The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) is pleased to announce two multi-speaker educational clinics presenting the latest trends, developments, and cutting edge innovations, as well as basic fundamentals information for the heat treating and gears industries.
Heat Treating and Hardening Gears (March 16, 2004) and Basic Gear Design and Manufacturing (March 17-18) include a host of well-known industry leaders presenting on a variety of topics from the basic concepts of heat treatment and gear design to alternative methods and future trends. Both programs will be held at the Holiday Inn City Centre in Chicago.
- Heat Treating and Hardening of Gears features presentations from seven industry leaders, including Daniel H. Herring, president of The Herring Group–also known as "The Heat Treat Doctor"–and Daniel J. Williams, director of Heat Treat Services for Inductoheat. Topics include: Gear Materials, Heat Treatment and Failure Mechanisms; Induction Heat Treat for Gear Strength and Fatigue Life Improvement; Controlling Nitriding for Gear Application; Controlling Dimensional Variation in Gears by Proper Heat Treatment; An Overview of Advanced Carburizing Technologies; Austempered Materials and Their Application to Gear Design; FineCarb: A New Approach to Gear Carburizing, Quality and Cost Improvement; Reducing the Number of Manufacturing Steps to Make Heat Treated Gears; and, The Influence of Materials and Geometry on the Heat Treatment of Gears. Cost of the program is $695 ($495 for current SME members or those joining before registration).
- Basic Gear Design and Manufacturing features an overview of the basic concepts of gear design from 11 different industry leaders, including a special in-depth presentation on Gear Cutting by the Shaping Process from John Lange, product manager for the Gleason Corporation. The program also features a free tour of the Bodine Electric Company, which has developed a particular expertise in the area of skiving fine and medium pitched gears and achieved significant productivity and quality improvements through its innovative in-house carbide hobbing program. A tabletop exhibit reception will also be offered. Cost for the two-day program is $995 ($795 for current SME members or those joining before registration). Those who register before February 20 also receive a free video produced by SME on Gears & Gear Manufacturing.
For information on these two programs and/or exhibiting at the tabletop reception, contact Lynn Walsh at (313) 425-3098, or send e-mail to walsh@sme.org. To register for the program, contact the SME Resource Center at (800) 733-4763.
