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MHI MACHINE TOOLMACHINES PROFILE For the past 80 years, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Machine Tool has supplied gear-hobbing machines, gear-shaping machines, gear-shaving machines, gear chamfer/deburr equipment, gear-skiving machines, gear grinders, and more to a wide variety of industries.

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It’s November, and for us at Gear Solutions, it can only mean one thing: our annual Buyer’s Guide is here.

Each November, Gear Solutions magazine publishes comprehensive company listings as a resource to the gear manufacturing industry. Make sure you keep this special issue close throughout 2021 as your go-to guide for companies offering machines, tooling, and services.

We work hard to maintain this constantly changing list each year, adding contacts we’ve made through industry events, advertising, and editorial submissions. These con-nections are important to us — whether it’s through advertising or articles that highlight the latest technology, processes, applications, and products.

A unique company profile kicks off each section. Take some time to acquaint yourself with the knowledge and experience each company brings to the table when it comes to machines, tooling, and services.

Following our three main features and the section directories, you’ll find summaries of profiles from past issues with a reference to where you’ll find their contact informa-tion in our Buyer’s Guide listings. If what you read whets your appetite, you can find the companies’ complete profiles at gearsolutions.com/category/company-profile.

Also, take note that we’ve given special attention to the companies that have a com-munity storefront on our website. If you’d like to know more about those companies, head to the gearsolutions.com community page.

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For the past 80 years, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Machine Tool has supplied gear-hobbing machines, gear-shaping machines, gear-shaving machines, gear chamfer/deburr equipment, gear-skiving machines, gear grinders, and more to a wide variety of industries.By KENNETH CARTER, Gear Solutions editor

With its massive customer base, it’s not unusual for one to contact Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Machine Tool with an immediate machine need, a need that the company is able to meet

time after time.“An existing customer will call and say, ‘Hey, have

you still got that GD-30 in stock?’ Yeah. ‘Ship it to me next week.’ That kind of occurrence is very frequent,” said Tom Kelly, senior vice president at MHI Machine Tool. “We could have seen the guy three weeks ago, and he wasn’t in the market for anything. Things change so quickly. We have to be able to adapt and be able to respond quickly.”

That kind of adaptability is essential with the diverse lineup of products MHI Machine Tool offers globally, according to Kelly.

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MAKING MACHINES THAT MAKE OTHER MACHINES

A grinding and polishing wheel. (Courtesy: MHI

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EXTENSIVE PRODUCT LINEMHI Machine Tool builds gear-hobbing machines, gear-shaping machines, gear-shaving machines, gear cham-fer/deburr equipment, gear-skiving machines, and gear grinders (both form and generating). The company also builds a full complement of cutting tools for these machines. All of these products are built at MHI’s factory in Ritto, Shiga prefecture Japan. Additionally, Federal Broach Holdings, LLC, a MHI Group Company, builds a wide variety of broaching machines and cutting tools often used in high-production gear work. Federal also sells and services MHI gear cutting tools.

“We’ve got hundreds of customers,” Kelly said. “We’re the king of the job shops. One of the main reasons why we get so much of that job shop business is because these small first-tier, second-tier-type suppliers, they get a job, and all of a sudden, they need a machine, and they need a machine tomorrow. I know some of our competitors may have a stock machine or two in their inventory, but we normally stock 15 to 20, so we’re able to make quick deliveries and occasionally in turnkey packages. A lot of times being able to project who we’re going to sell to just comes out of the blue.”

‘MOTHER MACHINES’MHI Machine tool has a long history as the machine tool supplier to other divisions of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and as such, offers a wide variety of products, according to Kelly, which is the reason the company considers itself

the maker of “mother machines.”“Most of the other divisions need to have fabrications

such as machines or gearboxes built,” he said. “Basically, we make the machines that make other machines. It’s like a mother giving birth to others. It’s translated from Japanese to English, but the company has used that ter-minology for years.”

As a producer of both machine tools and cutting tools, MHI Machine Tool is continuously challenged with each product line to build products with increased productiv-ity and accuracy, according to Kelly.

“For example, we have a small customer base who builds small module strain wave gears and other pre-cision reduction gears for robots,” he said. “Given the increased demand in this market, we have recently developed the ‘FR Series’ of gear-hobbing and shaping machines.”

TURNKEY DEVELOPMENTKelly emphasized that turnkey development of new prod-ucts is a cornerstone of MHI Machine Tool’s philosophy of focusing on the future while being attentive to its customers’ needs and industry trends.

“If somebody has an idea, and they want to develop a new technology, the first thing that upper management is going to ask is, ‘How many of these machines are you going to sell? When are we going to get a return on our investment?’” he said. “That’s always on the business end of things. We do have customers that we are very, very

MHI Machine Tool builds gear-hobbing machines, gear-shaping machines, gear-shaving machines, gear chamfer/deburr equipment, gear-skiving machines, and gear grinders (both form and generating). (Courtesy: MHI Machine Tool)

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close to. For instance, what put us on the map in a seri-ous way was developing automotive production-type gear grinders 15-20 years ago.”

A large Japanese manufacture that was very limited in getting gear grinders quickly from one of its suppliers came to MHI wanting to develop a new production gear grinder, according to Kelly.

“At that point in time, it made sense,” he said. “We’ve built hundreds of machines since then, and they’re get-ting pretty well-respected out there in the industry now, where, 20 years ago, we didn’t really have much that you’d be able to pay too much attention to.”

EVOLVING TECHNOLOGYMHI Machine Tool’s product lines have evolved over the years, according to Kelly.

“In the past, we, just like everybody else, had a hon-ing machine,” he said. “We decided we weren’t moving enough honing machines, and so we let the other guys fill that market. Long ago, we quit making turning machines. We quit making commodity-type machin-ing centers, verticals and horizontals. We’ve stuck with the larger platform products, large boring mills, gantry mills, and portal mills. We do have tiny mills — very, very high speed, micro machine-type platforms for machin-ing carbide, and electrodes, and probes and other similar products. We’ve targeted niche high-value markets.”

During Kelly’s time at MHI, MHI was the first com-pany to introduce a CNC gear shaper in the mid-1990s that used CNC controls to generate helical gears rather than the traditional fixed lead guide.

With automotive production ramping up worldwide then, gear-hobbing machine manufacturers were build-ing high-speed machines capable of dry cutting using carbide hob cutters, tools that were extremely expensive

and easily damaged.“In 1996-97, MHI broke all of the traditional rules and

introduced a high-speed steel hob cutter with our pro-prietary ‘SuperDry’ coating capable of cutting without coolant and with productivity similar to that of carbide,” he said.

MHI Machine Tool first started with the production of

lathes in 1939. Since then, the company’s products have been

used to produce other divisions’ (and outside customers’) products.

(Courtesy: MHI Machine Tool)

MHI Machine tool has a long history as the machine tool supplier to other divisions of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and as such, offers a wide variety of products. (Courtesy: MHI Machine Tool)

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MEETING CUSTOMERS’ CHALLENGESMHI Machine Tool’s engineering teams often meet with customers to review and discuss manufacturing chal-lenges, according to Kelly. With a broad base of knowl-edge and experience working with customers worldwide, some challenges are easily overcome using technology that already exists. Other times, newly designed process-es and equipment may be required.

In 1995, Kelly challenged MHI’s engineers to look at automotive pinion gear production in order to design a combined machine that would be more productive than any gear cell known at the time. The company looked at the process of hob-chamfer/deburr-finish roll that was traditionally done on three separate machines. The result was an inline transfer machine called the GT06R that produced a pinion every 10 seconds.

That ingenuity is a testament to the huge library of machines MHI Machine Tool has designed and built over the years, according to Kelly.

“As a result, some products will disappear pretty quickly; others are just such great machines that they run and run and run,” he said. “Every once in a while, we might do a design update on them, but they are just so reliable. When you have a general manager — who aggressively drives a business philosophy — they’ll bring guys in from other divisions, and they’ll take the helm for five or six years. We had this one manager in the ’90s, and he pushed the design teams and had them working around the clock, building new things. The GTO6R gear center from concept to final build was less than a year. I traveled to Japan three different times to meet with the design team on that. We had it on the floor at IMTS. Everybody’s head was just spinning after that. Things like that can happen.”

