The complete Product News section from the July 2019 issue of Gear Technology.

The complete Product News section from the June 2019 issue of Gear Technology.

Meeting Today’s Requirements for High-Quality Gears

The complete Industry News section from the July 2018 issue of Gear Technology.

The complete industry news section from the June 2018 issue of Gear Technology.

With increasingly smaller returns from improving the speed of the actual gear grinding process, improving your setup time has become a primary way to keep improving efficiency. Here's the latest on how you can do that today.

Gear Industry Steps Up to Automation Challenges in Auto Industry. Automotive parts are always moving. They are zipping across conveyors, smashing into each other in bins and traveling across the production chain before ending up inside an automobile. For gears, this can be a somewhat precarious situation as they tend to run best when they're free from nicks, abrasions, cracks or other damages.

As coating technology improves to handle harsher conditions, cutting tool manufacturers are faced with new challenges during the resharpening process.

Call it new wine in old bottles, or old wine in new bottles, but gear skiving has certainly aged well over time. Gear skiving's evolution, perhaps gaining momentum most dramatically since around 2004, has ultimately led to rather dramatic technological advancement and cost saving in the manufacture of certain gears.

The latest technology on display in Columbus, OH. October 24-26.