What is a worm gear?
What is a worm gear? A worm gear is a type of cylindrical gear on which the teeth are helicoid — it has teeth...
What is a spiral bevel gear?
What is a spiral bevel gear? A spiral bevel gear is a type of conically shaped gear that has octoidal teeth. The gear teeth...
Beware marketing pieces masquerading as technical content
In the world of digital publishing, there is a great deal of content that is put out into the public domain every day. The...
Q&A with Dwight Smith and Ken Kernen
Nidec recently acquired Federal Broach & Machine Company. When did this happen, and what does it add to what Nidec can offer its customers?
Kernen:...
Base oil groups for coolants, quenchants explained
In this column, I will discuss the different groups of oil used in coolants, quenchants, and other oil-based products.
Introduction
Many products that are used in...
Q&A with Dijam Panigrahi
What is GridRaster’s role in the manufacturing world?
GridRaster Inc. is a leading provider of cloud-based XR and 3D AI solutions that enable captivating, high-quality...
Q&A with Chris Wellman and Ivan Torres
Avers Machine recently partnered with Helios Gear Products to install a new, automation-equipped Hera 90 CNC gear hobber. Avers’ Chris Wellman and Ivan Torres...
Expectations for a chemically accelerated superfinishing process
> Third in a series
Thank you for returning for our third and final article in this series. In the previous articles, we discussed the fact...
Determining concentration by weight and volume
In this column, I will discuss the different types of concentration percentages and how to convert them to each other. This is really a...
What is a bevel gear?
What is a bevel gear? A bevel gear is a type of conically shaped gear that has octoidal teeth. The gear teeth of a...
Foaming in polymer quenchants and metal working fluids
In this column, I will discuss the causes of foaming in polymer quenchants and metalworking fluids. We will also discuss the different types of...
Gearing 101: A primer on internal ring gears
What is an internal gear? An internal ring gear is a type of cylindrical-shaped gear that has teeth inside a circular ring. The gear...
Expectations for a chemically accelerated superfinishing process
> Second in a series
Welcome back to the second article in our series. In the previous article, we discussed the fact that chemically accelerated/assisted superfinishing,...
Q&A with Jason Chin
What makes highly loaded gearboxes such an integral part of gear manufacturing?
The long and short of it is that a highly loaded gearbox is...
What to expect from chemically accelerated superfinishing process
> First in a series
Chemically accelerated/assisted superfinishing, also known as isotropic superfinishing, was introduced into the gear industry more than 20 years ago. Since that...
Nitrogen-methanol atmospheres – storage and control
In this column, I will discuss the storage and control of methanol to create nitrogen methanol atmospheres.
Introduction
Nitrogen-methanol atmospheres are used frequently when natural gas...
Q&A with Sławomir Woźniak
You recently attended ThermProcess in Dusseldorf. What kind of reactions to your products did you get from the attendees?
It was quite a good event...
What is a gear rack?
A gear rack is a type of gear on which gear teeth are cut on one face of a bar. The bar can be...
Surfaces: More than just roughness
While surface quality is often simplified to refer only to surface roughness, surface texture is the more complete concept that should be considered for...
What is a helical gear?
What is a helical gear? A helical gear is a type of cylindrical gear on which the teeth are helicoid, that has teeth that...
