Form and Position Measurement Advancement Through Measurement Technology
This industry has a tailwind; the wind power industry is growing at a rapid pace. The reasons for this are […]
Crack Testing and Heat Treat Verification of Gears Using Eddy Current Technology
While eddy current technology was initially developed for testing of bar, tube, and wire, advances in electronics, automation, and coil […]
Analysis of Ripple on Noisy Gears
A low noise level is an important quality feature in modern gearboxes for passenger cars. But a troublesome noise can […]
Measurement System Analysis (MSA)
The analysis of a measurement system is determined by the statistical properties of reproducable measurements in a stable environment. In […]
Big Gear Inspection is Booming
Northern Wisconsin’s Merit Gear is bagging more big gear business from surging energy, mining, construction and transportation industries with the […]
Bevel Gear Cutting Blade Measurement
Traditional bevel gear cutting blade inspection machines have three linear axes for setup. One of the three axes is used […]
Putting Teeth into Gear Inspection
The history of gears goes back millennia. For a long time it was believed that the differential gearbox was invented […]
New Dimensions in Metrology
As components get smaller and more complex, and the demand for high precision rises, manufacturing companies are challenged to produce […]
Big Business in Large Gear Inspection
The winds of change are blowing throughout Asia. Hungry for new sources of clean energy to power their fast-growing markets […]
Cutting the Cables
Cases for the high-efficiency gearboxes produced by Fertigungstechnik Nord in Gadebusch, Germany, are machined from solid castings. By locating all […]
BIG GEARS Better Inspection
Even in this tough economic environment opportunity continues to knock on the doors of companies like Schafer Gear Works Rockford […]
A New Approach to Shop-Floor Gear Inspection
Gear production is one of the most difficult tasks to be found in modern manufacturing. Producing complex, non-linear, three-dimensional geometries […]
Axis of Rotation Metrology for Improved Gearing
In the history of machine tools, spindles have been very good relative to other bearings and structures on the machine. […]
Investigating Epicyclic Gear Whine
Gear whine is a major source of unwanted noise in automotive applications. It is tonal in nature, which makes it […]
The Next Frontier in Gear Testing
Having pioneered the science of polymer gearing, Kleiss Gears continues to focus on improving the state of the art. In […]
The Foundations of Function-Testing Gear Assemblies
Functional gear testing could be defined as a series of tests that simulate the intended function of the product in […]
Measuring Excellence in Polymer Gearing
At Kleiss we refer to polymer gear making as a “subtle science and exacting art,” and 20 years of experience […]
New Technologies in Analytical CNC Gear Inspection
The value of analytical gear measurement grows as advances in technology allow gears to be measured in ways that help […]
Gear Inspection: Troubleshooting Tips
In the June 2005 issue of Gear Solutions we presented an article titled “An Elementary Guide to Gear Inspection,” which […]
Engineered Heat Treatment for Stronger Aerospace Gears
It is well established that carburization of low alloy steels promotes compressive residual surface stress upon quenching, and that compressive […]
