The complete Product News section from the July/August 2004 issue of Gear Technology.

Surface coatings or finishing processes are the future technologies for improving the load carrying capacity of case hardened gears. With the help of basic tests, the influence of different coatings and finishing processes on efficiency and resistance to wear, scuffing, micropitting, and macropitting is examined.

Gaetan Perron was hired as the sales representative for established Philadelphia Gear customers in Canada and for prospects in eastern On...

AGMA has started to replace its 2000-A88 standard for gear accuracy with a new series of documents based largely on ISO standards. The first of the replacement AGMA standards have been published with the remainder coming in about a year. After serving as a default accuracy specification for U.S. commerce in gear products for several decades, the material in AGMA 2000-A88 is now considered outdated and in need of comprehensive revision.

Superfinishing the working surfaces of gears and their root fillet regions results in performance benefits.

Complete Product News for July/August 2003.