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Thanks to material development and additive manufacturing opportunities, it’s important for the gear and power transmission industries to monitor the trends, technologies and future forecast...

We asked what the future holds for workholding and the industry did not disappoint. All the machining trends such as automation, robotics, sensors, 3D-printed parts, etc. are finding their way into wo...

This report focuses on the combined consideration of the infeed and the subsequent axial machining with additional variation of the workpiece width in order to evaluate the influence of the infeed wit...

On behalf of the AGMA Board of Directors, Show Committee and our 123 exhibiting companies — thank you for supporting Motion + Power Technology Expo 2021 (MPT Expo)....

GRINDING

Teaming Up to Solve Bevel Gear Grinding Application Challenges

July 2021
Mark Martin, Phil Plainte and Eric Mundt

A look at how gear grinding comes with unique production challenges....

Making Room for Productivity and Quality Requirements in Gear Grinding

May 2021
Matthew Jaster, Senior Editor

Why Prototyping with End-mills on Bevel Gear Machines? Manufacturing of spiral bevel and hypoid gears can be conducted in several ways....

Prototyping on Bevel Gear Cutting and Grinding Machines

May 2020
Dr. Hermann J. Stadtfeld

Gleason Combines Threaded Wheel
Grinding with GRSL Gear Inspection...

Inside Look at the Hard Finishing Cell

May 2020
Dr. Antoine Türich

Are there rules to aid in grinding process optimization?...

Grinding Wheel Wear, Dressing, Tip Advance and Work Phase Angle Adjustment after Corrections

January/February 2020
Dr. Hermann J. Stadtfeld

HEAT TREATING

CFC Fixtures Increase Productivity in Carburizing, Nitriding and FNC

March/April 2021
Mark Hemsath, Seco/Vacuum Technologies

The future gives the gear market plenty to think about in areas like automation, additive manufacturing and machine learning....

Improving Cost Efficiency in Heat Treatment

January/February 2020
Matthew Jaster, Senior Editor

Single Piece Flow Streamlines Production for High-Volume Gear Manufacturers....

Moving Heat Treating In-Line

March/April 2019
Randy Stott, Managing Editor

Furnaces North America Exhibition
Highlights Future of Heat Treating....

FNA 2018

August 2018
Matthew Jaster, Senior Editor

The following article highlights some of the recent heat treat products, technologies and industry news articles for gear manufacturing....

Facing the Future - Emerging Technologies in Heat Treating

July 2018
Matthew Jaster, Senior Editor

PRODUCT NEWS

More Product News

With the introduction of the new STUDER roboLoad system, United Grinding now offers manufacturers simple, seamless part-loading automatio...

United Grinding Introduces RoboLoad System

November 30, 2021

With the introduction of the new STUDER roboLoad system, United Grinding now offers manufacturers simple, seamless part-loading automatio...

KISSsoft supports the user with numerous calculation and simulation options for work preparation in the manufacture as well as inspection...

KISSsoft Presents Overview of Manufacturing Capabilities

November 29, 2021

The MaxSFeed from Ingersoll offers versatility with a number of innovative combinations. Insert sizes of 5, 11, and 13 mm offer new combi...

Ingersoll MaxSFeed Series Offers Cutting Versatility

November 24, 2021

TCI Precision Metals recently announced support for lights out manufacturing with close tolerance materials that are Machine-Ready for Pr...

TCI Precision Metals Introduces Lights Out Materials

November 23, 2021

Kennametal has released the FIX8 heavy-duty turning system, delivering maximum metal removal rates in steel, stainless steel and cast iro...

Kennametal Introduces FIX8 for Heavy-Duty Turning

November 22, 2021

Sandvik Coromant has launched two new micro drill families specifically designed for precision machining. The CoroDrill 462 with -XM geom...

Sandvik Coromant Offers New Generation of Micro Drills

November 17, 2021

FANUC America has introduced the new LR-10iA/10 robot designed for machine tending and a variety of picking applications found in the war...

FANUC Introduces Compact Robot for Machine Tending and Warehousing-Logistics Applications

November 16, 2021

INDUSTRY NEWS

More Industry News

Experience gear technology and automation systems virtually. Visit Liebherr from December 07 - 09, 2021.With Performance Days, Liebherr c...

Liebherr Presents Performance Days Europe

November 30, 2021

Following the success of last year's workshop, GWJ Technology, organized once again the three-day online workshop "Gear Calculat...

