Precision Broaching of Gears Large and Small
The broaching of precision gears will always start with a designed broach to match the specification of the part print. […]
New Cutter Heads Increase Tool Life
Introduction A system problem of stick blade cutters with rectangular blades is the clamping principle. Rectangular stick blades are pressed […]
Measurement System Analysis (MSA)
The analysis of a measurement system is determined by the statistical properties of reproducable measurements in a stable environment. In […]
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 […]
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 […]
Continuous Generating Gear Grinding
In order to improve load carrying capacity and noise behavior, case hardened gears usually are hard finished [1]. One possible […]
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 […]
Streamlining Production with Premium Workholding
In an era of domestic and international competitive pressures, gear manufacturers with fabrication sites throughout the United States and internationally […]
High Performance Gear Milling
Sandvik Coromant has made significant strides in helping gear manufacturers overcome the challenges they face as quality, efficiency, and repeatability […]
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 […]
Gripping Systems for Increased Versatility
Those in the automotive industry who want to stay flexible in manufacturing need space for gripper storage stations and changing […]
Cyclocut Bevel Gear Production
Low-quantity bevel gearsets can be manufactured with the Cyclo-Palloid® method. The Cyclo-Palloid uses interlocking face hobbing cutters with five starts […]
A New Paradigm in Gear Hobbing
The transmission of rotating movements without gear wheels is unthinkable. Whether in mechanical engineering, in automotive and transport technology, in […]
Magnetic Filtration Technology
Wind power is the world’s fastest-growing source of renewable energy that is capable over time of significantly reducing our dependence […]
Putting Teeth into Gear Inspection
The history of gears goes back millennia. For a long time it was believed that the differential gearbox was invented […]
Clamping Onto Increased Production
In order to efficiently manufacture more than 12,000 toothed parts with a wide range of dimensions, having lot sizes of […]
Refurbishing Wind Turbine Gears
Multi-megawatt wind turbine gearboxes operate under demanding environmental conditions including considerable variation in temperature, wind speed, and air quality. It […]
Alternatives to Gear Grinding
Stringent NVH requirements, higher loads, and the trend toward miniaturization to save weight and space are forcing transmission gear designers […]
A Grinding Solution
A company approached Ontario Drive & Gear (ODG) concerning a problem they were experiencing with a gear set used in […]
