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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.... A high number of wind turbine gearboxes do not meet their expected design life, despite meeting the design criteria of current bearing, gear and wind turbine industry standards and certifications.... Software updates for the gear industry. What's new and noteworthy in software applications in 2017?... Nuttall Gear taps Machine Tool Builders for shop floor upgrades....

GRINDING

More on Gear Grinding
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
Could you explain to me the difference between spiral bevel gear process face hobbing-lapping, face milling-grinding and Klingelnberg HPG? Which one is better for noise, load capacity and quality?...

Hard-Finishing Spiral Bevel Gears

March/April 2016
Generating gear grinding is one of the most important finishing processes for small and medium-sized gears, its process design often determined by practical knowledge. Therefore a manufacturing simul...

Local Simulation of the Specific Material Removal Rate for Generating Gear Grinding

September/October 2015
Christian Brecher, Fritz Klocke, Markus Brumm, Florian Hübner
Liebherr is well-known as one of the world’s largest privately owned companies — a titan in heavy industry specializing in cranes, trucks and mammoth earth moving and mining equipment....

Gear Grinding is Getting Easier, Better, Faster, Stronger

June 2015
Erik Schmidt, Assistant Editor
One process for hard finishing gears is generating gear grinding. Due to its high process efficiency, generating gear grinding has replaced other grinding processes such as profile grinding in batch p...

Prediction of Surface Zone Changes in Generating Gear Grinding

March/April 2015
Matthias Ophey, Jan Reimann

HEAT TREATING

More on Heat Treating
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
In this special section, our editors have gathered recent news and information related to the heat treatment of gears. Here you’ll find a comprehensive assortment of news and upcoming events that will...

Things Are Heating Up in 2015

March/April 2015

 

PRODUCT NEWS

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Ransohoff, a division of Cleaning Technologies Group LLC, has introduced its LeanDrum CF Washer. This new platform provides an energy eff...

Ransohoff LeanDrum CF Washer Offers Energy Efficient High-Volume Cold Forming Solution

June 28, 2017

Ransohoff, a division of Cleaning Technologies Group LLC, has introduced its LeanDrum CF Washer. This new platform provides an energy eff...

Seco Tools has expanded its family of PCBN insert grades to cover the entire spectrum of hard part turning applications. Using a new bimo...

Seco Tools PCBN Insert Grade Family Expanded with Four New Hard Turning Grades

June 27, 2017
When defining dimensions for shafts, KISSsoft's software now provides options for sizing shaft dimensions with regard to strength, an...

KISSsoft Software Introduces Options for Sizing Shaft Dimensions

June 20, 2017
Oven Industries now offers the Temperature Controller Model 5R6-900 for use in laboratories and temperature cycling applications. The dev...

Oven Industries 5R6-900 Temperature Controller Model Offers Versatile Features

June 19, 2017
The Fraunhofer independent research institute has demonstrated that Nanol's lubricant additive has some completely new performance fe...

Nanol Lubricant Additive Prevents Hydrogen Embrittlement in Metals

June 12, 2017
Nanodiamond material specialist Carbodeon has worked with metal finishing specialist CCT Plating to develop a new NanoDiamond enhanced el...

Carbodeon NanoDiamond Enhanced Electroless Nickel Plating Maintains Benefits While Improving Adhesive Wear Resistance

June 9, 2017
Junker has introduced the JUMAT 6S 18-20S-18, the latest of Junker's JUMAT series of modular grinding machines, which is capable of g...

Junker JUMAT Machine Offers Simultaneous Grinding of ID, OD and Faces of Gears

May 31, 2017


INDUSTRY NEWS

More Industry News


Machine Tools Builders has launched a spinoff company to build a new line of heat treating furnaces to better service their customers. Th...

Machine Tool Builders Launches Diablo Furnaces Heat Treating Company

June 27, 2017
The winners in the 2017 Powder Metallurgy (PM) Design Excellence Awards competition, sponsored by the Metal Powder Industries Federation ...

MPIF Announces Award-Winning Powder Metal Parts

June 27, 2017
April U.S. cutting tool consumption totaled $168.03 million according to the U.S. Cutting Tool Institute (USCTI) and AMT - The Associatio...

April CTMR Report Finds Cutting Tool Consumption Down from March, Up from 2016

June 15, 2017
The American Gear Manufacturers Association (AGMA) announced two new member-driven committees:  Emerging Technology and Industry Voi...

AGMA Announces Two New Member-Driven Committees

June 14, 2017
William and Myrtle Jones, primary owners of the Solar Atmospheres family of companies, have announced a few organization changes within t...

Solar Atmospheres Announces Personnel Changes

June 13, 2017
Solar Atmospheres announced that it has been reaccredited with the MedAccred certification for heat treating at the Souderton, PA facilit...

Solar Atmospheres Souderton Receives MedAccred Accreditation for Third Consecutive Year

June 9, 2017

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