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 […]
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
What is safety? According to my Funk & Wagnall's, safety is "freedom from danger or injury." Wouldn't it be great […]
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
“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 […]
Software Solutions for Unknown Gears
Ever have a gear that you wanted to inspect, but didn’t have drawing data to define the part? M&M Precision […]
The Next Dimension in Detecting Tooth Distortion
The conventional CNC gear inspection machine will measure and evaluate helix and involute tooth flank deviations that are relative to […]
Terry McDonald: Site Safety
This month, my column is kind of a “hodge-podge” of thoughts on various techniques that I’ve seen used in plants […]
The Simultaneous Dual Frequency Method of Inductive Gear Hardening
Inductive surface hardening is an attempt to harden only the surface of a structure without affecting the inner portions of […]
Terry McDonald: Site Safety
This column is dedicated to safety in the gear-cutting industry, and while safety is of the utmost importance, it is […]
Terry McDonald: Site Safety
“To begin with, kill all the lawyers.” This paraphrase from Shakespeare is apropos, to some extent, in our industry. All […]
