Supply Chain | Gear Technology Magazine

2022 State of the Gear Industry

Reader Survey Results

February 23, 2022

Gear Technology’s annual State-of-the-Gear-Industry survey polls gear manufacturers about the latest trends and opinions relating to the overall health of the gear industry. As in years past, the survey was conducted anonymously, with invitations sent by e-mail to gear industry companies — primarily in North America, but also including some respondents from around the world. Nearly 200 individuals responded to the survey.

Supply Chain Management Users Guide

July 1, 2020

We asked a few industry suppliers to provide some insight into gear manufacturers' supply chain challenges during the pandemic.

IMTS Offers Resources to Rebuild the Supply Chain

June 2, 2020

For the manufacturing industry, “We’re all in this together” means rebuilding fragile supply chains and rethinking part...

Thyssenkrupp Materials Services Introduces Digital Supply Chain Technologies

August 20, 2019

Thyssenkrupp Materials Services is continuing its digitalization offensive with the introduction of a flexible IT infrastructure for smar...

Repair of Large, Surface-Degraded Industrial Gears - a New Approach

January 1, 2017

This paper presents a new approach to repair industrial gears by showing a case study where pressure angle modification is also considered, differently from the past repairing procedures that dealt only with the modification of the profile shift coefficient. A computer program has been developed to automatically determine the repair alternatives under two goals: minimize the stock removal or maximize gear tooth strength.

Plastic Gearing Continues Converting the Unconverted

March 1, 2016

Plastic gears are everywhere today - throughout your car, at the oceans' lowest depths, in deep space. The question, when is a metal gear a candidate for plastic conversion, can be addressed in three words, i.e. what's the application?

Oil Price Quandary

August 25, 2015

Charles D. Schultz

No Comments

Like most curmudgeons, I can do a five minute ramp on how cheap gasoline was when I was a kid and how outrageous the price is now. Living in Chicag...