Room for Improvement January 28, 2016 Charles D. Schultz No Comments Previous blogs here have celebrated the great advances made in gear industry design capabilities and machine tools. As the “paper of record” for th...Read More
Nostalgia Time January 21, 2016 Charles D. Schultz No Comments I am less of an airplane fan than most engineers, but the news reports of Air France scheduling special “last flights” for its retiring Boeing 747 ...Read More
Seco PCD05 and PCD20 Milling Insert Grades Designed for Use with Turbo 10 Cutters January 18, 2016 Seco has introduced two new PCD-tipped milling insert grades – PCD05 and PCD20 – for use with Turbo 10 cutters. Suited to aer...Read More
Better Tools, Better Gears? January 14, 2016 Charles D. Schultz No Comments Previous blogs have discussed how fortunate we are to live in an age with the very best in gear making technology. Modern gear grinding m...Read More
German Machine Tools of America Incorporate Hard Scudding Process January 12, 2016 The scudding industry took another step forward recently with a new process known as Hard Scudding. The conventional Scudding process wor...Read More
Walter Milling Grades Utilize Tiger-Tec Silver Technology January 8, 2016 Walter has introduced the WKK25S, WSM45X and WNN15, a trio of new milling grades that deliver an array of benefits to the user, thanks to...Read More
Emuge-Franken Solid Carbide End Mills Launched in North America December 11, 2015 Emuge Corp. recently announced the introduction of an extensive line of high-performance solid carbide end mills for applications ranging...Read More
Doing Nothing is Not Without Risk December 10, 2015 Charles D. Schultz No Comments One last thought before we leave the subject of evaluating incoming quotes — doing nothing is risky. The gear business may seem like a stable, well...Read More
The Importance of Prompt No Quotes November 19, 2015 Charles D. Schultz Before going on an extended blog series on my “points system” for evaluating business opportunities, I want to talk about the importance of issuing...Read More