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Retrofitting

INDUSTRY NEWS | 2025-02-26

Reshoring In Action with C&B Machinery

C&B Machinery supported the reshoring of a 30” double-disc grinding machine for a major U.S. automotive manufacturer’s transmission plant. Originally installed in an overseas facility, this machine is now being brought back to the U.S., where it will be retooled, reautomated, and upgraded to enhance performance and efficiency for a Michigan-based production program.

VIDEO | 2024-11-07

Gleason Modernization Programs / P300 Recontrol

Complete Machine Remanufacture on a Gleason P300 - Complete remanufacture addresses all machine functions. The machine is returned to Gleason, where it is completely disassembled and rebuilt. A machine remanufacture is similar to buying a new machine but without the need to purchase new peripherals or to rethink existing process chains.

PRODUCT NEWS | 2024-02-15

NUM and Lanzi Collaborate on Retrofitting a Gear Hobbing Machine

There are many key performance gains when retrofitting a gear-cutting machine originating from the 1960s and 1970s. First, it can be noted that the new retrofitted CNC machine performs the same machining operations as the conventional mechanical machine, but - quite clearly - with an exponentially higher output. This is thanks to a reduction in set-up and production time and with a significantly higher quality of the finished gear. 

INDUSTRY NEWS | 2023-01-19

Renowned Indian Gear Manufacturer Chooses NUM for CNC Grinding Machine Upgrade Project

Bharat Gears Ltd., one of India’s largest gear manufacturers, has successfully retrofitted a Reishauer RZ361A gear grinding machine with an advanced NUM Flexium+68 CNC system.

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 | 2021-09-27

FANUC Offers Retrofitting Program to Fight Against Cyberattacks

FANUC America introduces an upgrade solution for legacy CNC machines running on operating systems older than Windows 10. The Panel i Repl...
PRODUCT NEWS | 2020-11-01

Rebuilding a Legacy

Bourn & Koch provides retrofit Fellows 10-4 machine for gear shaping.
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FEATURE ARTICLES | 2020-01-01

Bevel Gear Generators Get Better with Age

An economical modernization program gives Designatronics' tried-and-true Gleason No. 102 Coniflex generators a new lease on life for fast, reliable production of smaller precision straight bevel gears.
FEATURE ARTICLES | 2017-06-01

Anatomy of a Rebuild

Nuttall Gear taps Machine Tool Builders for shop floor upgrades.
PRODUCT NEWS | 2016-09-01

Product News

News on the latest products in the industry.
PUBLISHER'S PAGE | 2016-06-01

Apologies

I'd like to apologize to the dedicated people working on revisions to the AGMA 925 standard and the Technical Report ISO 15144-1, both of which deal with the issue of micropitting. In the March/April issue of Gear Technology, we published an opinion piece in our Voices column that harshly criticized the methods for predicting micropitting outlined in ISO 15144-1.
EVENTS | 2015-03-01

Calendar

The complete technical calendar from the March/April 2015 issue of Gear Technology.
FEATURE ARTICLES | 2013-05-01

If You Rebuild It, They Will Buy It

It’s been said that the best ideas are often someone else's. But with rebuilt, retrofitted, re-controlled or remanufactured machine tools, buyer beware and hold onto your wallet. Sourcing re-work vendors and their services can require just as much homework, if not necessarily dollars, as with just-off-the-showroom-floor machines.