A New Wave in Virtual Machining
The custom nature of gears and the high cost of cutting tools have continued to put pressure on manufacturers to […]
Gear Expo 2017: What Drives You
Why attend? Explore new technologies from more than 200 exhibitors driving the market. Interact with leading suppliers of gears and […]
The Internet of Gears: New Perspectives Through CMS
During the past decades, the capacity of production machinery increased continuously in nearly all industries. A doubling of the capacity […]
Influence of Contact Conditions on the Onset of Micropitting in Rolling-Sliding Contacts Pertinent to Gear Applications
Micropitting is a type of surface damage that occurs in concentrated, rolling-sliding contacts, such as those between gear teeth, through […]
Parametric Geometric Modeling of a Spur Gear Using SolidWorks
For a spur gear as a mechanical element, the design and sketching of the involute guarantees optimum functionality. This paper […]
Intelligent Process Monitoring Is Advancing Gear-making Productivity
Gear-making technology has been advancing at an extremely rapid pace. By many accounts, developments in tooling and machine technology have […]
Pitch Factor Analysis for Symmetric and Asymmetric Tooth Gears
In comparison with traditional gear design based on pre-selected, typically standard generating rack parameters and its addendum modification also known […]
Adopting Vision Systems: Technology Geared Toward Cost Savings and Boosting Quality
First-tier gear manufacturers are now embracing machine vision technology to streamline production lines, which, of course, ultimately leads to significant […]
Non-Contact Gear Defect Detection Is Now Possible
In 2012, Slone Gear International Inc. and Mound Laser Inc. began experimenting with combining laser technology with gear manufacturing and […]
Calculating the Risk of Micropitting Using ISO Technical Report 15144-1:2014 – Validation with Practical Applications
For high-performance gear transmissions, case-carburized and ground gears are used in most cases. International standards have been developed to provide […]
Analysis and Optimization of Asymmetric Epicyclic Gears
The design objective of asymmetric tooth gears is to improve performance of the primary drive flank profiles at the expense […]
INSPECTION & METROLOGY: Today’s Technology for Gear Metrology
Regardless of size or application, all gears depend on some degree of precision to prevent avoidable wear, power loss, and […]
State of the Art in Microstructure and Metallurgy Modeling
Anticipating the microstructure evolution during the manufacturing process has long been a major concern for specific industries such as aerospace. […]
Optimizing Innovation in Driveline Design Processes
In the driveline industry, innovation can only be achieved when the use of new or novel technologies or methods are […]
Layout of the Gear Micro Geometry
The last phase in sizing a gear pair is to specify the flank line and profile modifications, also known as […]
Optimization of Gear Tooth Contact by Helix Angle Modification
Introduction Gears that are smaller, cheaper, and equipped with more efficient power transmission are the ongoing objective of gear designers. […]
An Approach to Find Optimal Topological Modification to Duplicate Tooth Flank Form of the Existing Gear
Recently, the cutting of bevel gears on universal five-axis milling machines has been widely accepted as a promising solution to […]
Analysis of Gear Root Forms: A Review of Designs, Standards and Manufacturing Methods for Root Forms in Cylindrical Gears
Gear root form is an important but often neglected element of the gear. The stress concentration point typically lies in […]
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 […]
Meeting the Challenges of Measuring Large Parts
Overall Equipment Layout Even though the measuring principles on very large equipment are the same or similar to small ones, […]
