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The End of an Era - Joe Franklin's Valedictory

May 1, 2016

AGMA President Joe Franklin is stepping down after some 24 years on the job. He graciously took the time to answer some questions from Gear Technology Senior Editor Jack McGuinn regarding his tenure.

The Gear Industry Needs You

May 1, 2016

Dean Burrows

your life and in your professional career is an inflection point for you to take stock of where you came from and where you are going.

Happy Birthday!

May 1, 2016

The 25th anniversary is the silver. The 50th is the gold. The 75th is the diamond. But what symbolizes the 100th?

AGMA Names Croson President

April 1, 2016

AGMA has named Matthew E. Croson as its next president. Croson has more than two decades of leadership and communications experience in m...

The Beginning of Wisdom

March 22, 2016

Charles D. Schultz

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Aphorisms, pithy statements of fact, are a favorite of mine. They appeal because when you need to remember things you cannot always count on ...

Plastic Gearing Continues Converting the Unconverted

March 1, 2016

Plastic gears are everywhere today - throughout your car, at the oceans' lowest depths, in deep space. The question, when is a metal gear a candidate for plastic conversion, can be addressed in three words, i.e. what's the application?

Critique of the ISO 15144-1 Method to Predict the Risk of Micropitting

March 1, 2016

Robert Errichello

There exists an ongoing, urgent need for a rating method to assess micropitting risk, as AGMA considers it a "a very significant failure mode for rolling element bearings and gear teeth - especially in gearbox applications such as wind turbines."

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February 17, 2016

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The World before Wikipedia and Google

February 11, 2016

Charles D. Schultz

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I have a lot of books. Like old friends, they sit on shelves and in boxes waiting for me to need them. It has been pointed out to me that books are...

A Wide World of Gears

January 19, 2016

Charles D. Schultz

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Blogging from an American perspective can sometimes make me forget that the gear industry is active around the world. I get occasional reminders in...