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Gear Technology

September/October 2022

Volume: 39

Edition: 7

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IMTS Exceeds Moderate Expectations

October 12, 2022

The Afterglow of Furnaces North America 2022

Takeaways from the heat-treating industry’s premier event

October 12, 2022

Furnaces North America 2022 (FNA 2022), presented by the Metal Treating Institute (MTI), in partnership with its media partner, Heat Treat Today, is the heat-treating industry’s go-to event every other year. FNA 2022 attracted attendees from across North America, including Fortune 500 companies. For three days attendees took part in networking, connections, and learning about the vast changes taking place in emerging technologies, industry trends, and advances in equipment.

State of the Powder Metal Industry

MPIF Takes a Look at Market Disruptions and Future Forecasts

October 12, 2022

Powder producers continue to respond to the needs of the industry by developing new and improved materials and additives for conventional press and sinter, MIM, and metal AM. Over the past two years, dry lubricants have been in limited supply and high demand, forcing companies to seek alternatives. The demand to improve “value‐added” machining has resulted in new high green strength materials that are suitable for green machining.

Precision Equals Performance at ZPE GripTec

Automotive racing components need rapid manufacturing capabilities to win the race

October 12, 2022

In the world of automotive racing, every component is critical, and even the most minute detail can contribute to the difference between winning and losing. No parts supplier is more aware of this than the team at ZPE Inc. of Temecula, Calif., manufacturers of the GripTec pulleys that drive the serpentine belts powering superchargers and compressors in competition cars.

Taking into Account the Production Methodology and Estimating the Influence of Manufacturing Quality on NVH Performance when Sizing Gears

October 12, 2022

Ulrich Kissling

Sustainable Gears—Design of Gear Body Modified Powder Metal (PM) Gears

October 12, 2022

Philipp Scholzen, Jens Brimmers, and Prof. D... Christian Brecher

Ladies First

Kate Gleason’s life was one full of firsts

October 12, 2022

With our zeitgeist of presentism—the judging of the past through the lens of current standards—it’s refreshing if not essential to know the past was not entirely without figures who not only exceeded the standards of their time but even those of today. At a time when women’s suffrage was in its nascency, Catherine “Kate” Anselm Gleason (1865–1933) helped stage what would become the Gleason Corporation in the global cutting tools industry as a sales engineer for her family’s gear-cutting machinery business.

KISSsoft Offers Manufacturing Deviations and Flank Waviness Estimations

September 9, 2022

With the help of KISSsoft, the user can now estimate the influence of manufacturing deviation on the resulting transmission error and excitation force.

GWJ Technology Optimizes SystemManager

September 20, 2022

GWJ Technology GmbH introduces a new version of SystemManager as an extension of eAssistant as a web solution and TBK as a classic desktop application.

Seco Tools Provides Quick-Change Milling Head System

October 12, 2022

To provide manufacturers versatility and high value, Seco has launched its new X-Head quick-change replaceable milling head system. With the system, users can quickly and easily change between various solid carbide milling geometries and types to optimize milling operations while reducing manufacturing costs and tooling inventories.

Nagel and Gehring Partner for Honing, Superfinishing and Electromobility Innovations

October 12, 2022

Nagel and Gehring recently shared innovative technologies during AMB 2022 including new standards in efficient honing, maximum flexibility in the superfinishing of flat, concave, and spherical surfaces, and efficient internal and external honing of workpieces.

Marposs Announces the Digital Platform, MAINDO

October 12, 2022

Marposs has announced MAINDO, its new digital platform that integrates Marposs monitoring, measuring, testing or other manufacturer device/solutions throughout the entire production process, combining quality and process into a holistic production monitoring view.

