To ensure profitability and avoid losses, accurately quoting jobs is the first line of defense.

In the same issue of Industrial Engineering that Percy C. Day published his treatise on herringbone gears, Sterling H. Bunnell offered

Continuing our discussion of gear training…   What one book would you advise a newbie to purchase, read, and keep handy in the years ahe...

This paper presents a new approach to repair industrial gears by showing a case study where pressure angle modification is also considered, differently from the past repairing procedures that dealt only with the modification of the profile shift coefficient. A computer program has been developed to automatically determine the repair alternatives under two goals: minimize the stock removal or maximize gear tooth strength.

It's the New Year, and with it comes the opportunity to take a fresh look at your business objectives. Because business development is such a vital part of running a company, I'd like to present some guidelines I have found beneficial for securing new work and new customers.

    Every once in a while you need a reminder of why you enjoy your work. This week I got to witness final testing of a...

My last blog discussed the age-old question of specialization vs. adaptability. You do not need a long memory to understand just how powerful speci...

Our industry makes parts for all different types of energy and transportation. AGMA, our national trade association, was formed, in part, because t...

With the election distraction finally behind us, we can hopefully get back to the very challenging job of building a better world for ourselves, ou...

  In a recent episode of my favorite zombie apocalypse show, SyFy’s Z Nation, a character celebrates the restarting of a hydroelec...