Our Publications

Please select a publication below.

Gear Technology

January/February 2018

gt0118


Read the complete issue (.pdf)

Publisher's Page

Back to Top

We'd Grow Faster If We Could

January 1, 2018
Michael Goldstein
It's probably no surprise to anyone that the majority of the gear industry had a pretty good year in 2017, and that most gear manufacturers are expecting a pretty good 2018 as well. After all, most major economic indicators - including the ones that focus on the manufacturing sector - have been positive for some time.
Read More

Feature Articles

Back to Top

Holding Fast, Bouncing Back

January 1, 2018
Business is finally starting to get back to usual in the big gear world, which offers us a chance to look back at the greatest lesson on how to survive an economic downturn. Includes the sidebar: "Brass Tacks with Klingelnberg."
Read More

Pardon the Disruption

January 1, 2018
Matthew Jaster
Emerging technologies such as robotics/automation, new materials, additive manufacturing and IIoT can and will change the course of gear manufacturing for the foreseeable future.
Read More

Skiving is Thriving on a Global Scale

January 1, 2018
Jack McGuinn
Call it new wine in old bottles, or old wine in new bottles, but gear skiving has certainly aged well over time. Gear skiving's evolution, perhaps gaining momentum most dramatically since around 2004, has ultimately led to rather dramatic technological advancement and cost saving in the manufacture of certain gears.
Read More

Solutions for Your Process Engineer Shortage

January 1, 2018
Joe Arvin
As you might imagine, I talk to many gear industry people through the course of my day-to-day activities. And there is one question that I hear over and over again. "Joe, we need an experienced gear process engineer. Do you know anyone who's available?"
Read More

Technical Articles

Back to Top

Addendum

Back to Top

Teaching Technicalities

January 1, 2018
Lego Technics actually just turned 40 last year. Technic kits have always differentiated themselves from their blocky contemporaries with a focus on additional parts such as gears, motors and axles to facilitate motion, and while the window dressing has changed over the years from the bulldozers and helicopters of yesteryear to the newest, coolest sports cars today, that core premise hasn't.
Read More

Voices

Back to Top

There's a Story Here

January 1, 2018
Lewis A. Weiss
As the founder, president and co-host of Manufacturing Talk Radio, as well as publisher of Metals & Manufacturing Outlook eZine, I am excited to report that the economic outlook for 2018 is just too good not to tout. Whatever "final GDP number" the government divines for 2017, the year will finish above 3% for the first time in a decade.
Read More

Product News

Back to Top

Product News

January 1, 2018
The complete Product News section from the January/February issue of Gear Technology.
Read More

Events

Back to Top

Calendar

January 1, 2018
The complete technical calendar from the January/February 2018 issue of Gear Technology.
Read More

Industry News

Back to Top

Industry News

January 1, 2018
Fraunhofer CMI focuses on new U.S. gear and transmission technologies group, plus other news from around the industry.
Read More
FEATURED VIDEO
January 10, 2024
RECOMMENDED
Powered byAGMA
Copyright © 2025 Gear Technology