Bill Bradley: AGMATech

As indicated in past columns, one of the reasons geared products are among the most-reliable mechanical systems used in our economy today is the...

Q&A with Jeff Young

When was United Tool founded? My father, Rusty Young, started the company in 1973. He'd worked in the machine tool industry for years, and then...

Terry McDonald: Site Safety

In last month's column I stated my belief that safety could actually be a profit center. It seems that I am not the...

Terry McDonald: Site Safety

Safety as a profit center? Is it true that a company that practices good safety procedures can actually have a higher profit margin...

Tooth Tips: Andy Milburn, P.E.

Proper lubrication of gears and bearings is essential to their operation and to achieving long life. It is a very complicated subject, and an...

Q&A with Darren Martens

I understand that the company was founded in 1986. What's the story? I have two friends who were working in the induction heat treating industry,...

Terry McDonald: Site Safety

Last month's column was on how to go about creating a safety manual. In that column I listed a large number of topics...

Tooth Tips: Andy Milburn, P.E.

The parameters that usually have to be examined are bearing deflections, shaft deflections, pinion torsional windup, housing deflections, and external forces on the input...

Bill Bradley: AGMATech

Is the gear industry on a plateau? Has the world market for gearing reached a peak? Do we need more research and development to...

Q&A with Mark Crombie

So tell me, was there actually a Herr Klüber? Yes, there was. Theodore Klüber was an oil manufacturer who started the company in Munich more...

Terry McDonald: Site Safety

A friend mentioned recently that he had been assigned the job of writing a safety manual for his gear cutting shop. He asked if...

Tooth Tips: Andy Milburn, P.E.

A frequently asked question is "How good does the alignment have to be?" This column and the next will attempt to answer that question....

Q&A with Tom Lang

What's your take on the current economic environment? It appears that the economic times have certainly turned the corner. The interest in all our products,...

Terry McDonald: Site Safety

Well, here we are already into the second month of 2005. How is our safety record so far? So often we all concentrate on...

Tooth Tips: Gear Accuracy Charts Pt. 3

Pitch measurements determine the accuracy of the tooth locations around the gear. These measurements are typically made with either a single or double probe...

AGMA Tech: Bill Bradley

This year can be a turning point for the internationally accepted spur and helical gear capacity calculation methods. Many standards projects are being actively...

Q&A with Robert Laube

I understand that your company originated hydraulic workholding. How did that come about? Around 1947 a gentleman by the name of George Atherholt, who was...

Q&A with Jim Richards

So how did you get into the deburring business? It's actually a pretty interesting story. I started a company in 1980, making marking and code-dating...

Terry McDonald: Site Safety

I hope that everyone had a very safe and happy holiday season, and that you were finally able to finish off all of...

Tooth Tips: Gear Accuracy Charts Pt. 2

Gear Accuracy Charts -- Part 2 As noted in my last Tooth Tips column, AGMA has made significant changes in the accuracy classification system....