The American Gear Manufacturers’ Association [AGMA] will celebrate its 100^th Anniversary in 2016. The party will begin with the Fall Tec...

For many years my employers participated in AGMA’s Statistical Analysis Program. Member companies would fill out monthly reports on sales and vario...

Based on television ads, Facebook posts, and the number of school buses on the road it appears school has started for the fall term. It seems a bit...

Back in 1987 I wrote a book about gears aimed at the novice engineer or purchasing agent. An Introduction to Gear Design was originally a work assi...

My last posting concerned finding the right customers for implementing new technology. Many great ideas failed in the marketplace because of bad ti...

If you haven’t already done so, you should make plans to attend Gear Expo in September. It’s a unique and important show, and you should take advantage of it.

October may seem a long time from now, but preparations continue for the AGMA Fall Technical meeting. I’m not presenting a paper this year, but I j...

Noted gear consultant and gear educator Ray Drago is fond of saying that a consultant’s best answers usually start with “it depends.” Those of you ...

One of the first things you hear upon becoming a parent is that “children keep you young.” Once, I foolishly thought this referred to your physical...

My previous posting on engineering vs. science reminded me of a professor who insisted “real engineers” had to be able to reason things back to “fi...