We were delighted to see the plastic gear set pictured on the cover of your March/April issue. UFE played the lead role in its design and manufacture.

Forty years ago, the plastics industry was practically in its embryonic phase...

Creating standards for plastic gears calls for a deft touch. The challenge is to set uniform guidelines, yet avoid limiting the creative solutions plastic offers gear designers.

Publisher Michael Goldstein wants to know what you think about the 2007 redesign of Gear Technology magazine

The palette of thermoplastic materials for gears has grown rapidly, as have the applications themselves. Designers need to be aware of key properties and attributes in selecting the right material.

Molded plastic gears have very little in common with machined gears other than the fact that both use the involute for conjugate action.

Plasgear from Asahi America is a thermoplastic gear operator from Asahi America. According to the company’s press release, the P...

Ten years ago, most mainstream gear manufacturers didn't even consider plastics as an option, especially in higher power applications.

Curved face width (CFW) spur gears are not popular in the gear industry. But these non-metallic gears have advantages over standard spur gears: higher contact ratio, higher tooth stiffness, and lower contact and bending stresses.

There is an increasing significance of screw helical and worm gears that combine use of steel and plastics. This is shown by diverse and continuously rising use in the automotive and household appliance industries. The increasing requirements for such gears can be explained by the advantageous qualities of such a material combination in comparison with that of the traditional steel/bronze pairing.