Go Big, Go Indexable
Indexable carbide inserted tooling continues to push large gear productivity. As manufacturers of big gears are further pressured by increased […]
Cost Reduction Using Powder Metal for Pump and Metering Gears
Powder Metal (PM) gears are used in pumps across a wide spectrum of industries. These include lube pumps for power […]
Squeezing Productivity Out of Gear Milling Operations
Gashing in gear milling applications is basically a slotting operation. Whether it is a gear tool such as a CoroMill® […]
Hobbing Large Gears with Custom Workholding Let ROI Blossom
Savvy gear manufacturers not only look at new machines and cutting tools but also focus on and invest in their […]
Complex Form Grinding Technology for Advanced Abrasive Technology
The grinding industry is seeing major advances in abrasive technology and in the machine tool capabilities to enable this technology […]
Add Big Gear Sets to the Multi-Tasking List
Many shops increasingly incorporate full 5-axis multi-tasking machine tool technology because it allows them to handle any kind of part […]
Micro Skiving: Precision Finishing of Hardened Small Diameter Fine Module/Pitch Gears, Splines, and Serrations
The skiving process, which means “to slice,” with respect to cylindrical spur and helical gears and some limited spline hobbing […]
Precision Planetary Servo Gearheads
Precision planetary gearheads are frequently used in conjunction with such servo motors in order to: balance inertial loading conditions seen […]
Validation of a Model of the NREL Gearbox Reliability Collaborative Wind Turbine Gearbox
Wind power has grown to be an important part of the energy mix in the U.S. In 2012 alone, the […]
Dynamic Analysis of a Cycloidal Gearbox Using Finite Element Method
The cycloidal style of speed reducer is commonly used in many industrial power transmission applications. This type of mechanism, known […]
AGMA’s Wealth of Resources II
In the depths of the recession that started in 2008, there were a lot of questions surrounding Gear Expo 2009. […]
Handling Twist
Specific and controlled handling of twist in profile grinding can solve production-related problems and simultaneously open new gear manufacturing doors. […]
Case study: The Gleason Works
The Gleason Works sought to create a dynamic, torque-controlled lapping solution with responsive, real-time feedback to create better quality gears […]
Powder Metal Gears, Part IX
In Part IV, Macro Design was discussed and a corrugated web was presented. The idea of the corrugated web came […]
Development of Novel CBN Grade for Electroplated Finish Grinding of Hardened Steel Gears
The grinding processes used in finish grinding of hardened gears can be classified as generating grinding and profile grinding, depending […]
Casting, Forming, and Forging
There are many methods for manufacturing gears, including: Metal removal processes (hobbing, shaping, milling, shaving, grinding, honing, and lapping) Various […]
A Field Case Study of ‘Whining’ Gear Noise in Diesel Engines
This paper describes the work performed to reduce first order gear mesh vibration, which was the root cause of an […]
The Best of Both Worlds in Gear Manufacturing: High Flexibility with High Productivity
Sophisticated yet simple, providing full flexibility combined with high productivity, InvoMilling is the latest development when both efficiency and production […]
Contemporary Gear Pre-Machining Solutions
Depending on annual production volumes, batch sizes, and workpiece geometry, several gear manufacturing technologies are used for industrial gear production. […]
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 […]
