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Klueber white paper on hydro lubrication Overall, the gear industry enjoyed a very strong 2018, and the optimism expressed by survey respondents is the highest in recent years. When asked about their optimism regarding their companies&rs... For this year’s exercise in large gears, we’re not going to dwell on size range or length, merely look at the fundamental challenges and latest technologies required to manufacture... Gear skiving is here to stay, and as a result of this industry shift, it’s become paramount to improve how well machining spindles synchronize with each other.... Automotive gear manufacturers have implemented significant improvements in external planetary gear manufacturing yielding quieter gears. In addition, process stability has increased due to the post-he... In many gear transmissions, tooth load on one flank is significantly higher and is applied for longer periods of time than on the opposite one; an asymmetric tooth shape should reflect this functional...

GRINDING

More on Gear Grinding
To achieve the requested quality, most gears today are ground. The usual grinding process includes treating the gear flank but disengaging before reaching the root rounding area. If the gear is preman...

The Influence of a Grinding Notch on the Gear Bending Strength Rating

November/December 2018
Ulrich Kissling and Ioannis Zotos
Grinding Wheel Technology Focuses on Speed, Efficiency and Time Savings...

Spin City

November/December 2018
Matthew Jaster, Senior Editor
A different method to produce a sample that has a very consistent amount of thermal damage....

Standard Samples for Grinder Burn Etch Testing

June 2018
Jonathan R. Crow and Michael A. Pershing
"Documentation is not a Substitute for an Intuitive Interface." The author explores the development of modern controls for a CNC gear grinding machine....

Human Machine Interface (HMI) in Gear Manufacturing

June 2018
Yefim Kotlyar
With increasingly smaller returns from improving the speed of the actual gear grinding process, improving your setup time has become a primary way to keep improving efficiency. Here's the latest ...

Cutting Down on Setup Time

June 2018
Alex Cannella, Associate Editor
In order to improve load-carrying capacity and noise behavior, gears usually have profile and lead modifications. Furthermore, in gears where a specified tooth-flank load application direction (for dr...

Efficient Hard Finishing of Asymmetric Tooth Profiles and Topological Modifications by Generating Grinding

August 2017
Andreas E. Mehr, Scott Yoders
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

HEAT TREATING

More on Heat Treating
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
The following article highlights some of the new heat treat products, technologies and industry news articles that have come across our desks....

What is the Latest in Heat Treating

March/April 2018
Induction hardening is becoming an increasingly popular alternative to thermochemical diffusion processes such as carburizing, and as it does so, manufacturers are on a never-ending quest to expand th...

Pushing Boundaries

March/April 2018
Alex Cannella, Associate Editor
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

 

PRODUCT NEWS

More Product News


Mitutoyo America Corporation is pleased to announce the release of MeasurLink 9, the latest version of Mitutoyo’s real-time statist...

Mitutoyo Releases MeasurLink 9

February 13, 2019

Mitutoyo America Corporation is pleased to announce the release of MeasurLink 9, the latest version of Mitutoyo’s real-time statist...

C & B Machinery of Brighton, Michigan has received an order from a major North American manufacturer of large construction and mining...

C & B Machinery Supplies Specialty Grinder for Large Non-Coplanar Connecting Rods

February 12, 2019
A new power skiving solution composed of CoroMill 178 and CoroMill 180 cutters from Sandvik Coromant is being released to help automotive...

Sandvik Coromant Enables Single-Setup Gear Production with Power Skiving Solution

February 6, 2019
Manufacturing is changing with the advent of new materials and production methods, making it more challenging than ever before to ensure ...

Siemens PLM Releases Latest Version of SimCenter 3D

February 4, 2019
Buehler is excited to announce their latest addition to the Wilson hardness testing range, the new UH4000 Series Universal Hardness Tes...

Buehler Expands Universal Hardness Tester Range

January 31, 2019
Index has announced the launch of its new G420 turn-mill center. The machine features identical 3,500 rpm twin spindles with 315-mm (400 ...

Index Provides Single-Setup Machining of Large Parts with G420 Turn-Mill Center

January 29, 2019
Fives will be present at ExpoManufactura 2019, taking place at the Cintermex Exhibition Center in Monterrey, Mexico at Booth #214. The gr...

ExpoManufactura 2019 Preview: Fives

January 23, 2019


INDUSTRY NEWS

More Industry News


Walter Surface Technologies (“Walter”) has announced a new senior level appointment naming Jeff Tisdell vice-president of U...

Walter Announces New Vice President of U.S. Sales

February 14, 2019
ANCA recently unveiled a new website packed with intuitive features to provide an improved user experience. The website is the door ...

ANCA Delivers Customer-Focused Website

February 12, 2019
An innovative and differentiated tooling design and processing technology called PtFS (Production to Functional Specification), from U.K....

Victrex Invests in Injection and Compression Molding Technology with Surface Generation

February 8, 2019
At the start of each year, Klingelnberg’s executive management recognizes colleagues who have worked at the company for 25, 40 or 5...

Klingelnberg Honors Employees for Years of Service

February 7, 2019
The new Motion + Power Technology Expo (MPT Expo), formerly Gear Expo, will offer a new opportunity for attendees to learn from industry ...

AGMA and NFPA Announce MPT Conference at Motion + Power Technology Expo

February 7, 2019
Index has announced the hiring of Mark Smith as its regional sales manager for the Midwest. Smith’s territory includes Indiana, Ken...

Index Hires Midwest Regional Sales Manager

February 4, 2019

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