In a short chat in the Gear Technology booth at the International Machine Tool Show the topic came up of what sort of articles o...

Gear Technology has a long history of publishing and archiving important technical papers from the American Gear Manufacturers’ Associatio...

Having read about an automobile race in France, Kohlsaat decided he'd host America's first auto race in Chicago. The year was 1895 and automobiles were still a great curiosity. Kohlsaat, owner/publisher of the Chicago Times Herald, planned to exploit the growing interest in motoring by sponsoring a 54-mile race from downtown Chicago to nearby suburb Evanston, Illinois, and back. The match was open to all comers, foreign or domestic, whether powered by gas, electricity, or steam. The top prize: $2,000 (that's 50,000 2016 dollars).

Gear Technology and its sister publication, Power Transmission Engineering, have FaceBook pages...

    Very rarely does a gearbox designer have the opportunity to see his or her products at work many years later. Recently I was as...

The high cost of college and the crushing weight of student debt are seldom far from the headlines these days. Community colleges and technical sch...

A current project has reminded me just how difficult it is to pull cost estimates together. You would think that with business being slow due to th...

The summer travel season is rapidly approaching, and here’s hoping your adventures include stops at a few museums. My wife and children tended to l...

My last posting on soccer mentioned the industrial sports leagues in Milwaukee. A city of ethnic neighborhoods much like other rust belt towns was ...

One of the perks of being a “public” gear person is the opportunity to interact with interesting people in and around our industry. Gear Techno...