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High-Volume Holemaking for Gear Production Success

Consider exchangeable-tip solid round cutting tools for durability, precision, and performance

High-volume holemaking in gear production demands not only speed and efficiency but also precision and reliability, particularly when working with critical components such as gearbox housings and gear blanks. These parts often require tightly toleranced holes that must be perfectly aligned to ensure proper assembly, load transfer, and long-term durability. For manufacturers, achieving these standards while maintaining cost-effectiveness is an ongoing challenge.

Profile Grinding of Large Gears

Increasing material removal efficiency through advanced infeed strategies

Drivetrain Integration

Flender unveils the next generation of wind gearboxes

Gear Heat Treatment Selection with a Duty Test Matrix

A practical framework for matching requirements to process routes and proof tests

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Technical Articles

A Review on Gear Transmission Error

This paper will review the development process, current research status, characteristics, functions, and measurement methods of TE. It will analyze the difficulties and core issues existing in the basic theory of TE, clarify the limitations and deficiencies of TE, and explore ways to overcome the shortcomings of TE.

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Investigating the Effects of Wear, Lubrication and Material Pairing on the NVH Performance of Plastic Gears

This study systematically evaluates how material selection, progressive wear, and grease lubrication affect the noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH) performance of polymer gears, providing new insights for designing quieter, more optimized transmission systems.

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Influence of Tooth Root Contour Deviations on the Tooth Bending Strength

This study investigates how manufacturing-related geometry deviations in the tooth root area affect gear bending strength calculations, demonstrating that accounting for measured tooth contours rather than nominal geometries is essential for accurate material comparisons in fatigue testing.

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Design Method of System Tolerances in Cylindrical Gearboxes for Cost-Efficient Optimization of the Excitation Behavior

The article proposes a method to optimize cylindrical gearbox tolerances by balancing gear noise performance and manufacturing costs using modeling, analysis, and meta-model-based optimization.

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Design

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Grinding

Inspection

In the present paper, a spline-joint design and the extension of a back-to-back test rig were presented, which enable the testing of crowned spline-joints under high rotational speed, medium torque, high test temperature, and angular misalignments.

Heat Treating

Press quenching is a tried-and-true process for the controlled hardening of flat, circular close tolerance parts. The process ensures good dimensional control and uniform hardening, thus allowing for seamless processing post heat treatment.

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Videos

Grob Showcases Gear Ring Production with Power Skiving

The Grob G750T boasts efficient machining for gear rings by offering precise and efficient power skiving and seamless integration of milling and turning for maximum flexibility and productivity.

Industry News

In February, Teradyne Robotics A/S, a subsidiary of Teradyne Inc. took legal action in Germany against Elite Robots’ German subsidiary, Elite Robots Deutschland GmbH for copyright infringement of Universal Robots’ software. The Regional Court of Hamburg issued a preliminary injunction against Elite Robots Germany.

Product News

L.S. Starrett Co. launched the HDV250. This next-generation digital comparator is engineered to deliver superior surface illumination, clearer image quality and enhanced measurement accuracy for manufacturing environments.

Calendar

The Manufacturing Engineering Division (MED) of ASME sponsors the Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference (MSEC) every June. MSEC (State College, PA) is the annual forum for the exchange of advanced manufacturing research knowledge. It is intended to disseminate the most recent developments in manufacturing research through technical presentations, poster sessions and panel sessions. The event is hosted by Penn State University.

WZL Gear Conference USA

Jul 15, 2026 - Jul 16, 2026

Gear Up for Precision Open House

Jun 9, 2026 - Jun 10, 2026

Fabtech Canada

Jun 9, 2026 - Jun 11, 2026

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