November/December 2003

Postcard from Gear Expo

Where were you? We were hoping to see you here at Gear Expo. We were surprised that you didn't make it. Anyway, we had a really good show, along with more than a hundred other leading companies in the gear industry who exhibited this year.

Application of Statistical Stability and Capability for Gear Cutting Machine Acceptance Criteria

Machine tool manufacturers supplying machines to the gearing world have been in existence for many years. The machines have changed, and so has the acceptance criteria for the machines.

High Accurate Hobbing with Specially Designed Finishing Hobs

Load-carrying capacity of gears, especially the surface durability, is influenced by their tooth surface roughness in addition to their tooth profiles and tooth traces.

Gear Grinding 2003

The benefits of ground gears are well known. They create less noise, transmit more power and have longer lives than non-ground gears. But grinding has always been thought of as an expensive process, one that was necessary only for aerospace or other high-tech gear manufacturing.

Superfinishing Gears -- The State of the Art

Superfinishing the working surfaces of gears and their root fillet regions results in performance benefits.

Revolutions

"Holding Gears in Place for Quick Operations" and "Machine Broaches Unusual Sized Gears."

Gears at Play

e-Bay shopping, newspaper reading and excessive e-mailing aren’t a problem for most managers in the gear industry, but now there’s a new employee distraction headed their way.

Product News

The complete Product News section from the November/December 2003 issue of Gear Technology.

Industry News

The complete Industry News section from the November/December 2003 issue of Gear Technology.

Technical Calendar

The complete technical calendar from the November/December 2003 issue of Gear Technology.