Civil or transport engineering failures are very public. They tend to get investigated far more thoroughly than typical mechanical engineering prob...

When sending gears to be heat treated, manufacturers can end up unwittingly making mistakes that slow down turnaround time. We talked to some heat treaters to get their best advice on how you can help them help you.

There are many benefits to attending Gear Expo, but if you're not taking advantage of the educational opportunities, you're missing out.

I have been following developments on gear making in general-purpose CNC machines with great interest. The advent of affordable gear grinding seems...

I used to tease our maintenance staff that there were only two reasons a machine went down: it went down because we worked on it or because we did ...

How do we educate the next generation of gear industry employees, and how do we train the ones we already have?

A wise man once pointed out that everyone drives a used car. We hear many reports on self-driving cars, electric cars, hybrid cars, and other plane...

I have great admiration for people who can speak multiple languages, a skill that had eluded me despite two fairly serious efforts to learn a secon...

I was going to reflect on how November 22, 1963 changed so many things, but decided it wasn’t an anniversary ending in a five or a zero and I would...

From reports I have gotten, 2016 is proving to be a challenging year for the gear industry. Traditional markets such as mineral extraction and gas/...