The Power of Powder
Market demand for more cost-effective processes to produce higher-performance product continues to increase. To meet this reality, manufacturers who often still consider gear-cutting...
Form Rolling for Finishing Powder Metal Gears
In this article we introduce a finish rolling process for sintered Fe alloy gears using a new CNC form rolling machine: the Galaxy,...
The Basics of Brush Deburring
Today's marketplace offers a wide spectrum of needs for all types of manufacturers: from the job shops needing quick and easy changeovers for a...
The Basics of Rebuilding Machine Tools
Rebuilding a machine tool requires expertise in mechanical, hydraulic, lubrication, pneumatic, electrical, control, and coolant systems, as well as knowledge of the process the...
PVD Coatings for Improved Gear Production
Low-temperature Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) coatings show proven functionality, both in increasing the performance of cutting tools used to machine gears as well...
Direct Gear Design Drives Performance
Modern gear design based on the gear rack generating process was introduced in the 19th century and remains the only way to design gears...
Staying Aloft as an Aerospace Supplier
It's no secret that the pressure to reduce input costs has led prime aerospace manufacturers to reexamine each element in the supply chain...
Harnessing the Internet for Sizzling Service
In 1998, the Philadelphia Gear Corporation — a century-old gearing and power transmission manufacturer — conducted a business evaluation of its operations to...
The Secret to Sigma Pool’s Success
The Sigma Pool was formed in 1991 to be a market-focused, single-source supplier for gear manufacturers around the world. Alone, each company served a...
Inside The ISO Certification Process
Avon Gear Company commenced operations in 1974. The company started as a gear manufacturer in a 10,000 square-foot facility in Rochester, Michigan. Today, under...
High-Performance Grinding Solutions for Small or Large Lots
It used to be that if you needed to grind gears, your decision was limited to a slow-form grinder that was better suited for...
More MAAG for your Money
Since the last MAAG gear-shaping machine was built and delivered in 1990, it's safe to say that the many outstanding advantages and capabilities...
Transforming Design with Integrated Gear Software
S.M. "Jack" Marathe, the president of Universal Technical Systems, Inc., isn't exactly modest when he talks about the power and usefulness of his company's...
The Whirling Process for Improved Worm Gears
Worm designs and manufacturing methods have changed very little over the past half century. Finishing a worm in soft material and then hardening...
PRE-EXPO: A Quick Take on Columbus
So you've spent the day at Gear Expo, meeting with old friends and making some new ones, and you're ready to get out on...
Nachi’s Dry-Cutting Philosophy
As with all manufacturing processes, the focus remains on piece cost and workpiece quality. Piece cost is primarily composed of the combined components of...
Surface Coatings for Superior Gears
For special applications, PVD coatings are now applied on a small scale. The coatings that are mainly applied so far are: B4C, WC-C:H (or...
Mira, Mira
Cost pressures, qualitative increases, and tribological and size-limiting demands are just four of the factors that have clearly characterized the production of transmission components,...
Custom Solutions for Workholding Challenges
Speed, efficiency, competition, accuracy... all words that fuel the fires of modern-day manufacturing. They are the "why" behind our daily tasks, as well as...
Reinventing the Wheels at Gleason Cutting Tools Corporation
Gear designers around the world are seeking to increase their use of hardened gears to squeeze optimum performance out of smaller, quieter transmissions and...
