The complete Industry News section from the May 2020 issue of Gear Technology.

Nowadays, the progress in polymer materials and injection molding processing has enabled a drastic expansion of plastic gear applications. They are used not only for lightly loaded motion transmissions, but also in moderately loaded power drives in automotive, agriculture, medical, robotics, and many other industries.

Everybody's working with carbide tools these days, but carbide materials are expensive. However, these cutting tool companies think they might have some solutions to extend tool life and reduce costs.

In my last posting I mentioned the need for humility and skepticism. Before anyone think this is heading off into political commentary, let me expl...