CONIFACE Face Gear Cutting and Grinding
According to the traditional definition, face gears are plane ring gears with a face angle of 90° that mate with […]
CONIFLEX Plus Straight Bevel Gear Manufacturing
Bevel gears with straight teeth have an increasing popularity for certain applications. Before the development of the six-axis CNC machining […]
Better Bevel Gearing
Above a ratio of 2.5 it is common gear design practice to convert a gearset from two generated members into […]
Gleason Aces the Mercedes Test
It seems that Mercedes-Benz design engineers never stop searching for ways to improve performance, passenger safety, and comfort. The recent […]
Straight Bevel Gears on Phoenix Machines Using Coniflex Tools
Manufacturing of straight bevel gears was in the past only possible on specially dedicated mechanical machines. Such machines are by […]
The Methadology of Modified Crowning
Is there anything that can still be considered new in bevel gear tooth theory? Most experts in the transmission layout […]
SPECIAL SERIES | Layout Guides Part 3: Hypoid Gear Teeth
This is the third of a three-part series of instructions to assist engineering designers and detailers with the process of […]
SPECIAL SERIES | Layout Guides Part 2: Spiral and Zerol Bevel Gears
This is the second of a three-part series of instructions to assist engineering designers and detailers with the process of […]
SPECIAL SERIES | Layout Guides
This series is intended to provide design engineers working on right angle geared applications with the knowledge necessary to further […]
The Attributes of Loaded Gear Tooth Modeling: Part Two
As I mentioned in the first installment of this article (please see June 2005 issue of Gear Solutions magazine), I’m […]
The Attributes of Loaded Gear Tooth Modeling: Part One
Figures 1-14 courtesy of The Gleason Works On numerous occasions during a career with gears, I’ve had the opportunity to […]
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, […]
Bladerunner 3F
In the past five years, dry-cutting technology has steadily moved to dominate production of automotive hypoid gearsets in the United […]
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, […]
High Performance Gear Cuts a Path to Stronger Bevel Gears
Faced with ever-increasing horsepower and torque requirements, in conjunction with size constraints, High Performance Gear (HPG) began investigating ways to […]
