Extending Gear Life with Synthetic Lubricants
Petroleum oils may always have a place in the world of gearing, but as mechanisms run hotter and faster, quality […]
Sophisticated Software for Real-Time Data Retrieval
In an age of information systems, we have immediate access to everything from our e-mail to the Internet. Gear manufacturers […]
Polyglycols for Lubricating Large Gear Drives
Introduction In modern-day gear technology, the lube oil used is an important element of the gear’s overall design. Increasingly stringent […]
Terry McDonald: Site Safety
Is a safety program an income producer? Of course not, but it does contribute to our infamous “bottom line.” An […]
The Power of Powder
Market demand for more cost-effective processes to produce higher-performance product continues to increase. To meet this reality, manufacturers who often […]
Fine Pitch Powder Metal Gears Using Stainless Steel Alloys
While the AGMA Powder Metallurgy gear committee has referenced 48 pitch as a working limit for fine pitch powder metal […]
Form Rolling for Finishing Powder Metal Gears
In this article we introduce a finish rolling process for sintered Fe alloy gears using a new CNC form rolling […]
Determining the Source of Gear Whine Noise
Gear whine noise, particularly in consumer products such as motor vehicles and appliances, is an important and annoying problem. This […]
Terry McDonald: Site Safety
Isincerely hope that all the readers of Gear Solutions, and of this column, have had a joyful and happy holiday […]
Terry McDonald: Site Safety
Did you attend Gear Expo 2003 in beautiful downtown Columbus last October? It certainly was a show worth attending. The […]
Inside The ISO Certification Process
Avon Gear Company commenced operations in 1974. The company started as a gear manufacturer in a 10,000 square-foot facility in […]
Harnessing the Internet for Sizzling Service
In 1998, the Philadelphia Gear Corporation — a century-old gearing and power transmission manufacturer — conducted a business evaluation of […]
Terry McDonald: Site Safety
This was a hot and dry fall in most areas of our country. As I wrote this column, the heat […]
High-Performance Grinding Solutions for Small or Large Lots
It used to be that if you needed to grind gears, your decision was limited to a slow-form grinder that […]
Terry McDonald: Site Safety
Today, as I was having lunch, the television was on a station showing a half-hour newscast. During the course of […]
Transforming Design with Integrated Gear Software
S.M. “Jack” Marathe, the president of Universal Technical Systems, Inc., isn’t exactly modest when he talks about the power and […]
Nachi’s Dry-Cutting Philosophy
As with all manufacturing processes, the focus remains on piece cost and workpiece quality. Piece cost is primarily composed of […]
Terry McDonald: Site Safety
What is safety? According to my Funk & Wagnall's, safety is "freedom from danger or injury." Wouldn't it be great […]
Terry McDonald: Site Safety
“It’s the little things that matter.” How many times have we all heard this and chuckled to ourselves, thinking of […]
Terry McDonald: Site Safety
I would like to expand on my comment in the last column concerning cleanliness of the work area. You may […]
