Maximizing Gearbox Performance
Introduction Gearboxes are one of the most widely used types of industrial equipment in the world. They are used as […]
CASE STUDY: Advent Tool & Manufacturing Inc.
Well known for its specialization in indexable and solid carbide thread and form milling tools, Advent Tool and Manufacturing has […]
A Proven Process for Plastics
It’s an old problem: the common condition of misaligned mating parallel-axis (spur and helical) gear tooth surfaces. The solution—new to […]
Tips for Tougher Molded Plastic Gears
Molded plastic gearing is rapidly becoming a real contender in moderate power gearing applications. Custom gear design, precision molding equipment, […]
The ABCs of CBN Grinding
As with all work, there’s a right tool for every job. In manufacturing, successful machining depends on sharp, well-maintained cutting […]
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 […]
Rolling Contact Fatigue of Surface Densified PM Gears
Surface densification provides the opportunity for PM technology to advance into the manufacture of highly stressed product groups, such as […]
Grinding Gears for Automotive Excellence
Designing and manufacturing custom gearboxes for the automotive industry requires the careful combination of opposing criteria if the manufacturer is […]
Calculating Tooth Form Transmission Error
The variation of the tooth meshing stiffness is a primary source of noise. In production lines for gear manufacturing in […]
Evolution through Innovation
Its name has multiple meanings, having to do with such tenets as self sufficiency and entrepreneurial will. Founded by Kohki […]
Engineered Systems for Forging Operations
Forging is a diverse industry, and Seco has a number of different furnaces, atmosphere generating systems, and quenching systems to […]
Harnessing the Horsepower Thief
Microscopic examination of the traditionally ground tooth surfaces of automotive transmission gears reveals a micro-roughness and unidirectional pattern corresponding to […]
High Performance Gears for Heavy Duty Transmissons
Planetary gears in heavy truck gearboxes are normally manufactured by forging a blank, turning, hobbing, shaving, and heat-treatment followed by […]
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 […]
Steeling Savings with P/M Materials
Recent advances in powder manufacturing and processing have made chromium an attractive element in P/M manufacturing. In addition to chromiumÃs […]
Defeating Tooth Flank Deformation
Every gear is subject to torque, resulting in elastic deformation of the toothed parts as well as the entire rotor […]
Gear Mesh Misalignment
Gear mesh misalignment may result in shifts in the load distribution of a gear pair that results in increasing contact […]
Forging Foundations
In past issues we’ve featured forging companies serving the gear-manufacturing industry in our profile and Q&A sections, and talking with […]
The Methodology of Metallurgy
The study of metals (metallurgy) address material selection, failure analysis, heat treating, mechanical testing, non-destructive testing, metallography, and material characterization. […]
A Revolution in Hobbing Technologies
In a market that has not seen any truly revolutionary changes in decades, LMT-Fette is pushing the long overdue evolution […]
