Taking Technology & Service to New Heights
What you get with the above combination is a very happy customer and a universal grinder that outperforms the competition […]
The Surgeon and the Gear Maker
Delta Gear bought TIFCO Gage & Gear, a maker of master gears, spline gages, aerospace gears, and automotive prototype gears […]
Calculating Inverse of Involute Angle in Microsoft Excel Without Programming
A lot has been written and discussed about how to calculate the inverse of involute angle in technological magazines and […]
Epicyclic Load Sharing Map-Application As a Design Tool
One of the main advantages of planetary transmissions is that the input torque is split into a number of parallel […]
Measurement System Analysis (MSA)
The analysis of a measurement system is determined by the statistical properties of reproducable measurements in a stable environment. In […]
An Algorithm for Robust Gear Modifications Design
The design of gear modifications is one of the key tasks for high performance gears, where high performance may be […]
Understanding and Preventing Surface Distress
In many industrial applications that have lubricated rolling/sliding contacts such as rolling bearings, power density has steadily increased over time […]
Induction Heating: A Guide to the Process and Its Benefits
Induction hardening is being increasingly used within the gear industry. However, before looking at the advantages of the method, it […]
Gear Lubrication – Stopping Micropitting by Using the Right Lubricant
Micropitting formation is often reported to occur in field applications even though industrial gear oils with a high micropitting load-carrying […]
Big Gear Inspection is Booming
Northern Wisconsin’s Merit Gear is bagging more big gear business from surging energy, mining, construction and transportation industries with the […]
International Calculation Method for Micropitting
The first edition of the international calculation method for micropitting, ISO TR 15144-1:2010, was just published last December. It is […]
Continuous Generating Gear Grinding
In order to improve load carrying capacity and noise behavior, case hardened gears usually are hard finished [1]. One possible […]
The Case for Grinding Perfection
In The French company ZF Bouthéon has a long history as a manufacturer of truck transmissions. The company has been […]
Applications for Self-Locking Gears
In most gear drives, when driving torque is suddenly reduced as a result of power off, torsional vibration, power outage, […]
High Performance Gear Milling
Sandvik Coromant has made significant strides in helping gear manufacturers overcome the challenges they face as quality, efficiency, and repeatability […]
A New Material for High-Speed Hobbing
Without them, our world would not move. Watches, cars, boats, wind turbines—they are all driven by gears. For more than […]
Protecting Massive Gears
As a manufacturer of motor oils and additives, LIQUI MOLY specializes in the automotive sector and is the most popular […]
Extending Broach Tool Life
If you’re like me, you scan every issue of this magazine and read the first few sentences of each article […]
Bevel Gear Cutting Blade Measurement
Traditional bevel gear cutting blade inspection machines have three linear axes for setup. One of the three axes is used […]
Helix Angle and Root Stress
The ISO and AGMA Gear Rating Committees have for several years been comparing the results of different rating methods for […]
