Don't Forget the Follow-Up! December 28, 2020 Charles D. Schultz No Comments One of the cardinal rules of design engineering is that you will never overcome physics. It is an applied science so misunderstanding or ignoring m...Read More
Helios Announces Strategic Approach to Large-Gear Deburring December 21, 2020 Chamfer-deburring of large gears — considered here to be those over 1-meter diameter — demand significant labor that comes wi...Read More
Some Help From Your Friends December 16, 2020 Charles D. Schultz No Comments Making great products is a team effort. It annoys me when the host of a certain house remodeling show claims credit for how wonderful her project t...Read More
The Fun Part December 2, 2020 Charles D. Schultz No Comments In the last blog posting, I covered the importance of developing a Product Specification and getting all the “stakeholders” to agree on what a succ...Read More
Wisconsin Gear Expands Capabilities with Helios Gear Hobbing Machine November 30, 2020 “It is the story we love to tell: a traditional job shop takes the leap by investing in new CNC machinery, and they discover easier...Read More
Dillon Offers Pin Location Jaws for Air Chucks November 25, 2020 Dillon Manufacturing, Inc. full grip (pie) blank jaws manufactured for Northfield, Microcentric and others, are CNC milled to provide max...Read More
C-B Gear & Machine Expands Capability with 5-Axis Milling November 19, 2020 C-B Gear & Machine has expanded its precision milling capability with the addition of a new DMG MORI DMU 210P2 5-axis milling center....Read More
Forest City Gear Expands Threaded Wheel Grinding Capabilities November 17, 2020 Forest City Gear now can perform hard fine finishing of larger diameter cylindrical gears faster and more efficiently in higher volumes w...Read More
The Terror of an Empty Sheet November 11, 2020 Charles D. Schultz No Comments Today’s title does not refer to writer’s block. After 660 contributions to the magazine and blog, I still have a few things to cover ahead of my pl...Read More
Facing Down Contact Ratio November 4, 2020 Charles D. Schultz No Comments Before we move on from helix angle restrictions, I want to say a few things about face contact ratio. Soon after the appearance of the first helica...Read More