The Real Truth Behind Cpk and Ppk Capability and Potential Process Studies
These are very good questions. This paper will describe what you really need to know about estimating the true potential of your process. The...
Electric Furnaces Complement Heat Treat Requirements for Gears
Furnaces heated by electric elements routinely harden, anneal and stress relieve gears. Today's heating elements operate at higher temperatures, last longer and offer gear...
Taking Technology & Service to New Heights
What you get with the above combination is a very happy customer and a universal grinder that outperforms the competition by virtually every measure....
The Surgeon and the Gear Maker
Delta Gear bought TIFCO Gage & Gear, a maker of master gears, spline gages, aerospace gears, and automotive prototype gears in 2004. In 2005,...
New Cutter Heads Increase Tool Life
Introduction
A system problem of stick blade cutters with rectangular blades is the clamping principle. Rectangular stick blades are pressed radially against the slot bottom...
Calculating Inverse of Involute Angle in Microsoft Excel Without Programming
A lot has been written and discussed about how to calculate the inverse of involute angle in technological magazines and publications in the past...
Epicyclic Load Sharing Map-Application As a Design Tool
One of the main advantages of planetary transmissions is that the input torque is split into a number of parallel paths. Therefore, in an...
Common Pitfalls in Hardness Testing
Hardness testing is arguably the most common quality control check performed throughout industry. It is often used to determine the success or failure of...
Measurement System Analysis (MSA)
The analysis of a measurement system is determined by the statistical properties of reproducable measurements in a stable environment. In order to be valid,...
An Algorithm for Robust Gear Modifications Design
The design of gear modifications is one of the key tasks for high performance gears, where high performance may be defined as, a maximized...
Understanding and Preventing Surface Distress
In many industrial applications that have lubricated rolling/sliding contacts such as rolling bearings, power density has steadily increased over time due to the need...
Induction Heating: A Guide to the Process and Its Benefits
Induction hardening is being increasingly used within the gear industry. However, before looking at the advantages of the method, it is helpful to review...
Big Gear Inspection is Booming
Northern Wisconsin’s Merit Gear is bagging more big gear business from surging energy, mining, construction and transportation industries with the help of its Gleason...
International Calculation Method for Micropitting
The first edition of the international calculation method for micropitting, ISO TR 15144-1:2010, was just published last December. It is the first official international...
Gear Lubrication – Stopping Micropitting by Using the Right Lubricant
Micropitting formation is often reported to occur in field applications even though industrial gear oils with a high micropitting load-carrying capacity are used. Such...
Continuous Generating Gear Grinding
In order to improve load carrying capacity and noise behavior, case hardened gears usually are hard finished . One possible process for the hard...
The Case for Grinding Perfection
In The French company ZF Bouthéon has a long history as a manufacturer of truck transmissions. The company has been producing complete drive assemblies...
Applications for Self-Locking Gears
In most gear drives, when driving torque is suddenly reduced as a result of power off, torsional vibration, power outage, or any mechanical failure...
A New Material for High-Speed Hobbing
Without them, our world would not move. Watches, cars, boats, wind turbines—they are all driven by gears. For more than 100 years hobs have...
Streamlining Production with Premium Workholding
In an era of domestic and international competitive pressures, gear manufacturers with fabrication sites throughout the United States and internationally are constantly faced with...
