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Single-Flank Testing for Modern Gear Production

Detecting gear manufacturing deviations through advanced single-flank testing

Gear inspection and noise analysis are essential for ensuring quality and efficiency in modern gear manufacturing. Increasingly stringent requirements on dimensional tolerances—often in the micron range—and noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH) performance necessitate advanced measurement and evaluation methods.

The Edge of Efficiency

Atlanta Gear Works receives grinding wheel assist from Weiler Abrasives

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Technical Articles

The Intrinsic Pitch Cones in Hypoid Gears

A method to calculate pitch cones for hypoid gears using macrogeometry parameters—similar to non-offset bevel gears—while accounting for the added complexity of hypoid offset, tooling, and cutting technology is explored in this paper.

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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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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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Water Spray Quenching—A New Intensive Quenching Process for Case Hardening of Gears

Water spray quenching achieves heat transfer coefficients up to 4,000 W/(m²K)—nearly double conventional oil quenching rates—enabling potential material substitution and tailored quench intensity for complex gear components.

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Design

Due to near-net shape production, additive-manufactured (AM) gears have a high potential to decrease costs and increase resource efficiency. The decreasing product life cycles as well as the increasing individualization of components demand high flexibility in manufacturing processes

Grinding

The way to increase production, especially with the largest gears, is to decrease nonproductive time with improved strategies.

Inspection

For precision measuring, skilled machinists, toolmakers, and inspectors must have accurate tools and gages, produced from quality materials, carefully manufactured, and rigidly inspected, to ensure lasting dependability. Gages have evolved throughout the years beginning with mechanical, then electronic models, and now convenient wireless electronic versions have come on the scene. Each type has an important place in today’s quality control and inspection processes.

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Videos

Helios Gear Helps American Precision Gear Achieve Quality and Productivity

At American Precision Gear, quality isn’t just a priority — it’s the foundation of everything they do. The shop specializes in high-precision miniature gears for aerospace, defense, and medical applications, where the strictest tolerances are non-negotiable. Helios Gear Products partnered with American Precision Gear to integrate the MZ 1000 D-Drive into their production.

Industry News

The Klingelnberg Group has commissioned its own podcast studio at its Hückeswagen site and is launching a new podcast series “Gears for Ears.” 

Product News

The DMU 65 H monoBLOCK 2. Generation from DMG Mori is a powerful, efficient, and universal 5-axis horizontal machining center creates all the conditions necessary for successful Machining Transformation (MX).

Calendar

Advanced Manufacturing Expo (AME) 2026

Jul 29, 2026 - Jul 30, 2026

The Advanced Manufacturing Expo (AME) (Grand Rapids, MI) is the premier gathering for professionals shaping the future of manufacturing. It’s where innovation meets production — connecting industry leaders, cutting-edge technology, and real-world solutions under one roof. Explore the latest in automation, metalworking, MRO, safety and Industry 4.0 technology across four dynamic halls. From hands-on demonstrations to expert-led sessions, AME provides smarter, faster, and more efficient manufacturing solutions. 

RPM Symposium 2026

Sep 22, 2026 - Sep 23, 2026

Furnaces North America (FNA) 2026

Oct 12, 2026 - Oct 14, 2026

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