AN IMPORTANT PART OF A LARGER WHOLEMHI Machine Tool is part of the larger conglomerate of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group (MHI), which is involved in a wide variety of industries that includes energy, aircraft, space, ship and ocean, transportation, material handling, environment, automotive, industrial machinery, infrastructure, living and leisure, defense, and engineering. MHI Machine Tool first started with the production of lathes in 1939. Since then, the company’s products have been used to produce other divisions’ (and outside customers’) products. MHI has been present in the U.S. since the early 1970s and has supplied thousands of machining centers, large boring mills, gantry and por-tal style mills, cylindrical grinders, turning machines, and gear cutting machines.

In serving the industry, Kelly points out that MHI Machine Tool has a loyal customer base.

“We’ve developed, particularly here in North America, a reputation of legendary reliability,” he said. “That’s one of our key phrases. We use it in our advertising a lot, and that’s not just for the machine tools that tend to run and run and run. We have customers say, ‘We’ve had this machine in here for 12 years, and we haven’t had a single service call on it yet.’ If we have a minor error come up on CNC control, you just give the service department a call, and it’s fixed five minutes later. We really pride ourselves on being quickly responsive.”

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIESAs MHI Machine Tool continues to serve its customers with a finger on the pulse of innovative developments, Kelly said the company is looking at emerging technolo-gies such as additive manufacturing.

“Additive manufacturing may become feasible for high production in the future, so MHI has been work-ing to perfect our Directed Energy Deposition AM System (LAMDA Series),” he said. “With access to joint research with other MHI group companies, we will keep our eyes open and try to stay ahead of industry needs.”

And some other new products manufactured by MHI Machine Tool aren’t marketed in North America, but are available in the Japanese market, according to Kelly.

Other technologies, such as factory automation and the making of gas turbines, continue to push MHI Machine Tool forward.

“We build laser welding equipment, and manufacture linear and rotary glass scales,” he said. “We call them the Mitsubishi Precision Scales. We’ve also built large side-entry blade groove milling machines for big turbines. We’re tied closely to the Mitsubishi Power Systems.”

In addition to the company’s established collabora-tions, MHI Machine Tool also has worked with universities and various aircraft manufacturers in order to increase speed and precision with its products, according to Kelly.

“We can’t just rest upon our laurels,” he said. “We have to continuously look at the future and develop new products, kind of like this metal-printing machine, the direct energy deposition, additive manufacturing sys-tem. We’re looking at doing things like that. Of course, we’re trying to stay on top of the gear-processing equip-ment. We’re always trying to stay one step ahead and keep an eye on where the industry is going.”

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The GT06R can produce a pinion every 10 seconds. (Courtesy: MHI Machine Tool)

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MACHINESAAccu-Cut Diamond Tool Co.4238-40 N. Sayre Norridge, IL 60706(708) 457-8800www.accucutdiamond.comBoring Tools

Accura Technics, LLC36 Sword St.Auburn, MA 01501(508) 754-2739www.accuratechnics.comNew Equipment Manufacturer

AcietaN25 W23790 Commerce Circle, Suite FWaukesha, WI 53188(262) 953-6200Automation

ADF Systems, Ltd.P.O. Box 278 • Humboldt, IA 50548(800) 959-1191(515) 332-5400www.adfsys.comNew Equipment - Parts Washing

AFC-Holcroft49630 Pontiac TrailWixom, MI 48393(248) 624-8191www.afc-holcroft.comHeat Treating

Ajax Tocco Magnethermic1745 Overland Ave. Warren, OH 44483(800) 547-1527www.ajaxtocco.comNew Equipment - Heat Treating

ALD-Holcroft49630 Pontiac Trail • Wixom, MI 48393(248) 668-4130www.ald-holcroft.comHeat Treating

ALMCO KleenTec, Inc.507 West Front St. • Albert Lea, MN 56007(800) 521-2740 (507) 377-2102www.almco.comNew Equipment - Deburring - Finishing - Parts Washing

American Broach & Machine Co.575 South Mansfield St.Ypsilanti, MI 48197(734) 961-0300www.americanbroach.comNew Equipment Manufacturer

American Stress Technologies, Inc.540 Alpha Dr. • Pittsburgh, PA 15328(412) 784-8400www.astresstech.comNew Equipment - Metrology

ANCA, Inc.31129 Century Dr. • Wixom, MI 48393(248) 926-4466www.anca.comNew Equipment - Grinding

BBanyan Global Technologies20836 Hall Rd., Ste. 156Clinton Twp., MI 48038(888) 247-7933www.banyangt.comGear Cutting Tools

BOS Services Company4741 East 355th St.Willoughby, OH 44094(440) 946-5101www.bosservicesheattreating.comHeat Treating

Bourn & Koch, Inc.2500 Kishwaukee St. • Rockford, IL 61104(815) 965-4013www.bourn-koch.comNew Equipment Manufacturer

Broaching Machine Specialties Company25180 Seeley Rd. • Novi, MI 48375(248) 471-4500www.broachingmachine.comBroaches - Tool Sharpening

C C & B Machinery12001 Globe St. Livonia, MI 48150(734) 462-0600www.cbmachinery.comNew Equipment - Grinding

Carbolite110 South Second St. • Watertown, WI 53094(920) 262-0240www.carbolite.usNew Equipment - Heat Treating

Carl Zeiss IMT Corp.6250 Sycamore Lane N. Maple Grove, MN 55369(763) 744-2400www.zeiss.comNew Equipment - Metrology

CEIA-USA9155 Dutton Dr. • Twinsburg, OH 44087(330) 405-3190www.ceia-usa.comNew Equipment - Induction Heating

Centric International, Inc.222 E. Pearson, Ste. 1706Chicago, IL 60611(312) 337-5449www.centric-intl.comwww.senjo-seiki.comNew Equipment Manufacturer

Chamfermatic, Inc.7842 Burden Rd. • Machesney Park, IL 61115(815) 636-5082www.chamfermatic.comNew Equipment - Deburring Machines

CNC Machinery Sales, Inc.2430 E. MonroePhoenix, AZ 85034(602) 244-1507www.cncmach.comUsed Machinery

Colonial Tool Group, Inc.1691 Walker Rd. • Windsor, ON 8W 3P1 Canada(519) 253-2461www.colonialtool.comNew Equipment Manufacturer

Contour Hardening, Inc.8401 Northwest Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278(317) 876-1530www.contourhardening.comNew Equipment - Induction Hardening

Cosen Saws USA4527 Dwight Evans Rd. • Charlotte, NC 28217(877) SAWING1www.cosen.comNew Equipment - Band Saws

Creative Automation, Inc.1175 E. North Territorial Rd.Whitmore Lake, MI 48189(734) 780-3175www.cautomation.comNew Equipment - Factory Automation

Custom Electric Manufacturing Co.48941 West Rd. • Wixom, MI 48393(248) 305-7700custom-electric.comHeat Treating

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D D.C. Morrison Company201 Johnson St. • Covington, KY 41011(888) 246-6365 • (859) 581-7511www.dcmorrison.comNew Equipment - Keyseaters

Dayton Machine Tool Company1314 Webster St. Dayton, OH 45404(937) 222-6444Used Machinery

Detroit Broach Company2750 Paldan Dr.Auburn Hills, MI 48326(800) 370-0593(248) 370-0600www.dbcbroach.comBroaching Machines

DMG/Mori2400 Huntington BlvdHoffman Estates, IL 60192(847) 593-5400www.dmgmoriseikiusa.comNew Equipment Manufacturer

DMP CryoSystems2010 Bassett Ave. El Paso, TX 79901(915) 351-8500cryosystems.comHeat Treating

Donner+Pfister AGKirchweg 5, CH-8855Wangen-Nuolen, Switzerland41 55 440 20 32www.dpag.chNew Equipment Manufacturer

Drake Manufacturing Services Co. LLC4371 North Leavitt Rd. • Warren, OH 44485(330) 847-7291www.drakemfg.comRetrofit - Rebuild - Remanufacture

Dry Coolers, Inc.3232 Adventure Lane • Oxford, MI 48371(800) 525-8173drycoolers.comHeat Treating

