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ASCO Sintering Co. White Paper on Powdered Metal Gears AGMA Sets Up Shop in Living Laboratory of the Midwest. Columbus, Ohio recently surpassed Indianapolis as the second largest city in the Midwest behind Chicago, according to the United States Census Bu... RCD Engineerings switch from manual to CNC hobbing operations breaks gear manufacturing lead time records with Bourn & Koch 100H in their gear production pit crew.... When a gearbox remanufacturer is trying to decide whether to regrind or replace a gear, any number of factors could be running through their head. Here are some remanufacturers' processes on ... Skiving will be front and center when the gear industry comes together in Columbus this October. Attendees will find dedicated skiving equipment, multifunctional machines with skiving options and a sl...

GRINDING

More on Gear Grinding
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
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

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

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No. 844 is a 500°F (260°C), top loading oven from Grieve, currently used for drying water from racks of piston rings at the custo...

Grieve No. 844 Top Loading Oven Utilized for Drying Water from Racks of Piston Rings

August 16, 2017

No. 844 is a 500°F (260°C), top loading oven from Grieve, currently used for drying water from racks of piston rings at the custo...

All Haas Multigrind grinding centers are available with an automatic wheel changer.  This feature enables Haas customers to combine ...

Haas Multigrind CA and CB Machines Utilize High-Capacity Grinding Wheel Shelf Magazines

August 3, 2017
Walter will demonstrate its focus on digitization, networking and connectivity at EMO 2017, in Hannover, September 18-23, 2017. The met...

Walter AG Digital Solutions to be on Display at EMO 2017

July 12, 2017
Third Wave Systems has successfully developed and simulated the complex processes involved in spiral bevel gear machining. With this Adva...

Third Wave Systems AdvantEdge Software Expanded to Include Gear Machining

July 11, 2017
In a move designed to greatly improve efficiency and quality in CAM operations, the CoroPlus ToolLibrary and PrimeTurning ...

Sandvik Coromant Introduces CoroPlus Suite of Solutions for Mastercam 2018

July 10, 2017
Affolter has recently unveiled the AF71, a new multi-axis part load and unload system. The loading head is equipped with a double gripper...

Affolter AF71 Universal Loading System Offers Three Methods for Part Feeding

July 7, 2017
Heule Tool Corporation introduces new COFA-C Series tooling for deburring elliptical or contoured surfaces in larger diameters. Replacea...

Heule Tool COFA-C Series Carbide Coated Blades Designed for Deburring Elliptical and Contoured Surfaces

July 6, 2017


INDUSTRY NEWS

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With digitalization and the rapid changes in technology, training is more important than ever to keep employees’ skills up to date ...

Siemens Expands Technical Application Center in its Elk Grove Facility

August 16, 2017
Ipsen believes that one of the most valuable things a company can do is invest in others. They are also committed to advancing the heat-t...

Ipsen Offers Credit Toward New Heat Treating Equipment

August 14, 2017
On July 19th, 35 girls between the ages of 12 and 16 visited ICATT (Industry Consortium for Advanced Technical Training) company Principa...

Gadget Girls Visit Principal Manufacturing Corporation

August 10, 2017
The U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders report for May 2017 showed gains for the month and year over year, according to AMT - The Associ...

May USMTO Report Finds Orders up 3.1 Percent from April, 21.8 Percent over May 2016

August 4, 2017
May U.S. cutting tool consumption totaled $191.93 million according to the U.S. Cutting Tool Institute (USCTI) and AMT - The Association ...

May CTMR Finds Cutting Tool Consumption Up 14 Percent from April, 15.5 Percent over May 2016

August 3, 2017
HBM Holdings (HBM) has announced that it has acquired Schafer Industries (Schafer) of South Bend, Indiana.  Schafer is a leading pro...

HBM Holdings Acquires Schafer Industries

August 2, 2017

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