Q&A with Allen Williston
Please tell us a little about your background.
I graduated from University of Missouri-Rolla, now called Missouri University of Science and Technology, with a Bachelor...
Gear Corrosion in the Manufacturing Process
No matter how well gears are designed and manufactured, gear corrosion can occur during the manufacturing process, which may, in turn, result in catastrophic...
Achieving Gear Design Success
After a gear design is completed, enough of the gear, stress, and life data is established so that the gear set can be completely...
Q&A with Matt Croson
Please tell me a little about your background.
For the past 23 years, I’ve been developing the communications, meetings, membership, human resource, and general management...
Evolution of Heat Treating Furnaces for Gears
It’s the mid ’70s, the phone rings, and I’m told that Ford wants to upgrade their heat treat equipment at the Rouge facility. Driving...
Thermochemical Surface Technologies Applicable to Gears
Hardening of the gear surfaces has a profound effect on their performance. Reduction in friction, enhancing rolling contact fatigue resistance, and other tribological properties...
Comparing Surface Roughness Parameters
Effective gear design must account for a range of potential failure modes. As discussed in previous Materials Matter columns, gear failure modes can be...
Requirements for Gear Design
A gearbox design program includes technical and non-technical requirements, including legal and regulatory as well as commercial considerations. The process starts with a description...
Trend Talks: Virtual Reality
Science fiction has done a lot to inspire and influence aspects of everyday life. Engineers and industrialists look to what fiction writers have thought...
Q&A with Thomas J. (Buzz) Maiuri
Tell me a little about yourself and your career with The Gleason Works.
A week after I graduated from high school in Rochester, New York,...
Q&A with Rick Miller
Please tell us a little about your background.
My background and experience is in gear and gearbox system design, analysis, and application in a number...
Lambda Ratio
The lambda ratio was originally developed to quantify the quality of lubricant operating regimes relative to bearing performance . Starting around the 1990s, the...
Driving Creativity and Innovation
Even in the best design teams, day-to-day repetitive tasks can foster stagnation and diminish creativity and efficiencies. Without creativity and new approaches, your team...
Trend Talks: Social Media Marketing for Gear Manufacturing
When it comes to marketing and the gear manufacturing industry, social media may be more important than you think.
And it’s an easy component to...
Purchasing Tips
Purchasing an atmosphere or vacuum heat-treating system is much like purchasing a new car or a home — a lot of thought, research, and...
Q&A with Matt Panosh
Please tell me a little about your background and how your company got started.
The company was founded in Germany in 1945 by Friedrich Schunk...
Attending Industry and Association Trade Shows
Every two years, the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) is held during the month of September in Chicago. It is one of the world’s...
Trend Talks: Industry Standards
To say that standards are crucial could be the understatement of the century.
And the word “century” becomes particularly symbolic — not to mention, appropriate...
Energy Efficiency
“Hey, close the door — what do you think, we’re heating the neighborhood?” These are words I heard uttered by Mom and Dad over...
Q&A with Curt Christensen
Please tell us a little about yourself and your role at Fanuc America.
I have been with Fanuc for over 25 years in a variety...