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ECM-USA, Inc.8920 58th Place Ste. 100 • Kenosha, WI 53144(262) 605-4810www.ecm-usa.comNew Equipment - Vacuum Furnaces

EFD Induction31511 Dequindre Rd.Madison Heights, MI 48071(248) 658-0700efd-induction.comHeat Treating

Eldec Induction USA Inc.3355 Bald Mountain Rd., Unit 30Auburn Hills, MI 48326(248) 364-4750www.eldec-usa.com

New Equipment - Induction Heating

Electroheat Technologies, LLC3578 Van Dyke • Almont, MI 48003(810) 798-2400www.electroheat-technologies.com

New Equipment - Induction Heating

Engineered Abrasives, Inc.11631 S. Austin Ave. • Alsip, IL 60803(708) 389-9700www.engineeredabrasives.com

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Erwin Junker Machinery, Inc.2541 Technology Dr., #410 • Elgin, IL 60124(847) 488-0406www.junker-usa.com

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Georg Kesel GmbH & Co. KGMaybachstrabe 687437 Kempten, Germany49 831-25288-0www.kesel.comNew Equipment Manufacturer

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H Hanik Corporation271 E. Beinoris Dr. • Wood Dale, IL 60191(630) 595-7333www.hanikcorp.comManufacturers Representative

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Hoffmann Filter Corp.7627 Kensington Ct.Brighton, MI 48116(248) 486-8430www.hoffmannfilter.comNew Equipment - Coolant Filtration

I Induction Tooling, Inc.12510 York-Delta Dr.North Royalton, OH 44133(440) 237-0711www.inductiontooling.comNew Equipment - Induction Hardening

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Ipsen, Inc.984 Ipsen Rd. • Cherry Valley, IL 61016(800) 727-7625(815) 332-4941www.ipsenusa.comParts - Retrofit - Rebuild

ITW Heartland Gears1205 36th Ave WAlexandria, MN 56308(320) 762-0138www.itwheartland.comNew Equipment - Metrology

J J. L. Becker Co.41150 Joy Rd.Plymouth, MI 48170(734) 656-2000www.jlbecker.comNew Equipment - Heat Treating

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James Engineering2380 West Midway Blvd, Unit 1Broomfield, CO 80020(303) 444-6787www.james-engineering.comGear Finishing Tools

JRM International, Inc.5701 Industrial Ave.Rockford, IL 61111(815) 282-9330www.jrminternational.comManufacturers Representative

K Kadia, Inc.286 Dino Dr. • Ann Arbor, MI 48103(734) 424-2052www.kadia.deMachines

KAPP Technologies2870 Wilderness Place • Boulder, CO 80301(303) 447-1130www.kapp-usa.comGear Grinding Wheels

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King Precision Technologies, Inc.2827-A Gray Fox Rd. • Monroe, NC 28110(704) 296-9100www.kpt-inc.comManufacturers Representative

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L Leistritz Corp.165 Chestnut St. • Allendale, NJ 07401(201) 934-8262www.leistritzcorp.com

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Roto-Tech, Inc.351 Fame Rd. • Dayton, OH 45449(937) 859-8503www.rototech.comNew Equipment - Metrology

Russell, Holbrook & Henderson, Inc.25 East Spring Valley Ave. • Ste 150Maywood, NJ 07607(201) 226-9000New Equipment - Hob Grinding - Metrology

SSAMP S.P.A.Via Saliceto 15 • 40010 Bentivoglio Italy39 (0) 51 6319 411www.samputensili.comNew Equipment Manfacturer

Schaefer Technologies4901 West Raymond St. Indianapolis, IN 46241(317) 546-4081www.schaefer-technologies.comNew Equipment - Metrology

Schutte TGM, LLC4055 Morrill Rd. • Jackson, MI 49201(517) 782-3600 ext. 10www.schutteusa.comNew Equipment Manufacturer

Seco-Warwick Corporation180 Mercer St. • Meadville, PA 16335(814) 332-8400www.secowarwick.comNew Equipment - Heat Treating

SM Gear Tech, Inc.6955 Bergstrom Dr. • Rockford, IL 61103(815) 282-1998Used Machinery

SMS Elotherm NA210 West Kensinger Dr., Ste. 300Cranberry Township, PA 16066(877) 735-6843www.sms-elotherm.comNew Equipment- Heat Treating

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Surface Combustion, Inc.1700 Indian Wood Circle • Maumee, OH 43537(800) 537-8980 • (419) 891-7150www.surfacecombustion.comNew Equipment - Heat Treating

T Tech Induction Corporation13129 23 Mile Rd. • Shelby Twp, MI 48315(586) 469-8324www.techinduction.comInspection - Maintenance - Repair

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The Gleason Works1000 University Ave. • Rochester, NY 14692(585) 473-1000www.gleason.comNew Equipment Manufacturer

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TTI-Tokyo Technical Instruments USA Inc.Oradell, NJ 07649(201) 634-1700www.tti-geartec.jpNew Equipment - Metrology

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By KENNETH CARTER, Gear Solutions editor

Gear performance may sound like a simple concept at face value, but many variables can adversely affect a gear if not accounted for in the design stages. Many of those variables occur in the part’s

surface shape and surface texture.To interpret the details of a surface, it sometimes takes

a company that can look beyond the numbers and take it to the next level. Enter Digital Metrology Solutions, who has been up to this challenge for more than 20 years.

“Everything about gear performance is related to surfaces, and the shape of these surfaces: roughness, waviness, form,” said Mark Malburg, president of Digital Metrology Solutions. “It’s all related to surface geometry. For example, in today’s context, gear noise is in front of everybody’s mind. Cars go electric, and we can hear every-thing now. That is all hiding in the gear’s surface texture.”

PREDICTING GEAR NOISERecently, Malburg worked with Caterpillar to develop software to support their patented approach for predict-ing gear noise. The software embodies adaptive math-ematics for detecting the waves in a gear tooth, which are responsible for causing problems and noise.

Although Malburg’s experience with gears is exten-

sive, he points out that the gear industry is actually mov-ing slower than other industries when it comes to surface texture.

“In gears, we’ve generally seen people make surfaces smoother and smoother. In doing so, many have actually lost touch of some things like waviness,” he said. “Some of the highly polished gears I’m seeing, for example rac-ing gears, are striving for shiny. They’re not realizing that they look nice, and they may be inside the profile tol-erance, but there are waves that are being missed within the tolerance. Other industries have solved that or have addressed that and are already aware of that.”

In many ways, Malburg said Digital Metrology is build-ing toolboxes to lead the evolution of the gear industry.

“Some of the work we are doing in gear profile analysis is based on work that we’ve done in roller bearings many years ago, but it’s leading edge in gear analysis,” he said. “As the gear industry is evolving, Digital Metrology is stay-ing in front because of our work in other industries.”

SURFACE – NOT JUST A NUMBERMalburg considers it Digital Metrology’s mission to help people understand that a surface isn’t just a number.

“That’s been really key as any industry evolves,” he

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said. “If you’re trying to improve a gear, or any other sur-face for that matter, it’s not just the roughness number that matters. It’s a shape we’re trying to deal with, and that shape has many aspects. Is it lumpy or fuzzy? Are there distinct peaks or bumps? These are aspects of a surface that are not easily captured in a single number. The understanding of surface shapes has been very, very key to any industry that has improved the performance of their surfaces. The cylinder bore of an engine has improved not because the roughness number has got-ten better. In fact, the roughness number hasn’t really changed over time. But the shape or ‘picture’ of the sur-face is very different now. Similarly, two gears may have the same roughness numbers but very different shapes and performances. And that’s where we’re learning. We are developing better tools to simulate things. There are new mathematics that simulate contact stress better. We can even build these analyses right into a shop-floor roughness gauge. Our tools are evolving, along with gear evolution. And, it’s great to connect the two.”

GETTING THE RAW DATAWhen it comes to analyzing and solving problems, data is the raw material.

