Q&A with Trace Hill
Tell us how you came to found the company.
In the early days we were just doing subcontract work, taking on anything we could handle...
Despite excellent design and manufacture, if a gear’s hardness doesn’t meet the requirements of...
Critical to a gear’s performance are the flank hardness its depth and the tooth’s core hardness. The tooth flank hardness can be defined as...
Chris Chlon: Buy Laws
Every buyer has them, as does every seller. No one likes them, but they are tolerated. Doing business without them can be very risky,...
Q&A with Georg Bartosch
Tell us about your background, and how you came to found the company.
I was born in the Czech Republic and earned a master’s degree...
Terry McDonald: Site Safety
As welcome as warm summer days are—especially after such a long, cold winter—the heat will soon rise to uncomfortable levels, tempting those working in...
Terry McDonald: Site Safety
It’s been awhile since we discussed the safety issues surrounding cutters, blank parts, and cut parts. There are a number of potential dangers involving...
Depending on the material being tested, attributes and qualities to be determined, there are...
Material tests should be representative of the complete gear. For example, a test on a separately cast bar of the same material can differ...
Q&A with Jeff Barnes
You worked on Fellows equipment for a long time before you started selling it, didn’t you?
Yes, I did. I went to work for...
Terry McDonald: Site Safety
How do you investigate safety violations and incidents? Is there a formal procedure in place that defines the steps that must be taken when...
Quality gears, other components are the product of many different factors. But it all...
Probably the most critical aspect of inspection is making sure the part has been produced as specified and is flawless. The detail of this...
Q&A with Ron Bullock
Bison is celebrating its 50th year. Tell us about its background and how you came to man the helm.
The company was founded in 1960...
Terry McDonald: Site Safety
We’ve all dealt with employees who have a “bad attitude.” You’d like to weed out such people before you bring them onboard, of course,...
Any gear manufacturer understands the need to inspect the end product, but there are...
The one essential requirement in the operation of every gear is reliability, and that can only be achieved with systematic inspection methods. Inspections confirm...
Chris Chlon: Buy Laws
Consider the following scenario: A cross-functional team has a project to purchase a widget maker. A “statement of work” has been developed, specifications written,...
Q&A with Jake Angell
How did you get into the rawhide gear business?
It will probably make more sense if I give you some background information. Our parent company,...
Terry McDonald: Site Safety
Are you prepared for the fire hazards that exist in any machine shop? We all know that fire extinguishers, a sprinkler system, an alarm...
We all know lubrication is critical to the operation of any collection of moving...
Today, more than ever, efficiency is on everyone’s mind. It applies everywhere—in production, the transmission of power and, yes, lubrication. Excess lubrication increases churning...
Q&A with Jeff Gribble
Give us a sense of how UVLM came into being.
My grandfather, Lowell Gribble, started an industrial maintenance service company called Ultrasonic Predictable Maintenance, Inc.,...
It is critical to understand every aspect of the application for an enclosed gear...
It was once a simple matter to select a gear reducer from a catalog. In order to allow for the application and the inaccuracy...
Q&A with Roland Ramberg
I see that you’ve launched a new Web site. It’s very impressive.
Thanks for paying us a visit. We decided that it was time to...
