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Deburring

PRODUCT NEWS | 2023-09-15

GMTA Offers Profilator 300-V with Linear Drives to North American Market

German Machine Tools of America (GMTA) is now selling Profilator 300-V with linear drives in the North American market.
This modular machine platform used to cut gears, is equipped with one or two workpiece spindles in a compact design. It offers maximum flexibility due to modular design and is individually configurable for various machining processes (i.e. Scudding, hobbing, cycloidal milling, pointing, chamfering and deburring). State-of-the-art linear drives in the x and y axis, as well as a torque drive in the a axis offers high machine dynamics for short cycle times and maximum accuracy/low costs. High machine rigidity is available for Hard Scudding of inner and outer diameters. 

PRODUCT NEWS | 2023-04-05

Suhner to Unveil New Robotic Electric Force Compliance System at AUTOMATE

Recognizing the role robotics plays in adding efficiency and lowering production costs for manufacturers of all types and sizes, Suhner continues to expand its robotics offering. The fully electric EFC-02 delivers precise, constant force throughout robotic grinding, sanding and deburring processes—resulting in superior, consistent surface quality. 

INDUSTRY NEWS | 2022-08-30

Stäubli Robotics to Show New Manufacturing Technologies at IMTS 2022 in Chicago

At IMTS 2022, Stäubli Robotics will exhibit advanced robots used to help manufacturers meet new challenges and changing market demands across a range of industries worldwide. The company will present live demos recreating real-world applications in industrial manufacturing, with an emphasis on robotic machine tending.

PRODUCT NEWS | 2022-08-02

MTB Adds High-Speed Chamfer Deburring Machine for Precision Gear Production

Machine Tool Builders Inc. (MTB) has added a high-speed, high-precision Chamfering and Deburring Machine to its family of new gear production machines. 

INDUSTRY NEWS | 2022-07-21

Helios Gear Products Debuts Gear Hobbing Technology at IMTS 2022

Helios Gear Products will debut two state-of-the-art gear manufacturing solutions at the International Manufacturing Technology Show in Chicago, September 12–17, 2022.

PRODUCT NEWS | 2022-05-26

Metal Cutting Robots

Kadia has been designing deburring robot cells based on 6-axis industrial robots for many years. In the meantime, a new trend is now emerging, solutions with an even higher value-added component, i.e., with general machining processes such as milling, drilling or thread cutting. The robot is thus no longer just part of a deburring machine.

PRODUCT NEWS | 2022-05-05

Helios Gear Introduces Deburring Machine

The Helios TM 250-CNC machine from Tecnomacchine brings together two fundamental strategies that empower manufacturers to deburr gears more productively.

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INDUSTRY NEWS | 2022-04-14

Karl M. Weiler Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

Weiler Abrasives is pleased to announce that Karl M. Weiler, former president, has received the John J. Buckley Lifetime Achievement Award from the Industrial Supply Association (ISA). 

INDUSTRY NEWS | 2021-04-27

Helios Gear Announces New CNC Gear Deburring Machines

Helios CNC gear chamfer-deburring machines increase profitability for job shops and high-mix manufacturing. “Gear manufacturer...
INDUSTRY NEWS | 2020-12-21

Helios Announces Strategic Approach to Large-Gear Deburring

Chamfer-deburring of large gears — considered here to be those over 1-meter diameter — demand significant labor that comes wi...
GEAR TALK WITH CHUCK | 2020-12-02

The Fun Part

In the last blog posting, I covered the importance of developing a Product Specification and getting all the “stakeholders” to agree on what a succ...
INDUSTRY NEWS | 2020-10-08

Kadia Installs Deburring Automation Cells to Increase ZSO Production

Besides honing, mechanical deburring is the second business area of Kadia. The company's portfolio includes a wide variety of deburri...
FEATURE ARTICLES | 2020-09-01

Best Practices to Improve Results in Gear Deburring

All cutting and machining operations produce some type of burr or leave sharp edges on metal components. These unwanted byproducts are especially troublesome when producing precision components such as gears. The burrs can loosen from the gear - either during assembly or later when the gear is in operation - and damage components or lead to critical part failure.
GEAR TALK WITH CHUCK | 2020-08-01

IMTS Future Tech

The Digital Manufacturing Revolution Evolves in 2020 IMTS will offer two comprehensive digital programs, IMTS Network and IMTS Sp...