“When Digital Metrology is called in, the first thing we will need is raw data from the surfaces,” he said. “We look at profiles in digital form and 3D surfaces in digital form. With customer’s measured data and Digital Metrology’s software, we can start manipulating the

surfaces and start finding surface features that relate to gear performance. A customer will approach me with, ‘These two parts are functioning differently. What’s dif-ferent about them? Or perhaps Supplier A and Supplier B both meet specs, but only Supplier A’s parts are working. What’s the difference, because they both meet the print? Or we’ve got a new failure. We’ve tried to get more perfor-mance out of a gear, and it’s fretting, spalling, vibrating, or wearing.’ People approach us with parts that have a performance issue that can’t be measured or an improve-ment that they want to be able to measure. It’s always a measurement challenge.”

3D (areal) data shows machining marks and surface directionality. (Courtesy: Digital Metrology Solutions)

Optical (3D) measurement of a tooth. (Courtesy: Digital Metrology Solutions)

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As an example, Malburg brought up an early project with gears that were historically noisy.

“There was a notorious pickup truck engine. It was so noisy that when you went to a drive-through window, you had to turn off the engine to speak into the speaker. It wasn’t combustion noise; it was gear noise,” he said. “That problem went on for years. Looking at the gear tooth profiles, everything met print. The K-charts were good. The roughness was good, the pitch, everything was good. However, hiding inside the surface, were bumps in the waviness profile. In fact, the number of bumps, combined with the teeth, directly correlated to the frequency of the noise. Furthermore, the height of the bumps was directly related to the amount of noise being experienced in the field.”

SIMPLIFYING THE COMPLEXMalburg says one of his company’s strengths is taking complex ideas and making them conceptually easier to understand and apply to real world problems.

“For example, simulating how a gasket will seal a sur-face,” he said. “You’ve made a surface, and we want to know if it’ll seal without putting a gasket on it. We can do that with surface measurements, in real time, right on

the gauge. The same is true with the gear tooth; we can detect the critical bumps that are going to cause stress or noise. For Digital Metrology, as we are developing tools, the ‘win’ is where we can take something mathemati-cally difficult or complex and turn it into a tool that you, and perhaps even your kids, can understand. Sometimes when we solve customer problems, it requires some crazy mathematical concepts and perhaps some computing power. The ‘win’ is when we can break that concept down to a description that anyone can understand and anyone can use as part of their job in creating and controlling their surfaces.”

NECESSARY ROUGHNESSSome texture is typically required to carry lubrication on interfaces, according to Malburg.

“I see so many so-called ‘high-performance’ gears being made smoother and smoother. It is as if people are trying to say, ‘Let’s make them smooth because smooth looks sexy.’ Unfortunately, many of these surfaces do not last long. There’s no lubrication,” he said. “The idea today of making them shinier is dangerous.”

“We’ve got to work on pictures and shapes, not just the value of Ra (roughness average). Using Ra alone is like com-ing home from a concert and saying it was the best show you’ve ever been to because it was 105 decibels. Decibels describe a concert much like the Ra describes a surface,” he said. “We need reliable measurements and great soft-ware to extract and display what really matters.”

That ideology circles back to Malburg’s working theme of surface measurement.

“My world is not easily a world of numbers; it’s a world of shapes,” he said. “I usually start my train-ing with a 3D model of the Earth, and I say, ‘Can you describe this with a number?’ There is no single num-ber that describes the shape of the world. That is the same as the shape of a gear tooth.”

Stylus-based measurement of a radial, 2D profile. (Courtesy: Digital

Metrology Solutions)

“We’ve got to work on pictures and shapes, not just the value of Ra (roughness average). We need reliable measurements and great software to extract and display what really matters.”

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“I see gears moving a little bit more toward where bearings are going today. In the bearing industry, we see a lot of emphasis on surface stresses, lubrication, and noise,” he said. “I think the same general concerns are at play in the gear field. We need to understand and control surface contacts, stresses, and lubrication. We need to manage the balance between too rough and too smooth. There needs to be a keen awareness and diligent control of waviness. Smoother isn’t necessarily better.”

21 YEARS OF DIGITAL METROLOGY SOLUTIONSDigital Metrology Solutions has been helping companies solve problems related to surface shape and texture for 21 years.

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Profile data after suppressing the involute shows underlying waviness. (Courtesy: Digital Metrology Solutions)

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COMMUNITY STOREFRONT

300 Below, Inc.2999 E. Pkwy. Dr. • Decatur, IL 62526(217) 423-3070www.300below.comCryogenic Tempering Services

AAA Gear LLC1045 Durrant Dr. • Howell, MI 48843(517) 552-3100www.aa-gear.comFull Service Gear Manufacturer

ABA-PGT, Inc.10 Gear Dr. • Manchester, CT 06042(860) 649-4591www.abapgt.comPlastic Gears

Abundant Manufacturing, Inc.820 Cochran St. • Statesville, NC 28677(704) 871-9911www.abundantmfg.comGears

Accu-Temp Heat Treating & Consulting2400 Racine St. • Racine, WI 53408(262) 634-1905www.accutempheat.comHeat Treating

Acme Gear Company, Inc.130 West Forest Ave. P.O. Box 779 • Englewood, NJ 07631(201) 568-2245www.acmegear.comGears

Advanced Nitriding Solutions1688 Lammers Pike • Batesville, IN 47006(812) 932-1010www.ans-ion.netHeat Treating

Aero Gear, Inc.1050 Day Hill Rd. • Windsor, CT 06095(860) 688-0888www.aerogear.comGears

Aerocom Industries, Inc.1921 Miller Dr. • Longmont, CO 80501(303) 776-4300www.aerocom-industries.comGears

AFC-Holcroft49630 Pontiac Trail • Wixom, MI 48393(248) 624-8191www.afc-holcroft.comNew Equipment - Heat Treating

Air Gear Industries3301 E. Madison St. • Phoenix, AZ 85034(602) 275-7996www.airgear-intl.comGears

Ajax Rolled Rings500 Wallace Way • York, SC 29745(800) 727-6333www.ajaxring.comRaw Materials

AK Gears316 Oakwood Dr. • Shoreview, MN 55126(651) 308-8899www.akgears.comGear Design - Consulting

Akron Gear & Engineering, Inc.501 Morgan Ave. • Akron, OH 44311(330) 773-6608www.akrongear.comGears

ALD Thermal Treatment, Inc.2656 24th St. • Port Huron, MI 48060(810) 357-0682www.aldtt.net

Heat Treating

ALD-Holcroft49630 Pontiac Trail • Wixom, MI 48393(248) 668-4130www.ald-holcroft.com

New Equipment - Vacuum Furnaces

Allen Adams Shaper Services, Inc.98 Winery Rd. • Proctorville, VT 05153(802) 226-7891Service - Parts - Retrofits

Allied Sinterings, Inc.29 Briar Ridge Rd. • Danbury, CT 06810(877) 875-0464 • (203) 743-7502www.alliedsinterings.com

Powdered Metal Parts

SERVICES

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Alpha Sintered Metals, Inc.95 Mason Run Rd. • Ridgway, PA 15853(814) 773-3191www.alphasintered.comPowdered Metal Gears

Amarillo Gear Company2401 Sundown Lane • Amarillo, TX 79118(806) 622-1273www.amarillogear.comGears

American Bearing Manufacturers Association (ABMA)2025 M. St., NW Suite 800 Washington, DC 20036(202) 367-1155www.americanbearings.orgNational Trade Association

American Gear & Engineering38200 Abruzzi Dr. • Westland, MI 48185(734) 595-6400www.americangear.netGears

American Gear Manufacturers Association (AGMA)1001 N. Fairfax, St. 5th Floor Alexandria, VA 22314(703) 684-0211www.agma.orgNational Trade Association

American Gear, Inc.910 Swanson • P.O. Box 156 Prophetstown, IL 61277(815) 537-5111www.americangearinc.comGears

American Metal Treating Company1043 East 62nd St. • Cleveland, OH 44103(216) 431-4492www.americanmetaltreating.comInduction Hardening

American Precision Gear Company365 Foster City Blvd. • Foster City, CA 94404(650) 627-8060www.amgear.comGears

American Wind Energy Association (AWEA)1501 M St. NW, Ste. 1000 Washington, DC 20005(202) 383-2500www.awea.orgAssociation

Ancon Gear & Instrument Corporation364 N. Lake St. • Boyne City, MI 49712(631) 694-5255Gears

Apex Auctions Ltd27475 Ferry Rd, Ste. 127 • Warrenville, IL 60555(630) 717-3720www.apexauctions.comAuctions

