Big equipment often requires special processing equipment. Those 300-ton locomotives used unique heat treatment on the gears which required the des...

Recalling Solidarity protests while watching the Hong Kong Airport occupation reminds me that change is messy. As much as we Americans would like t...

Roman Cisek’s journey from Poland to the United States is an example of how the gear trade has become one big international community. A few weeks ...

Jim Richard’s account of his journey from youthful experimenter to designer of cutting edge gear processing equipment illustrates the amazing thing...

As gear manufacturing techniques become more precise and demanding, there is a growing demand for cleaner, higher quality steel.

Chicago Preps for the Next Manufacturing Technology Extravaganza Matthew Jaster, Senior Editor

Right up there with the dreaded “blank sheet of paper” is the inevitable question of “Can we use this instead?” It came as a real shock to me the f...

Buried deep within the never ending debate on job growth is a fundamental misunderstanding on the difference between education and training. I am a...

[starbox] I was one of those kids that loved reading the dictionary to learn new words, and that interest has continued into my golden years. Th...