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GEAR TALK WITH CHUCK | 2018-02-01

Understanding Spur Gears

Spur gears have been around “forever.” That ancient astronomical device recovered from the Mediterranean Sea a few years ago shows the antiquity an...

GEAR TALK WITH CHUCK | 2017-11-07

Discouraging Change

One of the neat things about the Gear Expo is seeing people you once worked with. Sometimes though, they remember your interactions in greater deta...

GEAR TALK WITH CHUCK | 2017-07-20

Authority and Responsibility

We all got a lesson in leadership from that unfortunate collision between a U.S. Navy destroyer and a container ship off the coast of Japan. The Na...

GEAR TALK WITH CHUCK | 2017-07-13

Continuous Improvement

Much of my gear career has involved the oil patch, so it was a treat to tour the Drake Oil Well Museum near Titusville Pennsylvania recently. Colon...

GEAR TALK WITH CHUCK | 2017-07-11

Origin Stories

Once in a while we need to take a break from the “honey do” list and start becoming familiar with our community. A trip to a nearby state park that...

GEAR TALK WITH CHUCK | 2017-07-05

The Internet Never Forgets

Another one of those graduate student requests turned up in my e-mail inbox this week. This one referenced one of my AGMA Fall Technical Meeting pa...

GEAR TALK WITH CHUCK | 2017-06-27

Tribal Memory

What a treat it has been to spend a few days with a group of young process engineers; sharing lessons learned alongside other gear industry veteran...

FEATURE ARTICLES | 2017-04-01 | From Power Transmission Engineering

The Science of Radial Shaft Seals

SKF Product Investigation Center Troubleshoots Critical Rotating Equipment Applications with Analysis, Research and Testing Procedures.

GEAR TALK WITH CHUCK | 2017-03-23

10 Questions About Your Work

Few things are as terrifying as a blank page. As a follow-up to my suggestion about writing a personal history I offer these leading questions:

GEAR TALK WITH CHUCK | 2017-03-14

Shared Knowledge

If you think you know something, try teaching it. Putting aside the average engineer’s aversion to public speaking, the prospect of organizing your...

GEAR TALK WITH CHUCK | 2017-01-03

Reflections on a Blog

This posting is the start of our fourth year of blogging on the gear industry. When the idea was first presented to me I did not have a firm idea o...

GEAR TALK WITH CHUCK | 2016-10-27

The Limits of Genius

There is an old saying that “the fools always win in the end because stupidity has no limits, while genius does.” Occasionally we see this acted ou...

GEAR TALK WITH CHUCK | 2016-10-18

Does New Technology Require New Companies?

Our society seems enamored with new technology and the fortunes that can be made through a startup company. This has always puzzled me; a number of...

GEAR TALK WITH CHUCK | 2016-06-16

Training vs. Education

The high cost of college and the crushing weight of student debt are seldom far from the headlines these days. Community colleges and technical sch...

GEAR TALK WITH CHUCK | 2016-04-19

What the Heck is “Relegation?”

Becoming a parent changes you in many unexpected ways. In the 1990s, one of those ways was to learn about soccer. Now, I was never as ignorant of “...

GEAR TALK WITH CHUCK | 2016-03-17

St. Patrick: Patron Saint of Engineers!

I do not recall this being brought up during my years at Marquette University’s (MU) engineering school, but the night school crowd was p...

PRODUCT NEWS | 2016-02-29 | From Power Transmission Engineering

Santasalo Launches Vertical Mounted Gear Units

Santasalo is pleased to announce the launch of the AMF vertical mounted gear unit series. The AMF is purpose-built for the most dem...

GEAR TALK WITH CHUCK | 2015-12-31

One Last Blog for 2015

This blog completes our second year of blogs for the Gear Technology

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

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.

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