Applied Process, Inc.12202 Newburgh Rd. • Livonia, MI 48150(734) 464-8000www.appliedprocess.comHeat Treating

Arrow Gear Company2301 Curtiss St. • Downers Grove, IL 60515(630) 969-7640www.arrowgear.comGears

Artec Machine Systems26 Commerce Dr. • North Branford, CT 06471(203) 484-2002www.artec-machine.comGears

Ashman Company Auctioneers & Appraisers, Inc.1415 Oakland Blvd., #200 Walnut Creek, CA 94596(925) 256-8111www.ashmancompany.comAuctioneers

ASM International9639 Kinsman Rd. Materials Park, OH 44073(440) 338-5151www.asminternational.orgTradeshows - Magazines - Information

Assn. for Manufacturing Technology7901 Westpeak Dr. • McLean, VA 22102(703) 893-2900www.amtonline.orgAssociation - Education

Atlanta Dr. Systems1775 Route 34, Unit D-10 Farmingdale, NJ 07727(732) 282-0480www.atlantaDr.s.comRacks - Pinion Dr.s

Autotrol Corporation365 East Prairie St. • Crystal Lake, IL 60039(815) 459-3080www.autotrol.comGear Motors

BB & R Machine & Gear Corporation4809 U.S. Highway 45 • Sharon, TN 38255(800) 238-0651 (731) 456-2636www.brgear.comGears

Becker GearMeisters, Inc.1877 Brandes Lane • Pinckey, MI 48169(734) 878-9669www.maagmachines.comMAAG Repair - Parts - Training

Bill’s Machine Repair86192 Molesworth Line, RR#2 Listowel, ON N4W 3G7 Canada(519) 291-4834Rebuilding - Remanufacture - Parts

Birmingham Gear & Machine703 Crest Dr. • Dora, AL 35062(205) 648-4885www.birminghamgear.netGears

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Bison Gear & Engineering3850 Ohio Ave. • Saint Harles, IL 60174(800) AT-BISONwww.bisongear.comGear Motors

Bluewater Thermal Solutions201 Brookfield Pkwy., • Suite 102 Greenville, SC 29607(864) 990-0050www.bluewaterthermal.comHeat Treating

Bodine Electric Company201 Northfield Rd. • Northfield, IL 60093(773) 478-3515www.bodine-electric.comGear Motors

Bodycote North America8580 North Haggerty Rd. • Canton, MI 48187(734) 451-2264www.bodycote.comCoatings - Heat Treating

BOS Services Company4741 East 355th St. • Willoughby, OH 44094(440) 946-5101www.bosservicesheattreating.com

Used Machinery

Bourn & Koch, Inc.2500 Kishwaukee St. • Rockford, IL 61104(815) 965-4013www.bourn-koch.comRebuilding - Remanufacture - Parts

Brad Foote Gear Works, Inc.3250 S. Central Ave. • Cicero, IL 60804(708) 780.4825www.bwen.comGears

Brelie Gear Co, Inc.2715 S Gladstone Place • Milwaukee, WI 53207(414) 481-5488www.breliegear.comGears

Brevini USA, Inc.14141 W. Brevini Dr. • Yorktown, IN 47396(765) 759-2300 888-BREVINIwww.breviniusa.comGearboxes

Broaching Machine Specialties Company25180 Seeley Rd. • Novi, MI 48375(248) 471-4500www.broachingmachine.comNew - Used - Broaching Machines

Broaching Technologies LLCN63W22621 Main St. • Sussex, WI 53089(262) 820-1200www.keyway-spline-broaching.com

Broaches

Broadway Gear, Inc.2217 Executive Dr. • Garland, TX 75041(972) 351-8737www.broadwaygear.comGears

Buffalo Gear, Inc.3635 Lockport Rd. • Sanborn, NY 14132(716) 731-2100www.buffalogear.comGears

Bunting Bearings Corp.1001 Holland Park Blvd • Holland, OH 43528(888) 286-8464www.buntingbearings.comBearings

Butler Gear Co., Inc.12819 West Silver Spring Rd. Butler, WI 53007(262) 781-3270www.butlergear.comGears

CC-B Gear & Machine, Inc.4232 Mooney Rd. • Houston, TX 77093(281) 449-0777www.cbgear.comGears

Canadian Wind Energy Assn. (CanWEA)1600 Carling Ave., Ste. 710 Ottawa, ON K1Z 1G3 Canada(613) 234-8716www.canwea.caAssocation

Canton Drop Forge4575 Southway St. SW • Canton, OH 44706(330) 477-4511www.cantondropforge.comForgings

Capstan Atlantic10 Cushing Dr. • Wrentham, MA 02093(508) 384-3100www.capstanatlantic.comPowder Metal Gears

Carbide Tool Services, Inc.1020 Lund Blvd. • Anoka, MN 55303(800) 243-9577www.carbidetool.comCutting Tool Repair

Cardinal Engineering, Inc.23426 West Apollo Court • Lake Villa, IL 60046(847) 356-5731Gears

Carnes-Miller Gear Co., Inc.362 Browns Hill Rd. • P.O. Box 268 Locust, NC 28097(800) 273-6814www.cmgear.comGears

Castalloy1701 Industrial Lane • Waukesha, WI 53189(262) 547-0070www.castalloycorp.comCastings

Celanese8040 Dixie Highway • Florence, KY 41042(800) 833-4882www.celanese.comPlastics

CGI, Inc.3400 Arrowhead Dr. • Carson City, NV 89706(775) 882-3422www.cgimotion.comGearheads - Motion Control Components

Chalmers & Kubeck, Inc.150 Commerce Dr. • Aston, PA 19014(610) 494-4300www.candk.comGears

Charles E. Larson & Sons, Inc.2645-65 N. Keeler Ave. • Chicago, IL 60639(773) 772-9700www.larsonforge.comForgings

Chicago Gear-D.O. James Corp.2823 West Fulton St. • Chicago, IL 60612(773) 638-0508www.oc-gear.comGears

Cincinnati Gearing Systems5757 Mariemont Ave. • Cincinnati, OH 45227(513) 527-8600www.cincinnatigearingsystems.com

Gearboxes - Repair - Gears

Cincinnati Industrial Auctioneers, Inc.2020 Dunlap Stree • Cincinnati, OH 45214(800) 497-9701 (513) 241-9701www.cia-auction.comAuctions - Appraisals

Circle Gear and Machine Co., Inc.1501 South 55th Court • Cicero, IL 60804(800) 637-9335 • (708) 652-1000www.circlegear.comGears

Clarke Engineering, Inc.8058 Lankershim Blvd. North Hollywood, CA 91605(888) 277-4327 (818) 768-0690www.clarkegear.comGears

Cleveland Gear Co.3249 E. 80th St. • Cleveland, OH 44104(216) 641-9000www.clevelandgear.comGears

Clifford-Jacobs Forging Co.2410 North 5th St. • Champaign, IL 61822(217) 352-5172www.clifford-jacobs.comForgings

Cloyes Gear & Products, Inc.6101 Phoenix Ave. #2 • Ft. Smith, AR 72903(479) 484-5555www.cloyes.comGears

CNC Machinery Sales, Inc.2430 E. Monroe • Phoenix, AZ 85034(602) 244-1507www.cncmach.comRetrofit - Rebuild - Remanufacture

SERVICES

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Cole Manufacturing Systems, Inc.750 Loggers Circle Rochester, MI 48307(248) 601-8145www.colemfgsystems.comConsultant

Columbia Gear Corporation530 County Rd. #50 Avon, MN 56310(800) 323-9838 • (320) 356-7301www.columbiagear.comGears

Contour Hardening, Inc.8401 Northwest Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278(317) 876-1530www.contourhardening.comInduction Hardening

Cornell Forge Company6666 West 66th St. Chicago, IL 60638(708) 458-1582www.cornellforge.comForgings

Corporate Assets, Inc.2 St. Clair Ave. West, Ste. 1002 Toronto, ON M4V 1L5 • Canada(416) 962-9600www.corpassets.comAuctioneers

Cotta Transmission Co., LLC1301 Prince Hall Dr. • Beloit, WI 53511(608) 368-5600www.cotta.comSpeed Reducers - Gearboxes

Crucible Service Centers575 State Fair Blvd. • Syracuse, NY 13201(800) 365-1180www.crucibleservice.comRaw Materials

CryoPlus, Inc.2429 North Millborne Rd. • Wooster, OH 44691(330) 683-3375www.cryoplus.comCryogenics

Custom Electric Manufacturing Co.48941 West Rd. • Wixom, MI 48393(248) 305-7700custom-electric.comHeat Treating

Custom Gear & Machine, Inc.5466 East Rockton Rd. • Roscoe, IL 61073(815) 389-6065www.cgearinc.comGearboxes

DDayton Gear500 Fame Rd. • Dayton, OH 45449(800) 897-4327www.daytongear.comGears

Dayton Machine Tool Company1314 Webster St. • Dayton, OH 45404(937) 222-6444Retrofitting - Rebuilding

DECO

506 Sanford St. • Decorah, IA 52101

(800) 327-9751www.decoprod.com

Zinc Die Casting

Delta Dynamics, Inc.

