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Starting a Life in Gears
“The gypsies know my future, the angels know my past, I roll around this big wide world to find a love that lasts.” — Excerpt, River Song, by Tom Rush
Operator Error
The backlash discussion posted previously was inspired by the comments posted on a hobby website I frequent. The commentator was of the opinion that a transmission with lots of “slop”
Unreasonable Backlash
Not to worry — no politics here. The “backlash” I want to talk about is the “lost motion” in gear systems. It sometimes seems to rile people up almost as
Lowering That Overhead, Part II
How many of you have any idea what your company spends on perishable tooling? Working for small companies with tight wad owners perhaps made me more aware of this than
Faster is Not Always Better
That old “Overhead” article reminded me of what a shock it was when we first moved into cellular manufacturing. After years of investigating ways to reduce cycle times to a
Engineering Economy in 1912
In the same issue of Industrial Engineering that Percy C. Day published his treatise on herringbone gears, Sterling H. Bunnell offered “Expense Burden: Its Incidence and Distribution.” Those of you
Gear Technology in 1912
Continuing with that January 1912 issue of Industrial Engineering magazine … Imagine the courage it took to present a seven-page article on your gear system — complete with rating methods