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INDUSTRY NEWS | 2020-06-29

Helios Introduces TM 1000-CNC Gear Deburring and Chamfering Machine

Helios Gear Products has announced the latest technology improvement to its Tecnomacchine (“TM”) series of gear deburring and...
INDUSTRY NEWS | 2019-07-18

Helios Gear Products Upgrades Gear Deburring Machine

Helios Gear Products, formerly Koepfer America, recently announced the newly upgraded 2019 Tecnomacchine (“TM”) model TM 200-...
GEAR TALK WITH CHUCK | 2019-05-24

Finding the Limits

Jim Richard’s account of his journey from youthful experimenter to designer of cutting edge gear processing equipment illustrates the amazing thing...
GEAR TALK WITH CHUCK | 2019-05-21

My Origin Story: James Richards

James Richards’ entry int...
GEAR TALK WITH CHUCK | 2019-03-07

Coaching Trees

March Madness is upon us once again, that wonderful tim...
GEAR TALK WITH CHUCK | 2019-01-22

Retail Management Career to Gear Manufacturing: Who Would Have Guessed?

In 2012, Rj Link International hired Matt Rossiter as a gear machinist and entered him into the Rock River Valley Tooling & Machining Associati...
FEATURE ARTICLES | 2018-09-01

Chamfering-Deburring Still a Player - Now More than Ever

Chamfering and deburring have been described as "unloved," a "necessary evil" and, in fact - "dead." After all, manual deburring is still common in many shops.
FEATURE ARTICLES | 2018-09-01

The Evolution of Gear Chamfering

The latest technological solutions help keep chamfering and deburring operations in-line -- often without increasing cycle times.
FEATURE ARTICLES | 2018-09-01

Deburring - The Underestimated Task

Deburring or chamfering of gear teeth is gaining attention in practical settings. And with a view to make the production sequence as efficient as possible, it is becoming increasingly important to be able to implement the deburring tasks directly on the cutting machine after spiral cutting.
INDUSTRY NEWS | 2018-04-30

EMAG Gets Smart with Mobile Analytics

Machine data has never been easier to collect, distribute and analyze. Monitoring production lines, evaluating tools and surveying tool conditions ...
INDUSTRY NEWS | 2017-11-10

Koepfer America TM200 R3 Gear Deburring Machine Offers Automatic Loading

As automation continues to transform the manufacturing industry, gear deburring often remains an operation performed by hand. This burden...
INDUSTRY NEWS | 2017-07-06

Heule Tool COFA-C Series Carbide Coated Blades Designed for Deburring Elliptical and Contoured Surfaces

Heule Tool Corporation introduces new COFA-C Series tooling for deburring elliptical or contoured surfaces in larger diameters. Replacea...
GEAR TALK WITH CHUCK | 2017-02-16

Lowering That Overhead, Part II

How many of you have any idea what your company spends on perishable tooling? Working for small companies with tight wad owners perhaps made me mor...
GEAR TALK WITH CHUCK | 2017-01-19

Gears That Time Forgot

My consulting practice covers a very wide range of products — from 4-inch circular pitch mill stands to 180-NDP handheld medical devices — I see th...
GEAR TALK WITH CHUCK | 2016-11-22

Thanksgiving

I was going to reflect on how November 22, 1963 changed so many things, but decided it wasn’t an anniversary ending in a five or a zero and I would...
GEAR TALK WITH CHUCK | 2016-11-10

Change Begins at Home

From reports I have gotten, 2016 is proving to be a challenging year for the gear industry. Traditional markets such as mineral extraction and gas/...
INDUSTRY NEWS | 2016-11-07

TecnoMacchine Deburring and Chamfering Machines Now Offered by Koepfer America

Koepfer America has expanded its line of gear manufacturing solutions by partnering with TecnoMacchine. TecnoMacchine manufactures CNC de...
GEAR TALK WITH CHUCK | 2016-08-11

Reboots

  A commercial touting the reboot of MacGyver just appeared on my office TV screen and I recall with fondness its tales of improvi...
FEATURE ARTICLES | 2016-08-01

Chamfering and Deburring - the Underrated Process

Chamfering and deburring of cylindrical gears does not get much love from manufacturers. The process is seen as a necessary evil since it is adding cost without adding value. However, there are good reasons for not underrating this important auxiliary process. Chamfering and deburring takes care of several issues which may come up during the manufacture of quality gears.
INDUSTRY NEWS | 2016-07-20

Covering All Angles

Klingelnberg Hosts 6th WZL Gear Conference in the USA 2016  Matthew Jaster, Senior Editor ...
GEAR TALK WITH CHUCK | 2016-03-29

Avoiding Mission Creep

It may be difficult for younger readers to imagine, but we once got our instructions verbally from our supervisors. Yes, in a time before e-mail an...
FEATURE ARTICLES | 2016-03-01

Plastic Gearing Continues Converting the Unconverted

Plastic gears are everywhere today - throughout your car, at the oceans' lowest depths, in deep space. The question, when is a metal gear a candidate for plastic conversion, can be addressed in three words, i.e. what's the application?
GEAR TALK WITH CHUCK | 2016-01-28

Room for Improvement

Previous blogs here have celebrated the great advances made in gear industry design capabilities and machine tools. As the “paper of record” for th...
GEAR TALK WITH CHUCK | 2015-09-03

When Good Employees Screw Up

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...
TECHNICAL ARTICLES | 2015-07-01

I Like Big Gears and I Cannot Lie!