GWJ Technology Provides Online Gearbox Workshop for Formula Student Teams

November 29, 2021

Tecnotrans Bonfiglioli, SA, the Spanish branch of the Bonfiglioli Italian multinational gearmotor, drive system and planetary gearbox spe...

Bonfiglioli Spain Changes Headquarters

November 24, 2021

Strong robot sales in the third quarter of 2021 bring the total number of orders so far this year to nearly 29,000 units valued at $1.48 ...

A3 Reports Strong Q3 Robot Orders

November 23, 2021

The Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) inducted Harry Moser, president of the Reshoring Initiative, into the AME Hall of Fame...

AME Inducts Harry Moser into Hall of Fame

November 22, 2021

Velo3D, Inc. has expanded its European presence to support its growth efforts in the region.The expansion includes the opening of a techn...

Velo3D Expands European Presence with Technical Center in Germany

November 16, 2021

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Liebherr's WGT Gear Inspection System at MPT Expo 2021

Machine Too Builders at MPT Expo 2021

Gleason 685Q Process Controlled Quenching Machine

E-Mobility Fluids with ExxonMobil

GWJ Technology Provides 5-Axis Milling of Gears with GearEngineer Software

The Latest in Gear Workholding Technology - Hainbuch at MPT Expo 2021

Remanufactured Gear Machines and Quench Presses - Dixitech CNC at MPT Expo 2021

INSPECTION

Mitutoyo Examines Modern Gear Measurement

June 2021
Gene Hancz, CMM product specialist, Mitutoyo and Derek Sporleder, application engineer, Mitutoyo

Gear inspection has long been a highly specialized costly investment and an overall challenging part of the gear manufacturing process. Given that complicated gages, testers, and CNC equipment all go ...

CMM for Gear Inspection

June 2020
John Fox, Dimensional Metrologist, Mitutoyo America

Shop floor inspection and gaging equipment is putting advanced metrology systems right on the factory floor. Here’s a collection of articles on shop floor inspection and gages from companies lik...

Real-Time Measurement Opportunities

March/April 2020
Matthew Jaster, Senior Editor

HOBBING

HMC and Liebherr Collaborate on Large Scale Gear Production Project

November/December 2020
Edited by Matthew Jaster, Senior Editor

How does one select the correct size of hob/gashing cutter like hob OD,
length and number of flutes for teeth cutting process based on tip circle
diameter and face width of job?...

Selecting Correct Size of Hob/Gashing Cutter

August 2020
Jin Zhou, Nachi America; Deniz Sari, Star SU

This article provides a guideline for the selection of a suitable standard in connection with the kind of spline to be designed and manufactured. Some basic formulae have been explained, together with...

Design Parameters for Spline Connections

September/October 2019
Dr. Hermann J. Stadtfeld

This paper outlines the basic principles of involute
gear generation by using a milling cutter;
the machine and cutting tool requirements; similarities
and differences with other gear generative me...

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Beginning with our June Issue, Gear Technology is pleased to present a series of full-length chapters excerpted from Dr. Hermann J. Stadtfeld’s latest scholarly — yet practical — contribution to...

The Pros and Cons of Fully Ground Root Fillets

August 2014
Robert L. Errichello

Why is there so much emphasis on the tooth contact pattern for bevel gears in the assembled condition and not so for cylindrical gears, etc? ...

Importance of Contact Pattern in Assembly of Bevel vs Cylindrical Gears

August 2014
Hermann J. Stadtfeld

EVENTS

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SciTech 2022 (January 3-7, 2022)
San Diego, CA. From its creation in 1963, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) has organized conferences to serv...

World of Concrete 2022 (January 18-20)
Las Vegas, NV. World of Concrete has been serving the global concrete & masonry construction industries for 46 years. The goal is to ...

IPPE 2022 (January 25-27, 2022)
Atlanta, Georgia. The International Production & Processing Expo is the world's largest annual poultry, meat and feed industry ev...

Grinding Conference 2022 (January 26-27, 2022)
Stuttgart-Fellbach, Germany. This event from WZL of RWTH Aachen University is a grinding conference that provides the interface between s...

AGMA Fundamentals of Gear Design and Analysis (January 25-27, 2022)
Clearwater Beach, FL. Offered by AGMA, attendees will gain a solid and fundamental understanding of gear geometry, types and arrangements...