How to Minimize Downtime, Repair Costs, and Inventories by Extending the Life Expectancy of Your Gearbox
Just like typical cars, gearboxes have gotten smaller over time. The catch phrase is ‘power-dense’, meaning that from equal sized […]
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, […]
Protecting Massive Gears
As a manufacturer of motor oils and additives, LIQUI MOLY specializes in the automotive sector and is the most popular […]
Helix Angle and Root Stress
The ISO and AGMA Gear Rating Committees have for several years been comparing the results of different rating methods for […]
Convoloid Gearing Technology
Convoloid® tooth forms and the technologies that are integral to its ultimate economic success—including design, rating, manufacture, and inspection—have been […]
Eliminating Gear Whine
The intrusive noise known as gear whine is caused by vibrations generated by gears as they mesh as a result […]
Gearing Up for Efficiency
The operating efficiency of linear drives is of growing concern to machine designers. Here’s a look at three common linear […]
Designing Asymmetric Gears
In propulsion gear transmissions, the tooth load on one flank is significantly higher and is applied for longer periods of […]
Bearing Solutions for High-Speed Gearbox Applications
With performance considerations driving gearbox design, pinion (high speed shaft) operating speeds have increased greatly in recent years, often exceeding […]
The Case for Cold Rolling
Powdered metal, extruded, hobbed, rack rolled, or cold roll formed… which manufacturing method produces the best gears and splines? That […]
Troubleshooting Gear Noise
NVH engineers are used to measuring things. Any NVH—for “noise, vibration, harshness”—lab you visit will likely as not be stuffed […]
A Seal of Approval for Gearboxes
Fixedstar Power Transmission Group, the leading small sized worm gear reducer manufacturer in China, has extended the performance of a […]
DLC Coatings for Increased Wear Resistance
An increasing number of DLC coatings have been brought to market in recent years. The main reason for the success […]
Synthetic Gear Lubricants Go Green
With global industry moving toward environmentally friendly “green” lubricants, some very challenging issues have been created for lubrication in gearing […]
Troubleshooting Wind Gearbox Problems
As the growth in wind energy continues, the average size and capacity of wind turbine generators is also increasing, stretching […]
Designing a Bulletproof Manual Transmission
The following paper provides a detailed look at the creation of an innovative, brutally strong manual transmission for high performance […]
Best-Practice Gearbox Lubrication
Modern gears are performing heavier work and carrying greater loads than ever before. Gear manufacturers are redesigning, modernizing, and using […]
Nanomaterials for Gear Lubrication Solutions
In this article we report on a new product, NanoLub, which is used as a performance-enhancing additive to gear lubricants […]
Gear Tooth Temperature Measurements
This paper presents the technique developed to measure the temperature on various active portions of a gear operating under load, […]
Automated Gearbox Testing
Any gear manufacturing company that has worked with the United States military realizes how demanding their requirements can be. That’s […]
