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...

A friend of mine is the inspection department for a custom machine shop. He is also the process engineer and, occasionally, a machine operator. Rec...

Ever been handed a completely impossible promise by your boss with the expectation that you will find a way to “make it happen?”  If so, you are in...

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...

Like most curmudgeons, I can do a five minute ramp on how cheap gasoline was when I was a kid and how outrageous the price is now. Living in Chicag...

A few more thoughts on Alexander Graham Bell; he was so much more than the “inventor” of the telephone. Like many other creative people, he had a w...

I have been traveling quite a bit lately and that means lots of waiting time in airports. My Kindle is loaded with many books and during my most re...

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...

I’ve been traveling quite a bit lately, and wonder if perhaps we take the convenience of air travel for granted. Who would have expected an hour to...