Tooth Tips: Donald R. McVittie P.E.
When gears are worn, they lose their accuracy. Like an engine camshaft, gears need a smooth, accurate shape to carry their load. When the...
Gear Opinions: Marriage, Love and War
Just as it is with most things in life--including marriage and military operations--both clear communications and the collection of the right information are...
Q&A with Robert L. Handwerk
How long has your company been in business, and what are your primary activities?
We've been in business for the past nine years, and we...
Terry McDonald: Site Safety
Is a safety program an income producer? Of course not, but it does contribute to our infamous "bottom line." An active, documented safety program...
Tooth Tips: Donald R. McVittie P.E.
Most gear tooth failures provide clues that help us make replacement gears that outlast the originals. Sometimes it's simple, like "no oil," but more...
Q&A with George Taylor
I would assume that Fairfield's wide range of capabilities, including its design/build services, allow you to feel fairly confident when you call on a...
AGMA Tech By Bill Bradley
How ISO Began
International standardization began with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) in 1906. Work in other fields, by the International Federation of National Standardizing...
Terry McDonald: Site Safety
Isincerely hope that all the readers of Gear Solutions, and of this column, have had a joyful and happy holiday season. When I...
Tooth Tips: Donald R. McVittie P.E.
Misalignment of an overhung pinion is easy to understand, but sometimes we see signs of misalignment even though the gear and the pinion are...
Q&A with Carl Tarantino
I know that mG miniGears has been involved inmanufacturing powder-metal gears for nearly two decades now, but how did your company get involvedin working...
Q&A with Dave Pumphrey
Can you explain the idea behind NavCat?
Sure. We knew that a lot of folks have 3-D CAD drawings or files in their engineering archives...
Terry McDonald: Site Safety
Did you attend Gear Expo 2003 in beautiful downtown Columbus last October? It certainly was a show worth attending. The booths I visited...
Tooth Tips: Donald R. McVittie P.E.
Here's a checklist for "walking around" inspections of operating gear drives. It's intended to help you keep track of the health of your drives...
Bill Bradley: AGMA Tech
Gear products are among the most-reliable mechanical systems used in our economy today. This has been achieved through progressive changes in gear manufacturing technology,...
Terry McDonald: Site Safety
This was a hot and dry fall in most areas of our country. As I wrote this column, the heat index here was 114...
Q&A with Tom Kelly
In a down market, you've actually been able to increase Mitsubishi's market share in the United States over the past couple of years. How...
Q&A with Kurt Medert
How do you decide where to hold Gear Expo?
AGMA has a Trade Show Advisory Council that's composed of exhibitorsãlarge and small gear manufacturers and...
Terry McDonald: Site Safety
Today, as I was having lunch, the television was on a station showing a half-hour newscast. During the course of this newscast there were...
Q&A with Norbert Weiss
Frenco is known worldwide as a premium manufacturer of spline and gear inspection equipment. Could you tell us a little about the company's history?
Frenco...
Terry McDonald: Site Safety
What is safety? According to my Funk & Wagnall's, safety is "freedom from danger or injury." Wouldn't it be great if we could achieve...