WFL Millturn Develops Robot Automation Systems with FRAI Robotic Technologies

October 12, 2022

Automation tasks are becoming ever more challenging. Using intelligent software in combination with the relevant automation solutions not only enables workpieces to be loaded and unloaded but also means that machine tools can be set up fully automatically through automatic replacement of tools and clamping devices. FRAI strives to be an innovative automation partner and is therefore developing highly flexible robot systems to respond to this trend. Concepts such as the mobileCELL are a complete first and enable a wide range of expansion stages, making them as future-proof and competitive as possible.

Liebherr Expands Portfolio for Gear Shaping of Double Helical Gears

October 12, 2022

A newly developed measuring probe now allows Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH the possibility of precise corrective measurement in the gear shaping machine. The measuring probe sits directly on the tool spindle and is therefore in the same coordinate system as the pinion type cutter itself. This reduces inaccuracies which might arise due to a tool change or turning a workpiece and leads to considerably higher quality and process reliability.

Liebherr Offers Machine Training Center in Kempten

October 12, 2022

The Machine Training Center (MTC) of Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH in Kempten offers bright training rooms equipped with the latest technology the world of gear making has to offer including an LC 280 gear cutting machine with ChamferCut device, an LGG 280 gear grinding machine and a WGT measuring machine.

Rego-Fix Celebrates 50th Anniversary of the Original ER Collet

August 2, 2022

This year marks the 50th anniversary of a revolutionary invention that changed the way today’s manufacturers hold metalworking cutting tools. What has been an industry standard for decades now, the Rego-Fix ER collet is the most widely used clamping system in the world and still produced at the company’s Tenniken, Switzerland, plant.

Seco Tools Opens New Production Unit in Mexico

October 12, 2022

Seco Tools Production Unit (PU) in Mexico opened on September 29th. The new plant houses special tool manufacturing. This strategic move will allow Seco Tools to consolidate its presence in the Mexican market which extends and strengthens the configuration of its manufacturing chains worldwide.

Ayla Busch was Honored with the German Leadership Award 2022

September 2, 2022

Expertise, vision, information management, success, ethical conduct, human competence, and diversity: Ayla Busch had convinced the jury in all these categories and therefore received the German Leadership Award 2022.

Atlanta Gear Works Signs Agreement with McClain Industrial Technologies, Inc.

MiTek brings over 30 years of contacts in steel and aluminum

September 7, 2022

Atlanta Gear Works has announced a new working agreement with Jim McClain, general manager of McClain Industrial Technologies, Inc., DBA MiTek, a manufacturers’ rep that will help the gearbox repair and manufacturing firm spread its 34-year reputation in pulp and paper to the steel and aluminum industries.

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Forest City Gear Promotes Kent Blatchford to Gear Hobbing Specialist

September 19, 2022

Forest City Gear, an industry-leading manufacturer of fine and medium pitch custom gears, is proud to announce the promotion of Kent Blatchford to Gear Hobbing Supervisor.

Forest City Gear Promotes Sovina to Quality Assurance Manager

September 19, 2022

Forest City Gear recently announced the promotion of Amy Sovina to quality assurance manager. Sovina has worked at Forest City Gear since 1994, starting as a CNC machine operator, then moving on to gear hobbing technician, gear inspector, and most recently customer quality engineer.

AGMA Technical Committee Update

Seeking Metallurgy and Heat-Treating Experts

October 12, 2022

The AGMA Aerospace Gearing committee is seeking new committee members to revise AGMA 926-C99, Recommended Practice for Carburized Aerospace Gearing. Specifically, metallurgy and heat-treating experts are needed. This information sheet recommends material case properties, microstructure, processing procedures, and other critical parameters for carburized aerospace gears. Due to the unique requirements of aerospace gearing, such as typically smaller lot sizes, demands for higher precision, and stringent quality requirements, this information sheet aims to provide deeper, aerospace-specific information than other already published metallurgical specifications such as AGMA 923, Metallurgical Specifications for Steel Gearing or AMS2759/7, Carburizing and Heat Treatment of Carburizing Grade Steel Parts.

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