Out of Your Depth? March 1, 2018 Charles D. Schultz No Comments How did that over pin calculation work out? My congratulations if you managed to work your way through it without tearing your hair out. Guess what...Read More
Avoiding the Potholes January 18, 2018 Charles D. Schultz No Comments No one becomes a gear expert overnight. You might be abruptly assigned the title by your employer, but it takes some time before you can really ful...Read More
AGMA Officially IACET Accredited January 10, 2018 The American Gear Manufacturers Association (AGMA) has been officially accredited by the International Association for Continuing Educati...Read More
The Importance of Scut Work December 19, 2017 Charles D. Schultz No Comments At the risk of permanently cementing my curmudgeon status, today’s blog is a defense of scut work as a necessary tool for training young engineers....Read More
I Know It Is in Here Somewhere December 5, 2017 Charles D. Schultz No Comments A question came to me recently in an e-mail that I could not answer from memory. It seemed like something I had read in a book once so the long-del...Read More
Still Pumped About Herringbones November 30, 2017 Charles D. Schultz No Comments I rambled on about herringbone gear in my last posting but still have more to share on these once commonplace gears. Today we’ll cover the use of c...Read More
Friction Coefficient of Differently Treated Steel Surfaces November 1, 2017 A reader asks about ion-nitride finished shafts and the proper friction coefficient to be used for calculations.Read More
Gear Expo Swag Report October 31, 2017 Charles D. Schultz No Comments Soon you will be reading lots of stories about the 2017 AGMA Fall Technical Meeting and Gear Expo in our magazine and online reports. BUT, the info...Read More
Automation, Regulations and Job Creation October 22, 2017 Charles D. Schultz No Comments Robots, self driving cars, and artificial intelligence are popular topics in business publications. Depending upon the writer’s perspective, they a...Read More
Who Do You Think You Are? September 21, 2017 Charles D. Schultz No Comments My last posting recommended preparing an “elevator pitch” ahead of attending the AGMA Fall Technical Meeting and Gear Expo. I have gone through thi...Read More