Many years ago, when asked how the five-meter gear was checked, the quality manager responded, “When they’re that big, they’re never bad!” That may have been the attitude and practice in the past, but it no longer serves the manufacturer nor the customer. Requirements have been evolving steadily, requiring gears to perform better and last longer.
INDUSTRY NEWS | 2015-04-27

Abtex Introduces Machine for Deburring Powdered-Metal Parts

Abtex Corporation recently announced a new machine for deburring powdered-metal parts when they’re still in the “green”...
GEAR TALK WITH CHUCK | 2014-05-01

So How Much is This Going to Cost?

[starbox] Estimating is a necessary evil in every shop. Nobody wants to do it, but if it doesn’t get done there is no business. Fortunately, we ...
INDUSTRY NEWS | 2014-03-14

Abtex Offers Tri-Ten Deburring System

Abtex Corporation has designed and built the largest and most technologically advanced Tri-Ten deburring system in its 34 year history...
FEATURE ARTICLES | 2014-01-01

Super-Sized Quality Control

It's not easy being big. Maybe that's not exactly how the phrase goes, but it's applicable, particularly when discussing the quality requirements of large gears. The size alone promises unique engineering challenges. BONUS Online Exclusive: Big or Small - Inspection is Key to Success.
VOICES | 2013-09-01

Letters to the Editor

Readers respond to our "Job Shop Lean" column and the "My Gear is Bigger than Your Gear" article.
INDUSTRY NEWS | 2013-05-21

Abtex Releases Deburring Brochure

Abtex Corporation has published a new, four-page, full-color brochure on its line of end deburring systems. The new brochure contains spe...
PRODUCT NEWS | 2013-01-01

Product News

The complete Product News section from the January/February 2013 issue of Gear Technology.
INDUSTRY NEWS | 2012-03-19

Abtex Introduces Machine Compatible Deburring System

Abtex Corporation has expanded its Tri-Ten series of deburring systems to include a model that is designed to accept precision ground par...
PRODUCT NEWS | 2011-11-01

Liebherr's LDF350 Offers Complete Machining in New Dimension

The objective, according to Dr.- Ing. Hansjörg Geiser, head of development and design for gear machines at Liebherr, was to develop and design a combined turning and hobbing machine in which turning, drilling and hobbing work could be carried out in the same clamping arrangement as the hobbing of the gearings and the subsequent chamfering and deburring processes.
PRODUCT NEWS | 2011-01-01

Gear Chamfering Robot

Banyan Technologies introduces a robotic chamfering device suitable for deburring, chamfering and radiusing the edges of slew bearing ring gears.
PRODUCT NEWS | 2010-01-01

Product News

The complete Product News section from the January/February 2010 issue.
PRODUCT NEWS | 2009-11-01

Robotic Gear Deburring System Automates Chamfering

Compass Automation unveiled its Robotic Deburring System at Gear Expo 2009.
PUBLISHER'S PAGE | 2007-01-01

What Do You Think

Publisher Michael Goldstein wants to know what you think about the 2007 redesign of Gear Technology magazine
INDUSTRY NEWS | 2006-04-27

SPV Spintec?s Automatic Deburring Machine Designed Especially for Gear Wheels

The new 68 2006 automatic deburring machine from SPV Spintec is designed for deburring of gear wheels, flanges and other circular symmetr...
INDUSTRY NEWS | 2006-04-20

The Broachman Joins American Broach & Machine

Ken Nemec, a.k.a. "The Broachman", was hired by American Broach & Machine as marketing manager. According to the company's press r...
INDUSTRY NEWS | 2006-04-19

New Abrasive Nylon Disc Brushes from Weiler Specialize in In-Machine Deburring

The Burr-Rx line of abrasive nylon disc brushes from Weiler Corp. are specially designed for in-machine deburring applications. The br...
INDUSTRY NEWS | 2006-04-11

Weiler’s New Brochure Details In-Machine CNC Deburring on Flat Surfaces

Weiler Corp.’s newest brochure details its in-machine CNC deburring of flat surfaces and highlights the company’s Nylox disc br...
PUBLISHER'S PAGE | 2006-03-01

