ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Helical or Not Helical? How Helical Gears Impact the Performance of Planetary Systems
This paper explains the differences and the effects of zero-helix-angle and non-zero-helix-angle gears in planetary gear systems. As a conclusion, […]
The Anatomy of a Lubrication Erosion Failure: Causation, Initiation, Progression, and Prevention: Part I
Material science is the oldest of all science and engineering disciplines. It is not an overstatement to say that materials […]
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Gear Molding – Where It’s Heading
Plastic gears are growing larger, more precise, more complex in geometry and more powerful. High performance resins and long-fiber compounds […]
Ductile Iron for Open Gearing – A Current Perspective
Gears made for applications in the mining and cement industries cover a wide range in terms of size and transmitted […]
Contact Analysis for Planets in KISSsoft
KISSsoft’s contact analysis software is widely used because it calculates a wide variety of characteristics of interest for gears that […]
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 […]
Precision Planetary Servo Gearheads
Precision planetary gearheads are frequently used in conjunction with such servo motors in order to: balance inertial loading conditions seen […]
From Many, One
In June 2013, a $1B industrial equipment manufacturer was on a cost savings mission for an assembled worm gear that […]
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. […]
The Future of Gear Bearing Technology
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) has unveiled a mechanical architecture breakthrough by combining gear and bearing functions into a […]
AGMA’s Wealth of Resources
The American Gear Manufacturers Association has a wealth of resources for its members. Talk to AGMA members across the country […]
Energy Efficient Industrial Gear Lubricants
The use of energy has propelled the world from earliest civilizations, through the industrial revolution, to the current technology enabled […]
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 […]
Casting, Forming, and Forging
There are many methods for manufacturing gears, including: Metal removal processes (hobbing, shaping, milling, shaving, grinding, honing, and lapping) Various […]
Gear Lubrication-Gear Protection Also At Low Oil Temperature
In practice, industrial gears are often operated with lower oil temperatures than would normally be generated in a fully-loaded gearbox. […]
Two Case Studies in the Mining Industry with the KISSsoft Gearbox Variant Generator
When designing gears, the size, weight, and manufacturing cost can be influenced to a great extent by both strategically splitting […]
How to Minimize Downtime, Repair Costs, and Inventories by Extending the Life Expectancy of Your Gearbox
Just like typical cars, gearboxes have gotten smaller over time. The catch phrase is ‘power-dense’, meaning that from equal sized […]
Comparative Corrosion Characteristics of Ground and Superfinished Gear Steels
The described effort was undertaken to assess the impact of the isotropic superfinishing (ISF®) process on the corrosion resistance of […]
