June 2015
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Feature Articles
Bevel Grinding Rolling Right Along
When Dr. Hermann J. Stadtfeld speaks,
people tend to listen.
Considered one of the world’s foremost
experts on bevel gears, Stadtfeld,
the vice president of bevel gear technology at Gleason, recently revealed several cutting-edge advancements that the company has been working on.
Gear Grinding is Getting Easier, Better, Faster, Stronger
Liebherr is well-known as one of the world’s largest privately owned companies — a titan in heavy industry specializing in cranes, trucks and mammoth earth moving and mining
equipment.
Precision Gearing Lightens the Load for Off-Highway Equipment
Faith — paraphrasing the gospels
of Matthew and Mark — can move mountains.
But it helps if you have precision geared
equipment.
Off-Highway or Off-Press, Andantex Focuses on Precision
Andantex USA is a part of the
worldwide Redex group, a longtime
provider of high-precision
motion control components and
systems
Technical Articles
The Basics of Gear Theory
Beginning with our June Issue, Gear Technology is pleased to present a series of full-length chapters excerpted from Dr. Hermann J. Stadtfeld’s latest scholarly — yet practical — contribution to the gear industry — Gleason Bevel Gear
Technology. Released in March, 2014 the book boasts 365 figures
intended to add graphic support of a better understanding and easier recollection of the covered material.
An Approach to Pairing Bevel Gears from Conventional Cutting Machine with Gears Produced on 5-Axis Milling Machine
Developed here is a new method to automatically find the optimal topological modification from the predetermined measurement grid points for bevel gears. Employing this method
enables the duplication of any flank form of a bevel gear given by the measurement points and the creation of a 3-D model for CAM machining in a very short time. This method not only
allows the user to model existing flank forms into 3-D models, but also can be applied for various other purposes, such as compensating for hardening distortions and manufacturing deviations which are very important issues but not yet solved in the practical milling process.
Test Facility Simulation Results for Aerospace Loss-of-Lubrication of Spur Gears
Prior to receiving airworthiness certification, extensive testing is required during the development of rotary
wing aircraft drive systems. Many of these tests are conducted to demonstrate the drive system’s ability to operate at extreme conditions, i.e. — beyond that called for in the normal to maximum power operating range.
Optimal Modifications on Helical Gears for Good Load Distribution and Minimal Wear
Helical gear teeth are affected by cratering wear — particularly in the regions of low oil film thicknesses,
high flank pressures and high sliding speeds. The greatest wear occurs on the pinion — in the area of
negative specific sliding. Here the tooth tip radius of the driven gear makes contact with the flank of the
driving gear with maximum sliding speed and pressure.
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Gear mesh, NVH Evaluation (Ask the Expert)
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are different methods for setting various types of gears and complexity of
gear assemblies, but all gears have a few things in common.
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