7580 MacDonald Rd.

Delta BC, V4G 1N2 • Canada

(800) 940-1015 • (604) 940-1015www.deltadynamics.com

Gears

Delta Gear, Inc.

36251 Schoolcraft • Livonia, MI 48150

(734) 525-8000

www.delta-gear.com

Gears

Delta Inspection

36251 Schoolcraf • Livonia, MI 48150

(734) 525-8000

www.deltainspect.com

Gear Inspection

GEARING AHEAD TO MEET INDUSTRY’S DEMAND

FOR PRECISION

Precision Gear Products (up to AGMA Q14):Spur Gears, Helical Gears, Worm Gears, Anti-Backlash Gears, Cluster Gears, Clutch Gears, Face Gears, Planetary Gears, Gear Assemblies, Gear Boxes,

Bevel Gears, Miter Gears, Metric Gears, Internal Gears, Idler Gears, Gear Rack & Pinion, Worms, Wormshafts, Splines, Spline Shafts, Serrated Shafts.

STD Precision Gear & Instrument, Inc. 318 Manley St. • W. Bridgewater, MA 02379

(888) STD-GEAR or (508) 580-0035 Fax: (888) FAX-4STD or (508) 580-0071

E-mail: info@stdgear.com • Web site: www.stdgear.com

Aircraft • Aerospace • ActuationInstrumentation • Optic

Robotics • Radar • MedicalMarine • Defense • Experimental

Prototype • ProductionHi-Performance Automotive

– SERVING –

CNC Thread GrindingNadcap Accredited: Heat Treatment, Induction Hardening, Passivation

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Delta Research Corporation32971 Capitol St. • Livonia, MI 48150(734) 261-6400www.delrecorp.com

Machining - Assembly

DESCH Canada, Ltd.240 Shearson Cres. • Cambridge, ON N1T 1J6 Canada(800) 263-1866www.desch.de

Gears

Drake Manufacturing Services Co. LLC4371 North Leavitt Rd. • Warren, OH 44485(330) 847-7291www.drakemfg.com

New Equipment Manufacturer

DSM Engineering Plastics2267 W. Mill Rd. • Evansville, IN 47722(800) 333-4237www.dsmep.com

Plastics

Dura-Bar1800 W. Lake Shore Dr. • Woodstock, IL 60098(800) 227-6455 • (815) 338-7800www.dura-bar.com

Raw Materials

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Earle M. Jorgensen Co.10650 Alameda St. • Lynwood, CA 90262(323) 567-1122www.emjmetals.comRaw Materials

EFD Induction31511 Dequindre Rd.Madison Heights, MI 48071(248) 658-0700efd-induction.comHeat Treating

Eirsa de CVPoniente 128 #389 • Col Nueva Vallego D.F. 07750, Mexico011-(525)-55-587-8266Gears

Ellwood City Forge800 Commercial Ave • Ellwood City PA 16117(724) 752-0055www.ellwoodcityforge.comForgings

Encoder Products Company464276 Highway 95 South • P.O. Box 249 Sagle, ID 83860(208) 263-8541www.encoder.comMotion Sensing Devices

Engineered Abrasives, Inc.

11631 S. Austin Ave. • Alsip, IL 60803

(708) 389-9700

www.engineeredabrasives.com

New Equipment - Finishing

Engis Corporation

105 West Hintz Rd. • Wheeling, IL 60090

(847) 808-9400

www.engis.com

Grinding Wheel Replating

Enplas (USA), Inc.

1901 West Oak Circle • Marietta, GA 30062

(770) 795-1100

www.enplasusa.com

Injection Molding

Excel Gear, Inc.

11865 Main St. • Roscoe, IL 61073

(815) 623-3414

www.excelgear.com

Gears

Extrude Hone Corp.

235 Industry Blvd. • Irwin, PA 15642

(724) 863-5900Deburring - Polishing - Finishing

SERVICES

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Precision Gear ProductsSTOCK : HOBS : HSS & CARBIDE

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MEDICAL DEVICES

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CUSTOM PRECISION GEARSISO2015, AS9100, DDTC

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Fairchild Industrial Products Company3920 West Point Boulevard Winston-Salem, NC 27103(336) 659-3400www.fairchildproducts.comTransmission Components

Fairfield Manufacturing Company, Inc.US 52 South • P.O. Box 7940 Lafayette, IN 47903(765) 772-4000www.fairfieldmfg.comGears

Ferry-Capitain Industries, LLC423 New Karner Rd., Suite 2 Albany, NY 12205(518) 452-8090www.ferry-capitain.frGears

First Gear Engineering & Technology7606 Freedom Way • Fort Wayne, IN 46818(260) 490-3238www.first-gear.comGears

Florida Drives & Gear Motors4747 North Westshore Blvd. • Tampa, FL 33614(800) 940-4327www.herculesgear.comGear Reducers - Parts

Forest City Gear11715 Main St. • Roscoe, IL 61073(866) 623-2168 • (815) 623-2168www.fcgear.comGears

Franklin Machine & Gear Corporation5903 Frost St. • Humble, TX 77396(281) 441-3177www.franklingear.comGears

Friedrich Gloor, Ltd.P.O. Box 236 • CH-2543 Lengnau Switzerland011-41-32-653-2161www.gloorag.chCoating - Regrinding

G

G & G Creative Gear Group, Inc. • 10106 Hill Rd. Goodells, MI 48027(810) 384-6246www.ggcreativegeargroupinc.comGears

G & K Machine Company4833 Newport St. Commerce City, CO 80022(800) 455-0603 • (303) 455-0601www.gkgears.comGears

G & N Rubicon Gear, Inc.1550 East McFadden Ave. Santa Ana, CA 92705(714) 835-0326www.rubicon-gear.comGears

Gear Consulting GroupP.O. Box 353 • Richland, MI 49083(269) 623-4993www.gearconsultinggroup.comConsulting

Gear Consulting Services of Cincinnati, LLC4990 Kenridge Dr. Cincinnati, OH 45242(513) 791-5124Consulting

Gear Manufacturing, Inc.3721 E. Miraloma Ave. • Anaheim, CA 92806(800) 773-4327 • (714) 792-2895www.gearmfg.comGears

Gear Motions, Inc.1750 Milton Ave. Syracuse, NY 13209(315) 488-0100www.gearmotions.comGears

Gear Products, Inc.11135 South James Ave. • Jenks, OK 74037(918) 298-8300www.team-twg.comTransmission Components

Gear Technology10671 Civic Center Dr. Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730(909) 476-0343www.gear-tech.comGears

Gearspect, USA14 John Walsh Blvd • Peekskill, NY 10566(914) 835-0008www.gmtgear.comGears - Retrofit - Rebuild

GearTec, Inc.4245 Hamann Pkwy. • Willoughby, OH 44094(440) 953-3900www.geartecinc.comGears

Gerhardt Gear Company, Inc. • 133 E. Santa Anita Ave. Burbank, CA 91502(818) 842-6700www.gerhardtgear.comGears

GKN Sinter Metals15800 Megal Dr. • Menomonee Falls, MI 53051(248) 371-0800www.gknsintermetals.comPowdered Metal Components

Gleason Cutting Tools Corp.1351 Windsor Rd. • Loves Park, IL 61111(815) 877-8900www.gleason.comSharpening - Coating - Heat Treating

