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Induction hardening is becoming an increasingly popular alternative to thermochemical diffusion processes such as carburizing, and as it does so, manufacturers are on a never-ending quest to expand th... The following article highlights some of the new heat treat products, technologies and industry news articles that have come across our desks.... New Solutions Aim at Reducing Changeover Times and Improving Reliability... Three samples of quenched and tempered 4140 steel, with varying levels of oxygen and sulfur, were submitted to a series of bending fatigue tests....

GRINDING

More on Gear Grinding
In order to improve load-carrying capacity and noise behavior, gears usually have profile and lead modifications. Furthermore, in gears where a specified tooth-flank load application direction (for dr...

Efficient Hard Finishing of Asymmetric Tooth Profiles and Topological Modifications by Generating Grinding

August 2017
Andreas E. Mehr, Scott Yoders
Grinding of bevel and hypoid gears creates on the surface a roughness structure with lines that are parallel to the root. Imperfections of those lines often repeat on preceding teeth, leading to a mag...

MicroPulse and MicroShift for Ground Bevel Gearsets

July 2017
Dr. Hermann J. Stadtfeld
Ground bevel and hypoid gears have a designed motion error that defines parts of their NVH behavior. The surface structure is defined by the hard finishing process....

Surface Structure Shift for Ground Bevel Gears

June 2017
Sebastian Strunk
New divisions, open houses and the continued rise of the Industrial Internet of Things - There's been a lot going on in gear grinding in the past year....

Gear Grinding Today

June 2017
Alex Cannella
Excessive machine tool vibration during a precision grinding operation can result in poor workpiece quality in the form of chatter, rough finishes, burn, etc. One possible reason for excessive vibrat...

The Role of Natural Frequencies in Grinding Systems Vibration

November/December 2016
John Hagan, corporate applications engineer, Norton | Saint-Gobain Abrasives
Gear Technology interviews Scott Yoders of Liebherr about the latest gear machining technologies of relevance to automotive manufacturers....

Updating Modern Production Processes

August 2016
Matthew Jaster, Senior Editor
In comparison to the visionary Industry 4.0 - or the Fourth Industrial Revolution - the machine tool industry can appear rather down-to-earth....

Innovations for High Productivity Generating Grinding

June 2016
Martin Witzsch
Looking for some simple yet useful advice heading into IMTS 2016? Never second guess your machine tool investment. Flexibility is a mandatory requirement in gear manufacturing today. Accuracy, reliab...

The Comprehensive Gear Grind

June 2016
Matthew Jaster, Senior Editor

HEAT TREATING

More on Heat Treating
When sending gears to be heat treated, manufacturers can end up unwittingly making mistakes that slow down turnaround time. We talked to some heat treaters to get their best advice on how you can hel...

Ask Not What Your Heat Treater Can Do for You...

July 2017
Alex Cannella, Associate Editor
Suppliers are working hard to make sure their heat treating equipment is controllable, repeatable and efficient, and manufacturers continue to incorporate technology that gives heat treaters and the...

Heat Treating 4.0

March/April 2017
Randy Stott
What quality and performance characteristics should you look for? ...

Checking Up on Your Heat Treater

July 2016
Matthew Jaster, Senior Editor
The oil industry is (pardon the pun) tanking. That may conjure up horrific images of other industries following suit in a domino effect of collective collapse into the overabundant oil slick the indus...

Defying the Oil Ripple

March/April 2016
Alex Cannella, News Editor
Questions to Ask Your Heat Treater Provided by Justin Lefevre (Joyworks LLC, Ann Arbor, MI), Kathy Hayrynen (Applied Process, Inc., Livonia, MI) and Vasko Popovski (Applied Process, Inc.)...

Dont Get Burned

July 2015
Erik Schmidt, Assistant Editor

 

PRODUCT NEWS

More Product News
Houghton International has developed a new versatile soluble oil metal removal fluid for the manufacture of automotive parts including en...

Houghton International HOCUT 8750 Oil Metal Removal Fluid Improves Operational Efficiency During Manufacture of Automotive Parts

April 6, 2018

Houghton International has developed a new versatile soluble oil metal removal fluid for the manufacture of automotive parts including en...

Innovative technologies in automated production and precision measurement - these have been the hallmarks of the A&T (Automation &...

Klingelnberg P 16 Precision Measuring Center To be Presented at A&T Exhibition and Expomaq 2018

April 5, 2018
Dillon Chuck Jaws introduced an 18" diameter boring ring. Its relatively light weight allows customers the same ease boring out 18&q...

Dillon Chuck Jaws Large Diameter Boring Ring Added to Roster of Lightweight Jaw Boring Rings

April 3, 2018
The current KISSsoft version, 03/2017, provides you with a range of different options for calculating and inputting asymmetrical toothing...

KISSsoft Offers Calculations for Asymmetrical Toothings

March 23, 2018
In addition to the aerospace, automotive and energy industries, the defense industry is one of the key sectors where Seco/Warwick Group p...

Seco/Vacuum Technologies Vector Vacuum Brazing Furnace Systems Sold to Defense Contractors

March 14, 2018
Madison Chemical introduces Compound RP-99S, a versatile water-based rust preventive for use on ferrous and copper metals. Applied to pre...

Madison Chemical RP-99S Rust Preventive Designed for Use on Ferrous and Copper Metals

March 9, 2018
Voestalpine High Performance Metals (formerly Böhler-Uddeholm AG), already using Seco/Warwick equipment, is now expanding its proces...

Seco/Warwick 15 Bar Vacuum Furnaces Provide Superior Gas Quenching Capabilities

March 8, 2018


INDUSTRY NEWS

More Industry News


Forest City Gear has hired Erik J. Spurling as director of sales to oversee the activities of the company’s network of direct and...

Forest City Gear Adds Director of Sales

April 16, 2018
Wind energy is breaking records in the Midwest. Wind provided 60 percent of the region’s electric needs earlier this month. America...

Windpower 2018 Celebrates Success in Midwest

April 5, 2018
Rochdale-based Holroyd Precision Rotors had cause to celebrate when one of its apprentices secured a top honor at Rochdale Training's...

Holroyd Precision Apprentice Receives Advanced Engineering Apprentice of the Year Award from Rochdale Training

April 4, 2018
Solar Atmospheres of Western PA announced that it has received the prestigious MedAccred Heat Treating accreditation. Becoming only the e...

Solar Atmospheres of Western PA Receives MedAccred Heat Treating Accreditation

April 3, 2018
Mahr Inc. announced that Don Foisy has been promoted to Director of Operations to support continued company growth. In his new position, ...

Mahr Inc. Promotes Don Foisy to Director of Operations

April 2, 2018
SMT recently announced the opening of the Milton Keynes office, the U.K.'s home of motorsport. The office will serve additional sales...

SMT Opens Office in Milton Keynes

March 15, 2018

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