Cryogenic Treatment of Gears
Most companies are looking for a secret that can help them keep a step ahead of the competition… a little […]
A New Approach to Shop-Floor Gear Inspection
Gear production is one of the most difficult tasks to be found in modern manufacturing. Producing complex, non-linear, three-dimensional geometries […]
Axis of Rotation Metrology for Improved Gearing
In the history of machine tools, spindles have been very good relative to other bearings and structures on the machine. […]
New Gains in Grinding Pinions
The demand for lower costs and higher flexibility are shaping modern production more than ever before. Mechanical engineering companies are […]
Duration Through Diversification
As the gear manufacturing industry weathers the economic downturn along with everyone else, one key to survival involves remaining active […]
Gear Tooth Temperature Measurements
This paper presents the technique developed to measure the temperature on various active portions of a gear operating under load, […]
Gear Cleaning Goes Ultrasonic
The techniques for manufacturing gears and gear components do not differ dramatically from other industries. Precision cutting, grinding, polishing, and […]
Automated Gearbox Testing
Any gear manufacturing company that has worked with the United States military realizes how demanding their requirements can be. That’s […]
A Software Solution for Gear Noise Problems
Finnish-based tractor manufacturer Valtra’s continued drive toward innovation remains imperative for its future success. With tractor sales falling worldwide in […]
Bearing Reliability in Rebuilt Gearboxes
Fifty years of ongoing development has given SKF a bearing vibration analyzer that can probe deep into rotating bearings while […]
Low Pressure Carburizing for Transmissions
With the many advances that have taken place to improve quality in the gear industry, it is only logical that […]
Retained Austenite Stabilization
The phenomenon of retained austenite stabilization in tool steels is well documented [1,2]. When a steel with a martensite finish […]
Dimensional Stability in Cryogenic Treatments
When cryogenically treated, case carburized steel (En 353) showed tremendous improvement in wear resistance [1]. This is due to the […]
High Pressure Water Deburring
Increasingly, gear manufacturers and others are expected to deliver burr-free clean parts to the point of use. To meet this […]
Lubricant Contaminants Limit Gear Life
Lubricant cleanliness refers to the absence of contamination.1 Microscopic particles are the most harmful form of contamination in lubricants. They […]
Abrasiveness of Boron Carbide Coatings
Hard coatings, such as boron carbide (B4C), can quickly polish the surface of the mating material during sliding contact. The […]
Quality Cleaning for Gearing Applications
Gears are precision components that place great demands on cleaning. The cleaning industry offers various solutions in order to fulfil […]
Grinding Internal Planetary Gears
Recently, various articles regarding planetary gear systems have been written and published in magazines such as Gear Solutions. In the […]
Carburizing Wind-Turbine Gears
Flame Metals Processing Corp. is a 23 year-old company that heat treats ferrous and nonferrous components in atmosphere and vacuum […]
Optimizing Ring Gear Forging
The objective of this research was to develop an optimum preform/blocker forge geometry for a ring gear blank, which would […]
