What About Face Width? April 10, 2018 Charles D. Schultz No Comments The second component in that face contact ratio equation is the face width. There are almost as many “rules of thumb” for determining the “proper” ...Read More
Houghton International HOCUT 8750 Oil Metal Removal Fluid Improves Operational Efficiency During Manufacture of Automotive Parts April 6, 2018 Houghton International has developed a new versatile soluble oil metal removal fluid for the manufacture of automotive parts including en...Read More
Back to Basics: Helical Gears March 29, 2018 Charles D. Schultz No Comments Most of the gearboxes I have been involved with use single helical gears. Its excellent power capacity per mesh makes it the default system for man...Read More
Filling in the Gaps March 27, 2018 Charles D. Schultz No Comments A few weeks ago, I admitted to not knowing much about the Klingelnberg system of bevels. Terry Edwards, chief designer at Pacific Star Marine in Br...Read More
Worm Basics - Part 2 March 22, 2018 Charles D. Schultz No Comments Continuing our discussion of the “least you need to know” about worm gearing: 5. Efficiency is highly variable for worms. If it is critical to y...Read More
What About Worms? March 15, 2018 Charles D. Schultz No Comments It is difficult to know where to start when writing about worm gears, because this market segment has defied “standardization” within the United St...Read More
Bevel Buzzwords March 13, 2018 Charles D. Schultz No Comments Does technical lingo confuse you? If so, welcome to the bevel gear sector and its special kind of hell. The same “system” that benefited from stand...Read More
Nothing Remains Constant March 6, 2018 Charles D. Schultz No Comments We cannot leave our lesson about tooth depths without covering bevel gears. There is a tendency to think of bevels and worms as being best left to ...Read More
Industry News March 1, 2018 Germany adopts ISO 1328 standard for the measurement of gears, plus other news and announcements from around the industry.Read More
Reliability, Lifetime and Safety Factors March 1, 2018 A discussion of ISO and AGMA standards for gears, shafts and bearings, and the art of designing a gearbox that meets your requirements.Read More