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Hybrid Metrology with Klingelnberg

June 1, 2021

Dr. Christof Gorgels and Markus Finkeldey

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An overview of tactile and optical metrology

Advantages of Chamfering

May 14, 2021

Gottfried Klein

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State-of-the-Art Chamfer Cutting Technologies for Cylindrical Gears

It All Depends ...

October 21, 2020

Charles D. Schultz

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Regular followers of this blog know whenever I say “it all depends,” that I am compelled to credit industry legend Ray Drago for stealing his catch...

Behind the Curtain

November 12, 2019

Charles D. Schultz

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Regular readers know of my concerns about the over reliance on commercial gear design software. Some of what you are about to hear may sound famili...

Defining the Spline Pressure Angle

August 1, 2019

A reader requests help designing the mating gear for an internal spline.

From Co-op to Vice President: Octave A. LaBath

January 30, 2019

Charles D. Schultz

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I was attending the University of Cincinnati in the college of engineering. After my freshman year in 1960, I started my co-op job with the Cincinn...

Beautiful on the Inside

November 15, 2018

Dwight Smith

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Higher Quality Internal Gears

What’s Your Angle?

May 10, 2018

Charles D. Schultz

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Hulet self-unloader image courtesy of ASME. Interesting things happen when you start using “non-standard” gear geometry. As early as th...

Actions Have Consequences

April 26, 2018

Charles D. Schultz

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The initial motivation for changing outside diameters was the avoidance of undercutting. Designers, engineers, and theoreticians quickly discovered...