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Designing gears is somewhat of a mathematical puzzle. You have lots of interconnected factors to play with in hopes of finding the “best” overall s...

Worm gearing has long been a big part of the mechanical world. If you work in the gear trade, “civilians” will rightly expect you to know things ab...

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...

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...