The Right Stuff May 24, 2018 Charles D. Schultz No Comments Even the most brilliant gear design will fail if the wrong material is used to make the parts. Our understanding of metallurgy and alloying element...Read More
Actions Have Consequences April 26, 2018 Charles D. Schultz No Comments The initial motivation for changing outside diameters was the avoidance of undercutting. Designers, engineers, and theoreticians quickly discovered...Read More
The Long and Short of It April 25, 2018 Charles D. Schultz No Comments One of the problems with “tribal knowledge” is that the terminology can confuse those who are not fully immersed in that community. I have lost ...Read More
Industry News March 1, 2018 Germany adopts ISO 1328 standard for the measurement of gears, plus other news and announcements from around the industry.Read More
The Beginning of Wisdom January 11, 2018 Charles D. Schultz No Comments Faithful followers of this blog can complete that mantra without prompting, but for new readers — the beginning of wisdom is calling things by thei...Read More
Herringbones 102 November 16, 2017 Charles D. Schultz No Comments Imagine for a moment that your boss invented the herringbone tooth form and tasked you with building machines to cut them. This was the situation P...Read More
Jenoptik Industrial Metrology Hommel-Etamic Wavemove Measuring Station Features Eight-Axis CNC Measurement Technology November 7, 2017 The Jenoptik Industrial Metrology division offers a fully automated measuring station which can be operated directly by staff on the prod...Read More
Mahr Inc. MarOpto MT 100 Fizeau Interferometer Towers Offers In-Production Measurement Solution November 6, 2017 Mahr Inc. has introduced the MarOpto MT 100, the first in a new series of Fizeau interferometer towers for measuring optics directly in p...Read More
ASM Heat Treat 2017 September 1, 2017 Don't miss these exhibitors co-located with Gear Expo.Read More
Cost Reduction Ideas August 31, 2017 Charles D. Schultz No Comments A commentator recently asked for “real world” examples of how he could reduce costs and win more orders. Improved technology is often cited as the ...Read More