Hobbing Large Gears with Custom Workholding Let ROI Blossom
Savvy gear manufacturers not only look at new machines and cutting tools but also focus on and invest in their workholding. Utilizing application-specific workholding...
Add Big Gear Sets to the Multi-Tasking List
Many shops increasingly incorporate full 5-axis multi-tasking machine tool technology because it allows them to handle any kind of part that comes through the...
Validation of a Model of the NREL Gearbox Reliability Collaborative Wind Turbine Gearbox
Wind power has grown to be an important part of the energy mix in the U.S. In 2012 alone, the U.S. installed 13,131MW of...
Dynamic Analysis of a Cycloidal Gearbox Using Finite Element Method
The cycloidal style of speed reducer is commonly used in many industrial power transmission applications. This type of mechanism, known for its high torque...
Good Things Need Some Time
On March 1st, 1910, Wilhelm von Pittler registered a patent that was to revolutionize the manufacture of internal gears. His patent for skiving, with...
AGMA’s Wealth of Resources II
In the depths of the recession that started in 2008, there were a lot of questions surrounding Gear Expo 2009. While the show featured...
Meeting the Challenges of Measuring Large Parts
Overall Equipment Layout
Even though the measuring principles on very large equipment are the same or similar to small ones, it would be wrong to...
The Future of Gear Bearing Technology
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) has unveiled a mechanical architecture breakthrough by combining gear and bearing functions into a single unit that significantly...
Enhancing Control of Distortion Through One-Piece-Flow Heat Treatment
Proper distortion control has become even more important than in previous days. Distorted gear components cause noise in the transmission and may even create...
AGMA’s Wealth of Resources
The American Gear Manufacturers Association has a wealth of resources for its members. Talk to AGMA members across the country and you’ll find the...
Handling Twist
Specific and controlled handling of twist in profile grinding can solve production-related problems and simultaneously open new gear manufacturing doors. Various solutions have been...
Energy Efficient Industrial Gear Lubricants
The use of energy has propelled the world from earliest civilizations, through the industrial revolution, to the current technology enabled world. It allows us...
Case study: The Gleason Works
The Gleason Works sought to create a dynamic, torque-controlled lapping solution with responsive, real-time feedback to create better quality gears and reduce cycle time...
AlCrN-Based Hard Coatings on Modern Carbide Tools
According to a general rule of thumb, a significant reduction of costs in mechanical machining can only be achieved by increasing the performance of...
Casting, Forming, and Forging
There are many methods for manufacturing gears, including:
Metal removal processes (hobbing, shaping, milling, shaving, grinding, honing, and lapping)
Various casting processes for both...
Development of Novel CBN Grade for Electroplated Finish Grinding of Hardened Steel Gears
The grinding processes used in finish grinding of hardened gears can be classified as generating grinding and profile grinding, depending on how the profiles...
A Field Case Study of ‘Whining’ Gear Noise in Diesel Engines
This paper describes the work performed to reduce first order gear mesh vibration, which was the root cause of an excessive gear “whine.” It...
Workholding: A Vital Component of Gear Manufacturing
Never assume gripping a gear is easy. Gear workholding is possibly the most complex workholding challenge we face because of the complexities of the...
Contemporary Gear Pre-Machining Solutions
Depending on annual production volumes, batch sizes, and workpiece geometry, several gear manufacturing technologies are used for industrial gear production. The one most applied...
The Best of Both Worlds in Gear Manufacturing: High Flexibility with High Productivity
Sophisticated yet simple, providing full flexibility combined with high productivity, InvoMilling is the latest development when both efficiency and production versatility are needed for...
