gears for Automotive Excellence

Designing and manufacturing custom gearboxes for the automotive industry requires the careful combination of opposing criteria if the manufacturer is to increase torque while...

Harnessing the Horsepower Thief

Microscopic examination of the traditionally ground tooth surfaces of automotive transmission gears reveals a micro-roughness and unidirectional pattern corresponding to the direction of the...

Engineered Systems for Forging Operations

Forging is a diverse industry, and Seco has a number of different furnaces, atmosphere generating systems, and quenching systems to accommodate its many needs;...

A History of Excellence: IMTS

The first National Machine Tool Builders’ Exposition was held September 19-23, 1927, in the Cleveland Auditorium. The show occupied 63,000 square feet and attendance...

Evolution through Innovation

Its name has multiple meanings, having to do with such tenets as self sufficiency and entrepreneurial will. Founded by Kohki Imura in Toyama, Japan,...