The Premise and the Promise

Gear Technology was founded 22 years ago on a very simple principle: to provide the best possible educational articles and information for the gear industry.
INDUSTRY NEWS | 2005-04-05

Bourn & Koch, Star SU Consolidate Sales

Star SU and Bourn & Koch announced a mutual agreement for consolidation of the sales activities of each company’s machine tool produ...
INDUSTRY NEWS | 2005-02-09

New Gear Deburring Brushes from Weiler

The Bore-RX line of internal gear deburring brushes from Weiler can increase productivity of in-machine deburring in CNC machining center...
INDUSTRY NEWS | 2005-01-04

Matlab Increases Heat Treating Capaciy for Gears

Metlab has completed the upgrade of one of its large pit carburizing furnaces, which doubles its capabilities for carburizng, nitriding, ...
INDUSTRY NEWS | 2005-01-03

Harmonic Drive Introduces New Gearheads

Harmonic Drive Technologies introduced its RGH Series of compact gearheads that offer the accuracy and repeatability typically associated...
TECHNICAL ARTICLES | 2001-01-01

Robotic Automated Deburring of Aerospace Gears

This report presents some interim results from an ongoing project being performed by INFAC, the Instrumented Factory for Gears. The purposes of this initial phase of the project were to demonstrate the feasibility of robotic automated deburring of aerospace gears, and to develop a research agenda for future work in that area.
TECHNICAL ARTICLES | 1998-01-01

Influence of Gear Design on Gearbox Radiated Noise

A major source of helicopter cabin noise (which has been measured at over 100 decibels sound pressure level) is the gearbox. Reduction of this noise is a NASA and U.S. Army goal. A requirement for the Army/NASA Advanced Rotorcraft Transmission project was a 10 dB noise reduction compared to current designs.
PUBLISHER'S PAGE | 1997-11-01

Good - Bye, Dad

I sat down to write this editorial about my father, Harold Goldstein, as he approached his 80th birthday in October. I had meant it to be a celebration of his nearly 65 years in the machine tool business. Unfortunately, on August 26, as I was working on it, my father passed away after a long battle with emphysema. This editorial has now become a memorial as well as a celebration.
TECHNICAL ARTICLES | 1996-11-01

Chamfering and Deburring External Parallel Axis Gears

The chamfering and deburring operations on gear teeth have become more important as the automation of gear manufacturing lines in the automotive industry have steadily increased. Quieter gears require more accurate chamfers. This operation also translates into significant coast savings by avoiding costly rework operations. This article discusses the different types of chamfers on gear teeth and outlines manufacturing methods and guidelines to determine chamfer sizes and angles for the product and process engineer.
PUBLISHER'S PAGE | 1996-05-01

Other People's Footsteps

Earlier this year, a relative of mine, Sidney Mandell, tragically passed away. I had the good fortune to serve with Sidney on the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of the Machinery Dealers National Association (MDNA). Though he started before me, his MDNA career and mine overlapped for about 2 years. As I think back on the many things I learned form him, one of his favorite phrases keeps come to mind: "We walk in the footsteps of those who have gone before us."
FEATURE ARTICLES | 1995-07-01

George Wyss & Dennis Richmond of Reishauer Corporation

For this interview, we spoke with George Wyss, president, and Dennis Richmond, vice president of Reishauer Corporation about gear grinding and its place in gear manufacturing today.
TECHNICAL ARTICLES | 1995-07-01

A Basic Guide to Deburring and Chamfering Gears

In today's industrial marketplace, deburring and chamfering are no longer just a matter of cosmetics. The faster speeds at which transmissions run today demand that gear teeth mesh as smoothly and accurately as possible to prevent premature failure. The demand for quieter gears also requires tighter tolerances. New heat treating practices and other secondary gear operations have placed their own set of demands on manufacturers. Companies that can deburr or chamfer to these newer, more stringent specifications - and still keep costs in line - find themselves with a leg up on their competition.
TECHNICAL ARTICLES | 1989-03-01

Deburring & Finishing Gears with Power Brushes

Why Brushes? In this age of hi-tech, robots, automatic machines, machining cells, etc., is there a niche somewhere for power brushes? Let me answer by asking another question. What tool does the gear manufacturer have in his arsenal that allows him to deburr green gears, hardened gears, hobbed gears, ground gears and shaved gears? What tool allows him to deburr powder metal gears - green and sintered - brass gears, bronze gears, stainless gears made of exotic materials such as inconel, waspaloy, or hastaloy, and fiber and plastic gears? How about spur gears, helical gears, sprockets, both internal and external splines, clutch teeth and pump gears?
VOICES | 1985-11-01

Industry Forum

One of the current research activities here at California State University at Fullerton is systematization of existing knowledge of design of planetary gear trains.
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