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...
Q&A with Chip Brettell
Could you tell me a little about your background and how you came into this industry?
As a teenager, I worked summers at a company...
Terry McDonald: Site Safety
"It's the little things that matter." How many times have we all heard this and chuckled to ourselves, thinking of an incident that occurred...
Q&A with Dan Seger
Could you tell me about the company's beginnings?
Perry Technology Corporation, which was originally known as the T.M. Perry Company, was founded by Thomas M....
Terry McDonald: Site Safety
I would like to expand on my comment in the last column concerning cleanliness of the work area. You may not think of this...
Q&A with Greg Allen
I understand that you're the sole U.S. distributor for Dragon Precision Tools. How did that come about?
My first exposure to Dragon was in 1989....
Kurt Medert: Gear Expo 2003
Before I discuss our own show, I'd like to tell you about Hannover Fair 2003, which was held April 7-12 in Hannover, Germany. It's...
Q&A with David Genest
I think it's fascinating that a metrology company has its roots in something so precise as watchmaking. Could you walk us through how the...
Terry McDonald: Site Safety
This month, my column is kind of a "hodge-podge" of thoughts on various techniques that I've seen used in plants over the years, along...
Terry McDonald: Site Safety
This column is dedicated to safety in the gear-cutting industry, and while safety is of the utmost importance, it is typically a very boring...
Terry McDonald: Site Safety
"To begin with, kill all the lawyers." This paraphrase from Shakespeare is apropos, to some extent, in our industry. All of us have experienced...