From Bevel to Worm Gears

Prototype to Assembly

Aerospace to Medical

Southern Gear iS your

CuStom PreCiSion Gear SourCe

Southern Gear(800) 248-5152

southerngear.com

Custom PreCision

GearsApart from the Crowd

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Established in 1957

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ISO 9001:2015 ❙ AS9100D ❙ ITAR Compliant

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GMN USA1784 New Britain Ave. • Farmington, CT 06032(800) 686-1679www.gmnusa.comNew & Repair Spindles

GoIndustry-Dovebid11425 Cronhill Dr. • Owings Mills, MD 21117(410) 654-7500www.go-dove.comAuctioneers

Golden State Gear & Machinery819 Bethany Lane • Concord, CA 94518(925) 288-1688Gears

Great Lakes Gear Technologies, Inc.9421 N. Haggerty Rd. • Plymouth, MI 48170(734) 416-9300www.greatlakesgeartech.comManufacturers Representative

Great Lakes Industries, Inc.1927 Wildwood Ave. Jackson, MI 49202(517) 784-3153www.greatlakesind.comGears

Great Taiwan Gear, Ltd.108 Collier Lane • Greer, SC 29650(888) 832-2870www.taiwangear.comGears

Griffin Gear, Inc.P.O. Box 202 • Roebuck, SC 29376(800) 423-7506www.griffingear.comGears

Group Trudo, Inc.34 Belmont St. • Richmond, QC J0B 2H0 Canada(819) 826-5941www.trudoinc.comGears

GTC Falcon, Inc.118 Long Pond Rd. • Plymouth, MA 02360(888) 309-0646 • (508) 746-0200www.gtcfalcon.comUniversal Joints - Ball Splines

Gudel, Inc.4881 Runway Blvd. • Ann Arbor, MI 48108(734) 214-0000www.gudel.comGears Gearboxes

Gupta Permold Corporation234 Lott Rd. • Pittsburgh, PA 15235(412) 793-3511www.guptapermold.comCasting - Machining

HHaley Marine Gears, Inc.1820 Highway 1 North • Greenville, MS 38701(662) 332-8716www.haleyinc.comGears

Hangsterfer’s Laboratories Inc. 175 Ogden Rd. Mantua, NJ 08051(856) 468-0216www.hangsterfers.comLubrication

Hanik Corporation271 E. Beinoris Dr. • Wood Dale, IL 60191(630) 595-7333www.hanikcorp.comParts - Rebuilding

Hanover Gear Manufacturing Company820 Cochran St. • Statesville, NC 28677(704) 871-9911www.hanovergear.comGears

Havlik Gear455 Sheldon Dr. Cambridge, ON N1T 2B7, Canada(519) 624-6240www.havlikgear.comParts - Service - Gears

Helios Gear Products636 Schneider Dr. • South Elgin, IL 60177(847) 931-4121www.heliosgearproducts.comNew Equipment Manufacturer

Henschel America, Inc.941G Ashwaubenon St. • Green Bay, WI 54304(920) 336-1122 henschel.usGearboxes

High Performance Gear, Inc.2119 FM 1626 • Manchaca, TX 78652(512) 292-9148www.hpgear.netGears

Hilco Industrial31555 W. 14 Mile Rd., Ste. 207 Farmington Hills, MI 48334(248) 254-9999www.hilcoind.comAuctioneers

HobSource, Inc.834 E. Rand Rd. #2 • Mt. Prospect, IL 60056(866) HOB-TOOLwww.hobsource.comSharpening - Coating

Houston Gear USA, Inc.P.O. Box 1787 • Stafford, TX 77497(281) 495-8274www.houstongear.comGears

HSW USA, Inc.1666 W. 29th St. • Erie, PA 16508(814) 864-1060www.hsw-zzn.com.plGears

IIDC Industries, Inc.18901 15 Mile Rd. • Clinton Twp., MI, 48035(586) 427-4321www.idcind.comGears

Ideal Gear and Machine Works6415 River Rd. • Delta, BC V4K 5B9 Canada(604) 952-4327www.idealgearworks.comGears - Repair - Gearboxes

Ikona Gear International, Inc. 108-1655 Broadway St. Port Coquitlam, BC V3C 2M7 Canada(604) 944-5543www.ikona.caGearing - Power Transmission

Indiana Tool-Indiana Gear6100 Michigan Rd. • Plymouth, IN 46563(574) 936-2112www.itamco.comGears

Inductoheat, Inc.32251 North Dr. Avis • Madison Heights, MI 48071(800) 624-6297 • (248) 585-9393www.inductoheat.comNew Equipment - Induction Heating

Industrial Tube & Steel Corp.4658 Crystal Pkwy. • Kent, OH 44240(800) 662-9567www.industrialtube.comRaw Materials

Infinity Asset Solutions, Inc.63 Maplecrete Rd. Concord, ON L4K 1A5 Canada(905) 669-8893www.infassets.comAuctioneers

SERVICES

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Innovative Rack & Gear Co.365 Balm Court • Wood Dale, IL 60191(630) 766-2652www.gearacks.com

Gears - Gear Racks

INTECH Corporation250 Herbert Ave. • Closter, NJ 07624(201) 767-8066www.intechpower.com

Plastic Gears

InvoSpline, Inc.2357 East Nine Mile Rd. • Warren, MI 48091(800) 959-0884 • (586) 757-8840www.invospline.com

Gears

Ion Vacuum (IVAC) Technologies Corp.18678 Cranwood Pkwy. Warrensville Hgts., OH 44128(888) 216-4822 • (216) 662-5158www.ivactech.com

Coatings - Regrinding - Consulting

IonBond1823 East Whitcomb Madison Heights, MI 48071(800) 929-1794 • (248) 398-9100www.ionbond.com

Coatings

Iosso Metal Processes1485 Lively Blvd • Elk Grove, IL 60007(847) 437-8400www.iosso.netCoatings

Ipsen, Inc.984 Ipsen Rd. • Cherry Valley, IL 61016(815) 332-4941www.ipsenusa.comNew Equipment - Vacuum Furnaces

ITW Heartland1601 36th Ave. • Alexandria, MN 56308(800) 253-7940 • (320) 762-1645www.itwheartland.comGears

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J. Schneeberger1380 Gateway Dr. • Suite # 8 Elgin, Illinois 60123(847) 888-3498www.schneeberger-us.comHob Sharpening

Jewelers Machinists Co.400 Columbus Ave. • North Babylon, NY 11704(631) 661-5020www.jewelersmachinist.comThread Grinding

JF Heat Treating, Inc.409 Airport Rd. • Gastonia, NC 28054(704) 864-0998www.jfheattreating.comHeat Treating

Joseph Finn Co., Inc.188 Needham St. • Newton, MA 02464(617) 964-1886www.josephfinn.comAuctioneers

KKa-Wood Gear & Machine Co.32500 Industrial Dr.Madison Heights, MI 48071(248) 585-8870www.kawoodgear.comGears

Ketchie-Houston, Inc.201 Winecoff School Rd. • Concord, NC 28027(888) 550-0030 (704) 786-5101www.ketchiehouston.comGears

KISSsoft USA, LLC3719 N. Spring Grove Rd. Johnsburg, IL 60051(815) 363-8823www.kisssoft.comGear Software

· Custom gear racks in AMERICAN and METRIC standards, STRAIGHT and HELICAL, VARIOUS materials, FINE and COARSE pitch (254 D.P. – 0.5 D.P.; 0.10 Module – 50 Module); hard-cut (up to 60 Rc) and soft-cut (up to 40 Rc); 32” face width; Up to 82” lengths – longer lengths through resetting

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Klauber Machine & Gear Company1101 Geartech Pkwy. • Pacific, MO 63069(636) 257-3002www.klaubergear.comGears

Kleiss Gears, Inc.390 Industrial Ave. • Grantsburg, WI 54840(715) 598-4486www.kleissgears.comPlastic Gears

Koro Industries, Inc.9530 85th Ave. North Maple Grove, MN 55369(763) 425-5247www.koroind.comGears - Hob Sharpening

Koster Industries40 Daniel St. • Farmingdale, NY 11735(631) 454-1766www.kosterindustries.comAuctioneers

