Changing the Game with an Innovative Machine Concept: Dry Hard-Gear Finishing
Despite the many high-speed, high-torque direct-drive technologies developed over the past years, the overall efficiency of gearboxes is still state-of-the-art. […]
CASE STUDY: Cold Forming Technology, Inc., and West Michigan Spline, Inc.
Introduction John Donnelly, president of Cold Forming Technology, Inc., and Gary Hill, president and owner of West Michigan Spline, Inc., […]
GrindTalk: MIRA ICE – Cooler Grinding for Large Gears
Introduction PeripGear tooth profile grinding has traditionally been thought of as a slow process. Initially developed as a discontinuous generating […]
Slim Profile Peripheral Cutting Tool Using Stick Blades
Introduction Peripheral cutter heads are used for the machining of cylindrical and bevel gears as well as for general milling […]
Weighing Options in Deburring
In the gear deburring process, the operator must determine the method, or tool, that will be used. Three tool options […]
Uncover Hidden Potentials in Hobbing
Companies in today’s competitive environment are always looking for opportunities to improve their manufacturing productivity. Turning, milling, and drilling operations […]
A Unique Turning Application for Gear Manufacturers
From traditional hobbing machines to modern indexable carbide inserts, much has changed in gear technology over the years. As innovative […]
Advances in Abrasive Technology for Grinding Gears from Solid
Past reviews of the status of grinding for the gear industry have inevitably focused on the process as one of […]
Go Big, Go Indexable
Indexable carbide inserted tooling continues to push large gear productivity. As manufacturers of big gears are further pressured by increased […]
Squeezing Productivity Out of Gear Milling Operations
Gashing in gear milling applications is basically a slotting operation. Whether it is a gear tool such as a CoroMill® […]
Complex Form Grinding Technology for Advanced Abrasive Technology
The grinding industry is seeing major advances in abrasive technology and in the machine tool capabilities to enable this technology […]
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 […]
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 […]
High Performance Gear Milling
Sandvik Coromant has made significant strides in helping gear manufacturers overcome the challenges they face as quality, efficiency, and repeatability […]
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 […]
Extending Broach Tool Life
If you’re like me, you scan every issue of this magazine and read the first few sentences of each article […]
Milling Tools for Bevel Gears
Curved bevel gears are one of the most complex components in mechanical engineering, and special machines and tools have therefore […]
A New Angle on Cutting Bevel Gears
Straight bevel gears are widely used in the design of automotive differentials, as well as in other applications. In high […]
Improvements in Precision Turning
The outcome of performance, and of achieving the results you require when turning precision features on parts, depends on getting […]
Single-Source Support Streamlining
Durable goods manufacturers can face major strategic conflicts between Lean practices, downsizing, concentration on core competencies, and transformation of machine […]
