Roughness Measurement of Precision Gear Teeth
Over the past 25 years, industries such as power generation, aerospace, automotive, and others have continuously increased the operational demands of gearboxes. The precision...
Analyzing Product Failures
In the design and manufacturing of any product, there will always be failures, and whether anticipated or not, you can bet that they will...
Trend Talks: Aerospace Industry
The commercial aerospace business is expanding due to a rebound in global economies and the rise of emerging regions, and it’s continuing to evolve....
Controls Software in Atmosphere Equipment
An essential part of producing quality parts is achieving precise control over your processes and atmosphere equipment. As such, utilizing intuitive controls software with...
Q&A with Shawn OBrien
Tell us a little about yourself and how long you’ve been with McInnes Rolled Rings.
I’ve been with McInnes Rolled Rings for 22 years, starting...
Gear Surfaces and Operational Performance
In the search for increased performance and durability, gear and bearing design has sought to make use of improved steel grades combined with enhanced...
Gear Expo 2015 Recap
Most of you know that the gear production machines today are much more capable and productive than those of even 10 years ago. However,...
Convection Phase
Anyone who has attended a technical seminar on quenching has heard of the three stages of oil quenching: the vapor phase, the film boiling...
Trend Talks: Year in Review
In 2015, we saw strides being made in several areas, including an increase in research and development efforts paired with a demand for more...
Q&A with Tim Hardwick
Please give us a brief overview of Thermotech and your background with the company.
Thermotech is a high-end custom injection molding manufacturer. We do approximately...
Q&A with Jenny Blackford
AGMA is celebrating its centennial anniversary. Tell us more about the celebration.
As part of Gear Expo 2015 and our 100th anniversary, we debuted a...
Heat Treating and Unintended Consequences
Load size, total weight, and surface area are important considerations for several reasons when heat treating. First, surface area must match the carbon content...
Trend Talks: Research and Development
Research and development are crucial components in any industry that continues to grow and adapt to changing times and technologies, but that is especially...
Q&A with Milton Guerry
Tell us about Schunk and its role in the gear manufacturing industry.
Schunk is the worldwide leader for clamping technology and gripping systems, designing and...
Isotropic Superfinishing
Increasingly stringent operational requirements from customers coupled with enhanced global technical standards have heightened the focus of gear designers on a wide array of...
Recycling and Reusing
Unfortunately, every company makes scrap parts, and many of these parts are kept long after all MRB (Material Review Board) efforts to sell the...
Trend Talks: Anna Claire Howard
In gear manufacturing, high-quality parts, machinery, and services are important elements to an efficient production process and a long-lasting end product. However, in an...
Q&A with Jeff Barnes
Now that New England Gear is celebrating its 20th year in business, tell us about yourself and how you got where you are today.
I’m...
History of Bending Fatigue, Part VI
In the sixth and final part on the impending factors of fatigue design, we illustrate the process of Weibull failure analysis. In engineering, we...
Streamlining Processes
In the gear manufacturing world, there are many ways to design and make gears. In the quest to compete, many companies are not satisfied...
