Ductile Iron for Open Gearing – A Current Perspective
Gears made for applications in the mining and cement industries cover a wide range in terms of size and transmitted […]
Casting, Forming, and Forging
There are many methods for manufacturing gears, including: Metal removal processes (hobbing, shaping, milling, shaving, grinding, honing, and lapping) Various […]
Designing Powder Metal Gears
Powder metal (PM) gears are a cost efficient alternative for machined gears in larger series. Synchronizer gears, oil pump gears, […]
Increasing Efficiency with Synchronized Systems
Every manufacturer is faced with the decision at some point: is it time to upgrade equipment and expand my capabilities? […]
New Opportunities with Open Die Forging
True, the unsteady recovery and realigning markets mean business is more difficult for the entire gear industry. Order volumes are […]
Optimizing Ring Gear Forging
The objective of this research was to develop an optimum preform/blocker forge geometry for a ring gear blank, which would […]
Forged Gears for Structual Integrity and Product Reliablity
For a primer on the differences between cast and forged gears, who better to turn to than the Forging Industry […]
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, […]
Comparing Castings and Forgings
Material selection is one of the most crucial decisions made in the design, manufacture, and application of large structural components. […]
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 […]
Forging Foundations
In past issues we’ve featured forging companies serving the gear-manufacturing industry in our profile and Q&A sections, and talking with […]
The Methodology of Metallurgy
The study of metals (metallurgy) address material selection, failure analysis, heat treating, mechanical testing, non-destructive testing, metallography, and material characterization. […]
Forging Ahead for Gear Applications
The challenges facing today’s designers grow with each passing year. The global market provides for a more competitive stage, creating […]
A New Tool Steel for Hot Forming Gears
Hot forming operations like forging, extrusion, hot upsetting, piercing, and any other operations involving deformation of solid hot metal place […]
Making “Cents” of Die Casting
For many applications, zinc alloy die cast gears provide an opportunity to dramatically cut manufacturing costs and improve part-to-part consistency. […]
The Details of Ductile Iron
Cast iron is generally thought of as a weak, dirty, cheap, brittle material that does not have a place in […]
