Once you accept that “stuff” happens in even the best of machine shops, you can begin to assess where the problems are likely to occur and start th...

Chicago Preps for the Next Manufacturing Technology Extravaganza Matthew Jaster, Senior Editor

Material Grade in Gears

The reason not all gears can be made from the same material grade has to do with hardenability. We have long unde...

You might be thinking this conversation would logically move to other tooth modifications. Gear Technology has and will c...

The second component in that face contact ratio equation is the face width. There are almost as many “rules of thumb” for determining the “proper” ...

One of the most relevant topics in manufacturing right now is predicting process conditions and equipment failures for continuous improvement on th...

Liebherr Gear Technology Inc. recently hosted the 7^th WZL Gear Conference in the USA 2017 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. This two-day program o...

Once in a while we need to take a break from the “honey do” list and start becoming familiar with our community. A trip to a nearby state park that...

Introduction The concepts of sustainability and energy efficiency are gaining importance in power transmission engineering. Mor...

Not to worry — no politics here. The “backlash” I want to talk about is the “lost motion” in gear systems. It sometimes seems to rile people up alm...