How did that over pin calculation work out? My congratulations if you managed to work your way through it without tearing your hair out. Guess what...

Why did something as simple as a standard tooth form fail to get traction? While the old joke about the number of opinions at any meeting of engine...

A big part of the consulting business is reminding people of what they already know. Of course, your consulting career will be rather short if you ...

As IIoT solutions become more readily available throughout the manufacturing sector, challenges continue when you start looking specifically at the...

There is no “gear expert” merit badge for you to earn. I have posted before about the limited amount of gear education included in the standard eng...

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

One of the most relevant topics in manufacturing right now is predicting process conditions and equipment failures for continuous improvement on th...

When the average civilian hears the word “gear,” if they think of mechanical things at all, they envision a big spur gear, perhaps in a clock or wi...

Regular readers know that I am a big fan of both the Boy and Girl Scout programs. My children were scouts. My wife and I were scout leaders. One of...