Wrapping up a discussion of the different types of worm gears and the wide...
In the early part of the 1920s the automobile reached high production rates using rear axle drives with worm gear ratios of 4:1 and...
Only the plasma process can come close to matching CGN’s speed with equal or...
With the reach of the Internet and its influence on technology sharing, you would think that by now we in the United States would...
Q&A with Tom Downs
Congratulations on your recent promotion. Tell us a little about your background.
Thank you. It’s a real honor that our president, Andy Lachat, has...
Q&A with Jack Estes
Tell us the story behind Partners in THINC.
Okuma introduced THINC—The Intelligent Numerical Control—in 2004, which is a PC-based operating platform using the Okuma Sampling...
Terry McDonald: Site Safety
I doubt that many of us have completely avoided crossing paths with a bully or two in our lives. The first encounter may have...
Part two of a discussion on the different types of worm gears and the...
This month we will discuss threads, effective length, and tooth thickness: The worm may be designed with any number of threads, or as they...
Russian Catalytic Gas Nitriding process has migrated to the U.S., could alter thinking of...
Heat treating is often a conflict in terms: Heat, then cool as fast as possible while trying to reduce distortion. Case hardening steel is...
Terry McDonald: Site Safety
Everybody knows there’s a shortage of qualified workers in manufacturing here in the United States. There are a lot of organizations out there doing...
Part one of the different types of worm gears and how useful they are...
Principle: A machine’s practical mechanical advantage is defined as the ratio of the force expended by the machine to overcome a resistance to the...
We need a nitriding process combining speed and control of plasma, without the degree...
In the last four weeks my work has taken me to Austria, Slovakia, Wiesbaden, Germany, Russia, and Cincinnati, Ohio, all having to do with...
Q&A with Pat Nugent
I understand that your parent company, the Mahr Group, is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year. Tell us a little about its history.
Carl...
Q&A with Doug Fozo
How did you come to join Schafer Gear Works, leading to your new role with South Bend Gear?
It’s interesting, I’d gone to work as...
Terry McDonald: Site Safety
Whether you’re reading this column while attending Gear Expo or after you’ve returned, I hope this year’s event has proven to be a productive...
Concluding the discussion of the history, applications, and attributes of different types of castings...
Continuing our conversation on different types of castings and related treatments, let’s turn our attention to bronze treatments. The heat treatment of a gear...
Thinking of bringing heat-treat process in-house? Benefits exist, but there are many factors to...
“Show me the money!” Rod Tidwell challenged Jerry Maguire with that line in the movie of the same name, and it’s also the comeback...
Q&A with Dan Goodman
Surface Combustion has played a central role in the growth and evolution of thermal processing. Tell us a little about its history.
The company was...
Terry McDonald: Site Safety
What is the most difficult task that a safety professional faces in their position? I am sure that I could ask 100 different safety...
The casting process, Part 2: Die casting, vacuum casting, and the various properties of...
Die casting is a large production method for castings that weigh less than 100 pounds. The two most popular methods are gravity-die and pressure-die....
Heat treaters of old were onto something heating and cooling in steps to reduce...
Maybe our grandfathers had it right after all when it comes to controlling distortion in heat treating. Before there was X-ray defraction, Computational Fluid...
Q&A with Edward Youdell
Congratulations on being named the new president and CEO of FMA. Tell us a little about your background.
Thank you. First of all I’d like...
