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March/April 2013

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Turn Off the Noise

March 1, 2013
Michael Goldstein
Trying to figure out what’s going on in this crazy economy of ours seems a bit like reading tea leaves—one part pseudoscience and three parts wild conjecture. Of course some pundits are telling us that this bull market has legs, while others insist that we’re due for a major correction. Some pump us up with positive news, while others remind us about scary stuff like the budget deficit, the European financial crisis and unemployment.
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Lean Shipping - Job Shop Lean

March 1, 2013
The shipping department is the closest to the customer, and its main objective is to maximize shipped orders every month. Our lean guru shows how to eliminate waste in the shipping department.
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The OSU Gear and Power Transmission Research Laboratory: Where Innovation Thrives

March 1, 2013
When, in 1980, OSU professor Donald R. Houser created the Gear and Power Transmission Research Laboratory - then known as the Gear Dynamics and Gear and Power Transmission Laboratory (GearLab) - he did so with the seed money provided by just three companies. Thirty-three years out, the lab has continued to grow, impress and—most importantly - succeed; it now boasts a roster of some 50 sponsoring companies and government agencies.
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Technical Articles

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How to Conduct a Heat Treat Audit

March 1, 2013
Audits of the heat treating department are a vital part of any good quality program - either as part of a self-assessment or ISO program for a captive shop or - of equal importance - as part of an evaluation of the capabilities of a commercial heat treat supplier. In either case, the audit process needs to be formal in nature and follow specific guidelines.
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Optimization of a Process Chain for Gear Shaft Manufacturing

March 1, 2013
The research presented here is part of an ongoing (six years to date) project of the Cluster of Excellence (CoE). CoE is a faculty-wide group of researchers from RWTH Aachen University in Aachen (North Rhine-Westphalia). This presentation is a result of the group’s examination of "integrative production technology for high-wage countries," in which a shaft for a dual-clutch gearbox is developed.
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Voices

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DFM Crucial for Gear Industry Success

March 1, 2013
"Design for manufacturability" (DFM) is a well-established practice, essential to realizing the successful transformation of concepts into mass-produced gears and motion control devices. And yet, all too often issues that could have been avoided are identified very late in the process that impact production costs and schedules. This suggests that key DFM principles are often underutilized in practice and are not applied consistently - or to the degree necessary - to avoid these negative results.
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Product News

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Product News

March 1, 2013
The complete Product News section from the March/April 2013 issue of Gear Technology.
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Events

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Calendar

March 1, 2013
The complete technical calendar from the March/April 2013 issue of Gear Technology.
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Industry News

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Industry News

March 1, 2013
The complete Industry News section from the March/April 2013 issue of Gear Technology.
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How Gear Hobbing Works

March 1, 2013
Hobbing is one of the most fundamental processes in gear manufacturing. Its productivity and versatility make hobbing the gear manufacturing method of choice for a majority of spur and helical gears.
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GT Extras

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GT Extras

March 1, 2013
A sampling of newsletter articles and videos related to gear manufacturing from March/April 2013.
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Workholding Options

March 1, 2013
Question: We manufacture some gears that require an axial face as a datum, as well as locating on the bore for centering. Other gears use only the bore for both axial and radial locating. What type of workholding is appropriate for each type of part? Is there workholding that will work for both types?
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