Engineering Safety (Part One) December 12, 2017 Charles D. Schultz No Comments Watching the movie Deepwater Horizon got me thinking about current attitudes on workplace safety. (Full disclosure — I am a bit of a cr...Read More
Slater Tools Indexable Punch Broach Tooling Offers Simple Setup to Machine Numerous Shapes on Presses and CNC Machines November 30, 2017 Slater Tools announces its range of indexable punch broaches and holders to machine shapes in workpieces where rotary broaching may not b...Read More
Mitutoyo Quick Image CNC 2D Vision Measuring System Introduces New Models with Moving Stage November 29, 2017 Mitutoyo America Corporation announced the release of the Quick Image CNC (QI-C), the latest addition in the Quick Image Series of 2D vis...Read More
Jenoptik Industrial Metrology Hommel-Etamic Wavemove Measuring Station Features Eight-Axis CNC Measurement Technology November 7, 2017 The Jenoptik Industrial Metrology division offers a fully automated measuring station which can be operated directly by staff on the prod...Read More
Discouraging Change November 7, 2017 Charles D. Schultz No Comments One of the neat things about the Gear Expo is seeing people you once worked with. Sometimes though, they remember your interactions in greater deta...Read More
Industry News November 1, 2017 Gear Technology hosts dinner for technical contributors to the gear industry during this year's AGMA Fall Technical Meeting and Gear Expo in Columbus, OH. Plus other news from around the industry.Read More
Friction Coefficient of Differently Treated Steel Surfaces November 1, 2017 A reader asks about ion-nitride finished shafts and the proper friction coefficient to be used for calculations.Read More
Storage Problems October 27, 2017 Charles D. Schultz No Comments One of my favorite science fiction books is A Canticle for Leibowitz, by Walter M. Miller, Jr., originally published in 1960. This post-ap...Read More
Thinking Big October 12, 2017 Charles D. Schultz No Comments My local newspaper’s lead story today concerned the explosive demolition of a highway bridge in nearby Tionesta, PA. As luck would have it, our mos...Read More