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FEATURE ARTICLES | 2015-12-01 | From Power Transmission Engineering

Global Industrial Outlook: Oil Slick Cascading Through Sector

Third-quarter earnings are confirming the worst-case scenario, i.e. — not only are energy related end markets in a downturn, but conditions continue to worsen.
POWER PLAY | 2015-09-01 | From Power Transmission Engineering

The Museum of Unworkable Devices

Albert Einstein, it is said, defined insanity as “doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result.”
MARKET UPDATE | 2015-09-01 | From Power Transmission Engineering

Global Industrial Outlook: Game Changer

The number one question today is: are the current low oil prices a near-term or structural development?
GEAR TALK WITH CHUCK | 2015-08-20

Specialization is for Insects

A few more thoughts on Alexander Graham Bell; he was so much more than the “inventor” of the telephone. Like many other creative people, he had a w...
GEAR TALK WITH CHUCK | 2015-08-13

Sprucing Up Content

Back in 1987 I wrote a book about gears aimed at the novice engineer or purchasing agent. An Introduction to Gear Design was originally a work assi...
GEAR TALK WITH CHUCK | 2015-06-25

Fact Checks Needed

FEATURE ARTICLES | 2015-06-01 | From Power Transmission Engineering

Dont Tap the Glass

Behind a thick sheet of unblemished glass that stretches from wall-to-wall, ceilingto- floor at Delta Gear, just south of a shop lined with ultramodern grinding machines whirring away, is Scott Sakuta’s aquarium.
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FEATURE ARTICLES | 2015-06-01

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.
FEATURE ARTICLES | 2015-06-01

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.
ASK THE EXPERT | 2015-05-01

Gear Mesh Assembly

When assembling a pair of gears, what is a good method for setting and checking their mesh?
GEAR TALK WITH CHUCK | 2015-04-16

Economic Priorities

If you occasionally buy a lottery ticket, you probably enjoy speculating on what you would do with the money. The only assured value of a ticket is...
GEAR TALK WITH CHUCK | 2015-04-14

The Importance of Follow-Up

Job creation has been a popular platform for politicians for as long as I can remember. What seems to be lacking is any sort of “after action repor...
GEAR TALK WITH CHUCK | 2015-04-09

How Much is Too Much?

My inner curmudgeon got loose in the last blog and I want to assure you that I, too, love big horsepower. My concern is that it be applied safely. ...
GEAR TALK WITH CHUCK | 2015-03-31

Fighting the Future

My computer repair people advised tossing one of my computers in the trash recently. This loyal travel companion had become so “buggy” from public ...
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GEAR TALK WITH CHUCK | 2015-03-17

Time to Update Our Clichés?

[starbox]Evolving language and out-of-touch “seniors” not understanding it have been popular topics with stand-up comedians for many years. Growing...
GEAR TALK WITH CHUCK | 2015-02-24

Why is this Stuff Still so Complicated?

[starbox] Much of my engineering practice is working with companies that design machines only once in a while. I enjoy working with the people on ...
FEATURE ARTICLES | 2015-02-01 | From Power Transmission Engineering

The 5 Golden Rules of Gear Buying

Let’s be clear about something up front here: Delta Gear does not make parts for lawnmowers. This is a fairly flippant point that falls under the timeless, clichéd designation of “goes without saying.” Yet, not all that long ago,Tony Werschky had to say it.
GEAR TALK WITH CHUCK | 2014-11-25

Unknown Heroes of Engineering

FEATURE ARTICLES | 2014-11-01

2015: MORE OF THE SAME

From a technological perspective, there typically aren't many EUREKA! breakthroughs in the "state of the gear industry" to report, and 2014 was really no different.
GEAR TALK WITH CHUCK | 2014-08-14

The Problem of Certainty

[starbox] In writing about unforeseen consequences there is a risk of inspiring such conservatism in design that the resulting product is no lon...
PRODUCT NEWS | 2014-08-07 | From Power Transmission Engineering

Altra Couplings Solves Vibration Issues for Large Pumps

A large raw water pumping station in Malaysia was suffering from severe vibration problems with the drivetrains on a number of large pump...
GEAR TALK WITH CHUCK | 2014-07-08

Better to be Lucky than Smart

[starbox] The special 30th Anniversary Issue of Gear Technology magazine represents a lot of extra work on the part of...
GEAR TALK WITH CHUCK | 2014-05-29

What Defines Success?

[starbox] The last of my uncles died this week. In my parents’ generation he was considered a successful man, despite not having a college degre...
GEAR TALK WITH CHUCK | 2014-03-10

Hunting for an Argument

[starbox] One of the first things I learned about gears was the importance of having a “hunting tooth” combination. This was not open to discuss...
PRODUCT NEWS | 2014-01-30 | From Power Transmission Engineering

Baldor Gear Reducer Can Improve Uptime

No plant can afford to have processing lines shut down when inspectors find corrosion or other damage that can result from the cleaning...
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