Forest City Gear, an industry-leading manufacturer of fine and medium pitch custom gears, is proud to celebrate the retirement of Brian Getty in May. Getty served as Forest City Gear’s Maintenance Technician Lead for 10 years.
Differential gear manufacturers began moving away from the tried-and-true Revacycle broaching process to forgings some 30 years ago. At the time, forged differential gears seemed almost tailor-made to meet the needs of automotive, truck, and other vehicle producers: Relatively inexpensive when produced in high volumes; able to deliver the high power densities necessitated by the severe size constraints imposed by a differential cage; durable and robust.
Bega Special Tools introduces a portable multi-purpose induction heater on the North American market. The MF Quick-Heater 3.0-3.5 kW can be used for mounting, dismounting and pre-heating purposes. Weighing less than 8 kg and fitting in a small carrying case, this easy-to-use but powerful tool is just plugged into the mains 230 V. It can be used in difficult circumstances where other systems are impossible to operate, for instance where there is little space to work in or where no open fire is permitted. The heater’s flexible inductors are ideal for a large variety of parts with a maximum diameter of 120 mm. Application examples can be found in all types of industries.