Q&A with John Vanas Jr.
What kind of services does Euclid Heat Treating provide?
Euclid offers a diverse selection of heat treating processes. We perform many of the commonly found...
Q&A with Michael Massarsky
What is turbo abrasive machining (TAM)?
AM machines could be likened to free abrasive turning centers. They utilize fluidized bed technology to suspend abrasive materials...
Q&A with Steve Schilling
Tell me about your history with the NUM Corporation.
I began my career as a controls engineer working for an OEM that built gear hobbers....
Q&A with Josh Pocock
Positrol has a very busy R&D department. What have they been working on recently?
We do quite a bit of engineering work here. Our engineers...
Q&A with George Buhaj
How did you get started Avon Broach?
I hired in as a draftsman in 1982. I was going to college for my degree in mechanical...
Q&A with Bill Mark
What is your position at Penn State?
I’m with the applied research laboratory and graduate program in acoustics, and I’ve been here about 20 years....
Q&A with Bob Lowe
What is a control system integrator?
Control system integrators design and implement sophisticated control systems for manufacturing and industrial facilities. Using their knowledge of engineering,...
Q&A with Stefan Scherbarth
I’ve heard a great deal of buzz about InvoMilling™. How did the idea come about?
I was visiting a big machine tool maker in Germany,...
Q&A with Brian Richardson
Tell me about the origins of the Brevini Group.
On the road from Bologna, Italy to the city of Reggio Emilia, there is a scattering...
Q&A with Scott Richards
James Engineering specializes in deburring machines. A number of gear manufacturers are still hand deburring their products, aren’t they?
I’m working with one right now—a...
Q&A with Jack Nowlin
What does C-B Gear specialize in?
We started business in 1952 as a job shop, doing mostly replacement gears, and we’ve been providing the industry...
Q&A with Scott Knoy
German Machine Tools of America (GMTA) is a leader in supplying machining and fabricating equipment solutions to the North American Market. Tell me a...
Q&A with Brian Slone
I hear there are some exciting things in the works for Slone Gear International.
We’re merging with a company that has laser machining and welding...
Q&A with Tony Werschky
So “Delta” really describes more than one company, right?
We’re lumped into two different companies: Delta Research and Delta Gear, Inc. Delta Gear produces gears...
Q&A with Dennis Richmond
Reishauer has a range of gear grinding machines. What sort of capabilities do you offer?
We have a family of smaller grinding machines with capacities...
Q&A with Justin Gordon
Tell our readers a little bit about the workholding products Fairlane provides.
We manufacture serrated grippers and other workholding components—the contact points that hold onto...
Q&A with Bill Gay
What’s so important about choosing the right lubricant for gear production?
With the right lubricant, it all comes down to contamination elimination, which extends the...
Q&A with Zen Cichon
Innovative Rack and Gear services the oil, aerospace, steel, marine, automation, machine tool, computer, medical, and precision instrument industries and supplies gear racks to...
Q&A with Chuck Chen
Tell me a little bit about the history of Luren. I understand you are based out of Taiwan.
Yes, that is correct. We are located...
Q&A with Tom Spedding
Would you give me some background on the company?
We’re in Livonia, MI, located in the greater Detroit area. We’re right in the hub of...
