The Nature of Work
As a guy who once time studied church services, I was trained to believe in efficiency; as in reminding civilians of the backstory of the […]
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Emuge Offers Efficient, Quick-Change Workholding
How it Works to Reduce Costs, Maximize Productivity Controlling production costs is critical for today’s gear manufacturers, especially when factoring in global economic pressures. One […]
Hoffmann Group Taps WFL Millturn to Test and Optimize Tools
Pushed to the Maximum With over 4,000 employees and an extensive range of tools, operating equipment and personal protective equipment, the Hoffmann Group is one […]
Gleason Offers Latest Digital Service Technologies
Robert Peyr, Global Product Manager, Gleason Global Services If it’s not broke don’t fix it. It’s a philosophy still surprisingly common on gear production floors […]
Family Recipes
My last post on helix angles and the constraining theories adopted at some shops reminded me that younger readers might not be aware that there […]
Ask the Expert: 5/20/20 Edition
From time to time I’ll be doing some brief Ask the Expert questions and answers. These questions will be on topics that might be very […]
Visiting Old Friends
Seven weeks into the lockdown, we are all looking for “new content.” Even with a full cable “package” there are times when it seems there […]
Developing Your Superpower
Many people find themselves with lots of “spare” time on their hands these days. This was not a planned vacation or a retreat to recharge […]
Keeping the Gears Turning
NY Governor Cuomo just used a gear analogy in his daily coronavirus briefing and it seemed to baffle many of the reporters present. It was […]
Making the Most of a Bad Situation
These strange times will not last forever. All around the world, people are hunkered down to flatten the curve of hospital admissions. Medical professionals are […]