(LPC) furnaces employ strategically positioned jets, and atmosphere furnaces must use the proper fan
When it comes to carburizing or protecting parts subjected to an atmosphere, fan- and gas-injection methods become the critical factor. Vacuum furnaces have air...
Trend Talks: Anna Claire Conrad
This is my first “real world” job after graduating from college, and in the six months I’ve been here, I’ve learned a lot more...
Q&A with Chris Van De Motter
Could you give us a look into the history of Ohio Broach?
In 1955, my father Charles “Bud” Van De Motter started Ohio Broach in...
Trend Talks: Anna Claire Conrad
In any business where a product is made available for consumers, that company’s livelihood, longevity, and wellbeing all come down to one thing—successful sales.
And...
Q&A with Marvin Nicholson
Would you please provide a brief history of your company?
I started my career in the gear industry in 1983, and I created Pentagear in...
Using Master Gears
In the design of generated and molded gears, it is common to specify a total composite error (TCE) tolerance for in-process inspection, especially for...
Executing a Quality Product
As a former owner of a mid-sized gear manufacturing facility, I understand the pressures that owners and their staffs endure to satisfy their customers....
Achieving low ppm oxygen levels: Pumps are slow to remove water vapor while an...
Vacuum furnaces rely on the lack of an atmosphere to protect heat-treated parts from surface oxidation or decarburization. The quality of the atmosphere required...
Molded Plastic Gears
A designer never wants to mold a standard “generated” gear design. Why? Because the molding process gives us several opportunities to optimize the gear...
Preliminary Results of Testing of Low-Tooth-Count Bevel Gears of a Novel Design, Part III
For the manufacturing purpose, a simplified approach can be used for the development of the CAD models of the gear and the pinion in...
Trend Talks: Anna Claire Conrad
Growing up, my parents made sure I understood the value of education. I attended the best schools in my area, studied hard, and always...
Q&A with Jeannine Kunz
It seems as though, nowadays, education is key in whatever industry people find themselves. Why is workforce development and education so crucial in today's...
Exploring today’s heat-treating process involving furnaces, pumps
Depending on their specific heat-treatment application, atmospheric and vacuum furnaces use pumps. In this column, the pumps I reference refer to any device designed...
The Casting Process for Gears, Part III
THE FORMATION OF THE GRAPHITE
Control of the physical properties of a cast iron is normally aimed at exercising some degree of control of the...
Preliminary Results of Testing of Low-Tooth-Count Bevel Gears of a Novel Design, Part II
In the proposed approach, the tooth flanks of the gear, G, and the pinion, P, are generated by means of a desirable line of...
Why heat-treating equipment suppliers are unclear as to what the future may hold
It was early October while I was listening to the Paul W. Smith morning radio show on WJR when I couldn’t believe what I...
Trend Talks: Anna Claire Conrad
It’s no surprise that 2013 wasn’t an economically blockbuster year for most industries across the board, and the gear manufacturing industry was not immune...
Q&A with Lewis Weiss
Since this weekly live Internet talk show launched in 2013, you and Tim Grady have discussed breaking news, business trends and economic forecasts in...
Q&A with Hans Ruth
R&P Metrology has been selling to the U.S. for a little over a year now. How did that start?
I’ve worked in this business, especially...
Trend Talks: OSHA
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today announced a final rule requiring employers to notify OSHA when an employee...
