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This column is dedicated to safety in the gear-cutting industry, and while safety is of the utmost importance, it is typically a very boring and time-consuming topic. We've all seen piles of liter...

The entrepreneurial spirit runs deep in the Havlik family--generations deep, in fact, according to John Havlik, Jr. "My great-great grandfather was a blacksmith, and my great-grandfather, Jan...

For decades, cryogenic treatment has been one of metalworking's best-kept secrets. It has become mainstream in recent years, and it is now providing consistent solutions for many areas of industry...

Inductive surface hardening is an attempt to harden only the surface of a structure without affecting the inner portions of the part so that internal tensile stresses are avoided. This is particul...

"To begin with, kill all the lawyers." This paraphrase from Shakespeare is apropos, to some extent, in our industry. All of us have experienced the rising costs of insurance, both health...

In just six months, Gear Expo 2003 will be held in Columbus, Ohio. Columbus is a new venue for the show, and it's ideally suited to host the event. It is geographically and economically desirable,...

When Dan Tweed, Jr., left the Army in 1988 to join his father at the helm of Carnes-Miller Gear, he found a company that was rock-solid at its core, but in dire need of a few technological upgrade...

Faced with ever-increasing horsepower and torque requirements, in conjunction with size constraints, High Performance Gear (HPG) began investigating ways to maximize the capacity of transaxle desi...

First, the basics. Worm gear sets are used to transmit power between non-parallel, non-intersecting shafts, usually having a shaft angle of 90 degrees, and consist of a worm and the mating member,...