An Optimized Approach to Straight Bevel Gear Design
The optimal — or "rational" — design of gears can be a challenge due to the high number of variables, limitations, and interrelationships...
Laser Heat Treating Advances for the Gear Industry
Laser technology has been used for many years with much success in industries such as power generation, hydraulics, hand tools, and machine tools....
The New Face of a Fine Fellows
Bourn & Koch, Inc., has been on a growth path for the past number of years. The growth has been accomplished by acquisitions...
Back to the Broaching Future
Although it's not one of the most common machining operations, broaching has been around the metal working industry for well over a century. The...
The Sense of Synthetics in Worm Gear Lubrication
Worm gears are often used as a simple and effective solution for power transmission applications. The load carrying capacity of worm drive gearboxes...
Superior Grinding: Design by Drake
Sometimes a new machine is just destined to happen. Markets evolve, new technologies emerge, and an experienced machine tool builder seizes the opportunity....
KAPP’s Combined Process for Automotive Applications
The KAPP Group has recently introduced a combined process for the hard finishing of transmission gears for the automotive industry that involves two machines--one...
Precision and Automation Reign at Reishauer
The last two decades have brought about an evolution in automotive gear manufacturing. It was apparent 10 years ago that automatic transmission manufacturers...
What to Know About ISO
There comes a time when every manufacturer should consider attaining ISO certification. Not only can it lead to greater market penetration — specifically...
Moving Measuring to the Machine
Take a peek into the machining cells at progressive large-volume gear manufacturers these days and you'll likely see more measuring devices cropping up on...
As the Worm Turns… Toward Rolling
Cylindrical die worm rolling is a proven high-speed process which can produce precise worms with excellent surface finish and high fatigue strength when...
AGMA: The Industry’s International Advocate
Editor's note: In this special feature I've decided to depart from our usual format and allow Joe Franklin to speak in his own...
A New Design for Dry Hobbing Gears
In recent years, environmental safety requirements have been raised around the world, and many companies are seeking to acquire ISO14000 certification to meet...
Reducing Distortion in Heat-Treated Gears
Power transmission gear manufacturing for critical industrial applications (Figure 1) requires an understanding of many factors, including both heat treat process-related variables (pretreatment,...
Dealers Deliver More than Machines
We don't usually associate the word "advantage" with the concept of "working through" someone else when it comes to purchasing equipment. Instead, we...
The Details of Ductile Iron
Cast iron is generally thought of as a weak, dirty, cheap, brittle material that does not have a place in applications requiring high...
Direct Digital Simulation Modeling
Direct Digital Simulation (DDS) is a universal method for computer modeling of gear design manufacturing and analyses. Unlike the commonly used differential geometry,...
The Advent of OptiGearing
Introduction
A 25 to 35 percent increase in power density and a markedly lower operating noise are two major performance advantages that a new...
Arrow Offers a Stock Solution
A sagging economy and the fierce demands of global competition are unfortunate realities that all manufacturers have been faced with in recent years....
Methods of Hob Maintenance
Deciding on the benefits of in-house hob sharpening depends on a number of factors that gear manufacturers are faced with when determining the...
