EMAG Gets Smart with Mobile Analytics
Machine data has never been easier to collect, distribute and analyze. Monitoring production lines, evaluating tools and surveying tool conditions in real time are just […]
Month: April 2018
Actions Have Consequences
The initial motivation for changing outside diameters was the avoidance of undercutting. Designers, engineers, and theoreticians quickly discovered that the practice had other advantages — […]
The Long and Short of It
One of the problems with “tribal knowledge” is that the terminology can confuse those who are not fully immersed in that community. I have lost […]
Hunting for a Solution
Most of you are excused for missing the attempted humor in the above headline. So, I will violate the first rule of comedy and explain […]
How Many Teeth Do You Want?
Designing gears is somewhat of a mathematical puzzle. You have lots of interconnected factors to play with in hopes of finding the “best” overall solution […]
Moderation Instead of Modification
Few designers would feel comfortable with a face to pinion pitch diameter ratio of 2.00 anymore. Some still prefer to select face width by face […]
What About Face Width?
The second component in that face contact ratio equation is the face width. There are almost as many “rules of thumb” for determining the “proper” […]
In Search of True Helical Action
I was trained in the cult of the integer face contact ratio. A few adherents to this belief are still above ground, but the introduction […]
How Much Helix Angle?
The most obvious difference between a spur gear and a helical gear is the presence of that “helix” angle. Civilians will call them “straight-cut” and […]