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Sandvik Coromant Offers Productivity Improvement Program

July 1, 2022

Sandvik Coromant offers its CoroPlus Productivity Improvement Program to provide in-depth analysis of the production cell.

TCI Precision Metals Offers Machine-Ready Blanks at IMTS 2022

June 29, 2022

TCI Precision Metals will be showing its precision Machine-Ready Blanks capabilities to customers at IMTS 2022, McCormick Place, Chicago, IL, September 12-17, 2022, West Building, Booth #432123.

Karl M. Weiler Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

April 14, 2022

Weiler Abrasives is pleased to announce that Karl M. Weiler, former president, has received the John J. Buckley Lifetime Achievement Award from the Industrial Supply Association (ISA).

Appreciating the Gory Details

August 29, 2019

Charles D. Schultz

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

Gone but Not Forgotten

February 28, 2019

Charles D. Schultz

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Continuing our discussion of veteran machine tools, it occurs to me that many of our younger readers may not be aware that the United States was on...

Reworking Questions

September 25, 2018

Charles D. Schultz

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The most important consideration in deciding whether to rework or scrap and re-make a nonconforming part is functionality. Can the part be made to ...

Gear Materials: You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know

June 20, 2018

Charles D. Schultz

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Before we leave our study of materials, I want to share a few thoughts on heat treating, lab tests, and hardness testing. When you start working wi...

Read the Label Carefully

May 29, 2018

Charles D. Schultz

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So, what exactly do we mean when we say “use good material” for your gears? Once again, the answer is “it depends.” Even the “best” steel may be wr...

The Right Stuff

May 24, 2018

Charles D. Schultz

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Even the most brilliant gear design will fail if the wrong material is used to make the parts. Our understanding of metallurgy and alloying element...

Language Barrier

January 10, 2017

Charles D. Schultz

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I have great admiration for people who can speak multiple languages, a skill that had eluded me despite two fairly serious efforts to learn a secon...