A New Wave in Virtual Machining
The custom nature of gears and the high cost of cutting tools have continued to put pressure on manufacturers to […]
AGMA/ANSI/ISO Standards on Bevel and Hypoid Gears
This paper deals with gearings that operate (a) on intersected shafts and (b) on crossed shafts. The gearings that operate […]
Harnessing Drive Data for Smart Process Design
Optimal interplay between innovative gear cutting tools and powerful bevel gear cutting machines results in highly productive cutting processes with […]
The Bold New World of Chamfering and Deburring
If there’s a “red-headed step child” among the cylindrical gear manufacturing processes today, it’s chamfering and deburring. Since these operations […]
Pre-Nitriding: A Means of Significantly Increasing Carburizing Throughput
Carburizing is a surface-hardening method that uses heated metal in a carbon-rich environment to increase carbon levels on the metal, […]
TOOLING & WORKHOLDING: The Perfect Symbiosis
The Swiss company, Reishauer, has shaped industrial history since its foundation in 1788. Originally, the company was set up as […]
INSPECTION & METROLOGY: Investing in Yourself
Everyone should make an effort to improve themselves. One of the best ways this can be done is through education. […]
INSPECTION & METROLOGY: The Payoff from Deploying Smart Gear Inspection Systems
A quality-control plan for parallel-axis gear manufacturing requires significant investment in analytical and functional inspection equipment, labor, and production cost. […]
Worm Screw High-Speed Manufacturing
This paper shows how to produce worm screws when your actual gear hobbing machine configuration has the hob axis perpendicular […]
Introducing a New Machine Concept for High-Productive Gear Grinding
The increasing demand for efficiency and noise emission of gears pushes the grinding process to its limits. With the widening […]
Understanding the Basic Principles of Power Skiving
The interest and successful application in power skiving is increasing within the gear manufacturing community as well as within companies […]
The Whirling Process in a Company that Produces Worm Gear Drives
The worm geometry of worm gearboxes, especially the thread profile and the shape of the thread flanks, depends on the […]
Not All Broach Tools Are Created Equal
Broach tools may look alike at first glance, but they don’t always perform the same. Some work the first run […]
Intelligent Process Monitoring Is Advancing Gear-making Productivity
Gear-making technology has been advancing at an extremely rapid pace. By many accounts, developments in tooling and machine technology have […]
An Introduction to Shot Peening for Increasing Gear Fatigue Life
While everyone is familiar with sand blasting, people erroneously believe that shot peening is the same thing. However, the two […]
Case Study: Abtex Corporation and an Automotive Gear Manufacturer
Since 1980, Abtex Corporation — headquartered in Dresden, New York, the Finger Lakes area of New York State — has […]
