gearproduction
Divisions Achieve Synergy Making Gears, Repairing Gearboxes
In addition to offering gearbox maintenance and repair services, this company is an OEM of new gears, harnessing the synergy between the two somewhat disparate divisions to the benefit of the overall enterprise.
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Induction Hardening System Saves Time, Energy
Eldec, a subsidiary of Emag, has developed the Modular Induction (MIND) hardening system for integrating hardening into component production lines.
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Gear Shaper’s Long Stroke, Movable Saddle Add Fixturing Options
CLC’s 100-SZ CNC gear shaping machine, available from Koepfer America, is designed as a versatile option for job-shop gear shaping applications.
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Chamfering Machine Offers Fast Setup, Processing Speed
Liebherr offers its LCD 300 ChamferCut, a stand-alone chamfering machine using the company’s ChamferCut method designed for repeat accuracy and long tool life.
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Gage Speeds Gear Checking
Marposs offers the G25 probe for contact scanning for pre- and post-process cycles on gear grinders and machining centers.
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Machining Center Completes Ring Gears in Single Clamping
Pittler’s PV315, part of the company’s PV3 series of machining centers, is capable of machining toothed gearbox parts such as ring gears complete in a single clamping.
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Gleason Partners with College to Establish Doctoral Fellowship
As part of the partnership with Kate Gleason College of Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology, the company has donated $300,000 to the fellowship program.
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Real-Time Tool Monitoring
Machine operators have long dreamt of a process monitoring system that detects tool wear, and potentially catastrophic conditions and automatically compensates for changes in tool geometry after resharpening. Now that dream is a reality.
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Inside Gear Expo 2015
Billed as “The Drive Technology Show,” this year’s event featured new machine designs and cutting tools, heat-treat processes, and materials and hardening processes for hybrid transmission applications.
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Automated Cell Handles Gears during Heat-Treatment Process
ABB Robotics has developed a robotic gear-handling cell to transfer gears between alloy trays and baskets in the heat-treatment process that transforms “green” gears into “hard” gears.
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