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 […]
A New Trend in Broaching Technology
With regards to broaching, is making new technology investments profitable? We see customers making choices based on capital investment costs […]
Motion: Impossible – Without the Right Lube
In a recent survey conducted by Shell of U.S. industrial companies, 50 percent of respondents said that industrial gearboxes were […]
SPECIAL SERIES | Layout Guides Part 3: Hypoid Gear Teeth
This is the third of a three-part series of instructions to assist engineering designers and detailers with the process of […]
Hard Choices: Diamond or CBN?
A careful comparison between diamond and cubic boron nitride (CBN) will eventually result in a clear decision when it comes […]
SPECIAL SERIES | Layout Guides Part 2: Spiral and Zerol Bevel Gears
This is the second of a three-part series of instructions to assist engineering designers and detailers with the process of […]
Pure Powder, Pure Power!
In many of today’s applications for powder metallurgical steels, the requirements on the material increase consistently. Tool users are seeking […]
Case Study: Hard Finishing at Nixon Gear
How does a small private job shop work its way into a premier hard finishing shop? As Nixon Gear approaches […]
SPECIAL SERIES | Layout Guides
This series is intended to provide design engineers working on right angle geared applications with the knowledge necessary to further […]
Coming Clean on Washing Technologies
The techniques for manufacturing gears and gear components do not differ dramatically from other industries. Precision cutting, grinding, polishing, and […]
Control Solutions for Maximized Manufacturing
American gear manufacturing companies are under increasing pressure to maximize productivity while reducing cost and obtaining consistent quality parts in […]
The Geometry of Full-Form Grinding
Grinding helical gear teeth or other helical forms such as drill flutes by the method of advancing a grinding wheel […]
Gearing Up for Improved Performance
Innovative engineering design, advanced materials, and top of the line components can yield significant improvements in gearbox efficiency, reliability, and […]
An Animated Approach to Plotting Profiles
Trochoid Spiral (TS) and Epitrochoidal Spiral (ETS) curves and special flash animations were developed by the author in 2004 and […]
The Good Life for Reconditioned Thread Grinders
How many times can a thread grinder be reincarnated? So far, four–but stay tuned. Twenty-eight Jones & Lamson thread grinders […]
The Straight Track on Gear Racks
In some cases the pinion, as the source of power, drives the rack for locomotion. This would be typical in […]
No Tools? No Problem.
Over the past few years we have seen several trends in the gear-manufacturing industry, to which we supply our line […]
The Fundamentals of Honing Filtration
In today’s manufacturing environment it is essential that every process be as efficient and cost effective as possible. Operating costs […]
Case Study: KAPP Technologies
The Challenge Fulton Precision Industries, Inc., operates a 78,000 square-foot manufacturing facility in McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania. Since 1995, Fulton has been […]
Making a Case for PVD Recoating Systems
Muncie Power Products, Inc., of Tulsa, Oklahoma, has been in the auxiliary power business since 1935 and started manufacturing Power […]
