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Insights Into Ultrasonic Cleaning

If you’re looking for ultrasonic gear-cleaning equipment, you may begin your search by logging onto the Internet or poring over […]

DLC Coatings for Increased Wear Resistance

An increasing number of DLC coatings have been brought to market in recent years. The main reason for the success […]

Optimizing Operating Efficiency

The potential for improving the efficiency of final drives by systematically employing special lubricants has been exhausted. For pointed gears […]

Black Oxide Finishing for Gears

The True Cost of Outsourcing Due to the hazardous nature of most black oxide processes, manufacturers have  traditionally been forced […]

Robotic Gear Processing

Henry Ford once said “If you need a new process and don’t install it, you pay for it without getting […]

Cryogenic Treatment of Gears

Most companies are looking for a secret that can help them keep a step ahead of the competition… a little […]

Gear Cleaning Goes Ultrasonic

The techniques for manufacturing gears and gear components do not differ dramatically from other industries. Precision cutting, grinding, polishing, and […]

Retained Austenite Stabilization

The phenomenon of retained austenite stabilization in tool steels is well documented [1,2]. When a steel with a martensite finish […]

High Pressure Water Deburring

Increasingly, gear manufacturers and others are expected to deliver burr-free clean parts to the point of use. To meet this […]

Abrasiveness of Boron Carbide Coatings

Hard coatings, such as boron carbide (B4C), can quickly polish the surface of the mating material during sliding contact. The […]

Quality Cleaning for Gearing Applications

Gears are precision components that place great demands on cleaning. The cleaning industry offers various solutions in order to fulfil […]

The Power of Pulsed Plasma

There has been much discussion regarding the surface treatment of gear power transmission systems using the nitriding process. Much of […]

The Flexibility of Spindle Finishing

In recent years, an increasing degree of specialization in the metalworking industry has created a need for equipment that can […]

Overcoming the Chamfering Technology Impasse

While the gear-making industry has seen many technology advances with respect to the sophistication of other necessary equipment, the process […]

Induction Heating for Low-Cost Quality Gears

The gear market is looking for increased gear performance, reduction in gearbox package size, and longer gear life. Industry drivers […]

Wear Mechanisms of HSS Cutting Tools

1: Introduction Metal cutting puts extreme demands on the tool and tool material through conditions of high forces, high contact […]

Scuffing Resistance of Isotropic Superfinished Precision Gears

The high performance required from aerospace gears places stringent requirements upon the metallurgical quality, geometry, and surface finish of mating […]

Stress in Diamond-Coated Cutting Tools

Diamond coatings have been increasingly used in cutting-tool applications. Coating delamination is the major tool failure mode and occurs due […]

Surface Hardening: Hard Turning or Grinding?

Hard turning and grinding are competing finishing processes for the manufacture of precision mechanical components such as bearings, gears, cams, […]

Heat Treating Heavy-Duty Gears

Whether required to pace the movement of a precision watch or a giant wind turbine, gears play an essential role […]

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