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Gleason’s latest addition to its line of advanced, highly productive grinding machines is the 300TWG Threaded Wheel Grinding Machine, designed to deliver the industry’s fastest floor-to-floor times for grinding of cylindrical gears up with a diameter up to 300mm. The new 300TWG uses high-speed direct-drive spindles and advanced Siemens CNC controls with Gleason software to take full advantage of the latest multi-start grinding wheels.

Multi-start grinding wheels are capable of improving production rates up to five or 10 times that of conventional single-start wheels. In addition, the 300TWG can be equipped with a patented Gleason diamond-plated master dressing gear system that can dress a multi-start grinding wheel in a very short time, regardless of the number of starts, making it ideal for higher volume production environments.

Users also have the option of applying a compact, fully automatic CNC dressing unit located just above the grinding head for conventional dressing with diamond plated dressing discs. This is the optimal for the smaller batch requirements of job shop or prototype production. The 300TWG is also offered with an optional high-speed, fully automated two-station ring loader, with easy integration of a spin-dry station if needed.

The 300TWG provides exceptional rigidity for a grinding machine, derived from the use of the standard Gleason hobbing machine base—a proven design that provides significantly enhanced stiffness and stability as compared to other conventional grinding platforms.

Gleason has also announced that Gary J. Kimmet, vice president worldwide sales and marketing, has been appointed president of the Gear Research Institute (GRI). The institute, affiliated with the ASME and the AGMA, provides gear and related technological information and support by conducting research and development, consulting, analysis, and testing. Since its inception in 1982, the GRI has conducted programs in important technology areas, including gear materials, heat treat, noise characteristics, durability, and many others. Dr. Suren Rao, managing director of the GRI and senior scientist of the Drivetrain Technology Center—both located at Penn State University—says, “The Board of Trustees was pleased to appoint Mr. Kimmet to this prestigious position, and to continue our relationship with a world leader in gear technology like Gleason.”

Kimmet joined Gleason Corporation in 1968 and has held a number of positions with the company, including that of vice president of engineering. In his current position he is responsible for the marketing of Gleason Corporation products worldwide. He holds patents related to gear manufacturing and processes and has published and presented technical papers on gear technology. He received both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering from The Ohio State University. He received the Lamme Award from Ohio State for “outstanding alumni contributions to the field of engineering.” He is a past member of the Board of Directors of the AGMA and has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the Gear Research Institute for nearly 10 years. Kimmet is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Gleason Foundation.

For more information go online to [www.gleason.com].