The ABCs of CBN Grinding
As with all work, there’s a right tool for every job. In manufacturing, successful machining depends on sharp, well-maintained cutting […]
Grinding Gears for Automotive Excellence
Designing and manufacturing custom gearboxes for the automotive industry requires the careful combination of opposing criteria if the manufacturer is […]
Hard Choices: Diamond or CBN?
A careful comparison between diamond and cubic boron nitride (CBN) will eventually result in a clear decision when it comes […]
Case Study: Hard Finishing at Nixon Gear
How does a small private job shop work its way into a premier hard finishing shop? As Nixon Gear approaches […]
The Geometry of Full-Form Grinding
Grinding helical gear teeth or other helical forms such as drill flutes by the method of advancing a grinding wheel […]
Case Study: KAPP Technologies
The Challenge Fulton Precision Industries, Inc., operates a 78,000 square-foot manufacturing facility in McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania. Since 1995, Fulton has been […]
Grinding Guidelines for Superior Surfaces
During the past year the gear industry has seen growth in hard machining, a trend which is expected to continue […]
Deburring, Defined
Gear deburring is a process that has changed substantially over the past 10 years. There have been advancements in the […]
Superior Grinding: Design by Drake
Sometimes a new machine is just destined to happen. Markets evolve, new technologies emerge, and an experienced machine tool builder […]
KAPP’s Combined Process for Automotive Applications
The KAPP Group has recently introduced a combined process for the hard finishing of transmission gears for the automotive industry […]
Precision and Automation Reign at Reishauer
The last two decades have brought about an evolution in automotive gear manufacturing. It was apparent 10 years ago that […]
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 […]
Mira, Mira
Cost pressures, qualitative increases, and tribological and size-limiting demands are just four of the factors that have clearly characterized the […]
Reinventing the Wheels at Gleason Cutting Tools Corporation
Gear designers around the world are seeking to increase their use of hardened gears to squeeze optimum performance out of […]
