Application of ICME to Optimize Metallurgy and Improve Performance of Carburizable Steels
Introduction QuesTek Innovations LLC (“QuesTek”) of Evanston, IL uses its proprietary Materials by Design® expertise and technology in conjunction with […]
Optimization of Gear Tooth Contact by Helix Angle Modification
Introduction Gears that are smaller, cheaper, and equipped with more efficient power transmission are the ongoing objective of gear designers. […]
An Approach to Find Optimal Topological Modification to Duplicate Tooth Flank Form of the Existing Gear
Recently, the cutting of bevel gears on universal five-axis milling machines has been widely accepted as a promising solution to […]
Why Use a Wire EDM Worm Wheel in a Plastic Injection Molded Application
Crossed-axis helical gears (non-enveloping) is a method of transferring motion when using non-parallel axis shafts. These shafts are typically at […]
Powder Metallurgy of High Density Helical Gears
Powder Metallurgy is a proven technology to produce high strength gears for the automotive industry. Advances in powder production, compaction, […]
Upgrading and Testing a 72,000 H.P. Gearbox
Another Day at the Gear Hospital Over the past 40 years, we have had many gearboxes come to our door […]
UNIMILL: Prototype and Small Batch Bevel Gear Manufacturing
Manufacturing of spiral bevel and hypoid gears can be conducted in several ways. The following methods are commonly known: • […]
A New Innovation in Spline Rolling Rack Tooling
The spline rolling process was invented by the Michigan Tool Company in 1954. The tools used for the process, commonly […]
Gear Resonance Analysis and Experimental Verification Using Rapid Prototyped Gears
Weight reduction is of great importance in the design of gearing for aerospace applications. Natural resonance responses of the gear […]
Proactive Contamination Control for Industrial Gearing
No matter what industry you serve, there’s a good chance that gears and gearing are critical to your process. In […]
Finite Element Analysis of a Floating Planetary Ring Gear with External Splines
The design of a planetary ring gear is always a challenge due to the contradictive requirements it must comply with. […]
Gear Failure Analysis and Lessons Learned in Aircraft High-Lift Actuation
The high lift system of an aircraft, including trailing and/or leading edge slats/flaps, increases lift for takeoff, controls flight during […]
Grinding Alternatives
As the original inventor of continuous generating gear grinding technology, Reishauer has been a leader in hard finishing of gears […]
CASE STUDY: RUF Briquetting Systems and Corrugated Replacements, Inc. and Horsburg-Scott
Briquetting is a way to regain value from the materials you already have. Gear grinding operations are finding the value […]
Principal Design Parameters Of Gearing With Non-Parallel Axes Of Rotations
This paper pertains to gearing with non-parallel axes of rotation of the driving and the driven members. Examples of the […]
Dynamic Simulations of Radial Lip Seals Followability in an Industrial Gearbox
Industrial gear units are widely used in power transmission systems. They are composed of shafts, gears, rolling elements bearings and […]
Numerical Modelling Of Hot Forming and Heat-Treatment of Annular Gears
During the last two decades, there has been very intense research activity in the field of finite element simulation in […]
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 New Standard Under Development: Specifying Powder Metallurgy Gears
In the early nineties, I was working at a transmission manufacturing facility in Indiana that made lawn and garden transmissions. […]
Topological Gear Grinding Methods
The word “topological” is often an over-used and misapplied adjective for design philosophies and manufacturing methods of gears. In the […]