Kreiter-Geartech2530 Garrow St. • Houston, TX 77003(713) 237-9793Gears

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L.M. Gear Company50550 E. Russell Schmidt Blvd. Chesterfield, MI 48051(586) 949-6800www.lmgear.comGears

Lapham-Hickey Steel5500 West 73rd St. • Chicago, IL 60638(800) 323-8443www.lapham-hickey.comRaw Materials

Larson Forgings2645-45 North Keeler Ave. • Chicago, IL 60639(773) 772-9700www.larsonforge.comForgings

Lawler Gear Corp.1320 SE Hamblen Rd. Lees Summit, MO 64081(816) 525-0002www.lawlergear.comGears

LeTourneau Technologies, Inc.6221 W. Sam Houston Pkwy. North Houston, TX 77041(832) 782-6600www.letourneau-inc.comGears

Li Gear1292 Lakeview Dr. • Romeoville, IL 60446(630) 226-1688www.ligear.comGears

Lingotec Translations4 Edith Cottages • Hansford Lane St. Helier • JE2 3JL • Jersey, UK44 0 1534 498 604www.lingotec.co.ukTechnical Translations

Linn Gear Company100 North 8th St. • P.O. Box 397 Lebanon, OR 97355(877) 547-2471 (541) 259-1211www.linngear.comGears

LiquiTec Industries10218 N. Port Washington Rd. Mequon, WI 53092(262) 241-1000www.liquitec.netAuctioneers

Loudon Industries, Inc.140 Landis Dr. • Mercersburg, PA 17236(717) 328-9808www.loudonindustries.comGears

Lubrication Engineers, Inc.300 Bailey Ave. • Fort Worth, TX 76107(800) 537-7683 (817) 916-3200www.le-inc.comLubricants

Ludeca, Inc.1425 NW 88th Ave. • Doral, FL 33172(305) 591-8935www.ludeca.comNew Equipment - Vibration Analyasis

Lufkin-RMT, Inc.4181 Bolivar Rd. • Wellsville, NY 14895(585) 593-3700www.rmt-inc.comGearboxes

MMabry Castings6531 Industrial Rd. • Beaumont, TX 77705(409) 842-2223www.mabrycastings.comCastings

Machine Tool Builders, Inc.7723 Burden Rd. • Machesney Park, IL 61115(815) 636-7502www.machinetoolbuilders.comRetrofitting - Rebuilding

Machinery Marketing International LLC1101 W. Monroe St. Ste 1A • Chicago, IL 60607(312) 226-4150www.mmi-auction.comAuctioneers

Marples Gears, Inc.728 W. Santa Anita St. San Gabriel, CA 91776(800) 276-4327www.marplesgearsinc.comGears

Martin Sprocket & Gear, Inc.3100 Sprocket Dr. • Arlington, TX 76015(817) 258-3000www.martinsprocket.com

Maynards Industries21700 Northwestern Hwy., Suite 1180 Southfield, MI 48075(248) 569-9781www.maynards.comAuctioneers

McCullough Industries, Inc.P.O. Box 222 • Kenton, OH 43326(800) 245-9490www.mcculloughind.comGears

McInnes Rolled Rings1533 E. 12th St. • Erie, PA 16511(800) 569-1420www.mcinnesrolledrings.comRaw Materials

Mechanical & Structural Analysis & Software (MSDS)2814 East Shea Dr. • Fresno, CA 93720(559) 298-4862Software - Consulting

Merit Gear LLC810 Hudson St. • Antigo, WI 54409(800) 756-3748www.meritgear.comGears

Metal Improvement Co.80 Rt 4 East, Suite 310 • Paramus, NJ 07652(201) 843-7800www.metalimprovement.comShot Peening - Heat Treating

Metal Powder Products Co.16855 Southpark Dr., Ste. 100 Westfield, IN 46074(800) 783-2420 • (317) 580-2420www.metalpowder.comGears

Metal Treating Institute504 Osceola Ave. Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250(904) 249-0448www.heattreatonline.comConsulting - Education

Metallurgical High Vacuum Corporation6708 124th Ave. • Fennville, MI 49408(269) 543-4291www.methivac.com/ghtHeat Treating

Micro Surface Corporation270 Hillsdale Ave. • San Jose, CA 95136(408) 723-0700www.ws2coating.comLubricants - Coatings

Midwest Gear & Tool, Inc.15700 Common Rd. • Roseville, MI 48066(586) 779-1300Gears

Midwest Gear Corporation2182 East Aurora Rd. • Twinsburg, OH 44087(330) 425-4419Gears

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Midwest Thermal-Vac5727 95th Ave. • Kenosha, WI 53144(877) MTV-2003www.mtvac.comVacuum Carburizing

Mikronite Technologies556 Industrial Way West • Eatontown, NJ 07724(732) 544-2250Surface Finishing

Mitsui Chemicals America, Inc.800 Weschester Ave., • Suite N607 Rye Brook, NY 10573(914) 253-0777www.mitsuichemicals.comRaw Materials

Moore Gear & Manufacturing Co., Inc.#2 Hawthorne Dr. • P.O. Box 49 Hermann, MO 65041(573) 486-5415www.mooregear.comGears - Gear Racks

Moore Machine & Gear, Inc.10920 North St. Joseph Ave.Evansville, IN 47720(812) 963-3074www.moorecustomgear.comGears

Moore-Addison Co.518 Factory Rd. • Addison, IL 60101(877) 690-5512 (630) 543-6744www.mooreaddison.comLaminates - Plastics

Mosey Manufacturing Co., Inc.262 Fort Wayne Ave. • Richmond, IN 47374(765) 983-8785www.moseymanufacturing.comMachining Services

Motion Industries1605 Alton Rd. • Birmingham, AL 35210(205) 956-1122www.motionindustries.comEquipment

Motor & Gear Engineering, Inc.3545 McCall Place, Suite B Doraville, GA 30340(770) 454-9001www.motorgearengineer.comGears - Gearboxes

Mound Tool Company9301 Watson Industrial Park St. Louis, MO 63126(314) 968-3991www.osborne-tech.comRawhide Gears

Myers Precision Grinding19500 South Miles Rd. Warrensville Heights, OH 44128(216) 587-3737www.myersprecision.comGears

Myron Bowling AuctioneersP.O. Box 369 • Ross, OH 45061(513) 738-3311www.myronbowling.comAuctioneers

GEARS, PULLEYS, SHAFTS, BEARINGS, COUPLINGS, FASTENERS, CUSTOM GEAR BOXESValue added features and services

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NNachi Machining Technology Co.715 Pushville Rd. • Greenwood, IN 46143(317) 530-1001www.nachiamerica.comResharpening

Namco Machine & Gear Works, Ltd.9168 - 35 Ave. • Edmonton, AB T6E 6N9 Canada(780) 463-5602www.namco.caGears

National Bronze & Metals, Inc.2929 West 12th St. • Houston, TX 77008(713) 869-9600www.nbmmetals.comRaw Materials

National Peening1902 Weinig St. • Statesville, NC 28677(800) 325-7336(704) 872-0114www.nationalpeening.comShot Peening

Neugart USA, LP3047 Industrial Blvd. • Bethel Park, PA 15102(412) 835-4154www.neugartusa.comGears

New England Gear343 John Downey Dr. • New Britain, CT 06051(860) 223-7778www.newenglandgear.comRetrofitting - Rebuilding

Niagara Gear Corporation941 Military Rd. • Buffalo, NY 14217(800) 447-2392 (716) 874-3131www.niagaragear.comGears

Nicholson Gear Technology, Inc.P.O. Box 832 • Medina, OH 44258(330) 598-1020www.nicholsongear.comConsulting

Nissei Corp. of America11107-J South • Commerce Blvd. Charlotte, NC 28273(704) 583-0008www.nissei-usa.comGears

Nitrex3474 Poirer Blvd., St-Laurent H4R 2J5 Quebec, Canada(877) 335-7191www.nitrex.comHeat Treating

NitroFreeze Cryogenic Services/Cryogenic Institute of New England, Inc.78 Chilmark St. • Worcester, MA 01604(508) 459-7447www.nitrofreeze.comCryogenic Treating

Nixon Gear, Inc.1750 Milton Ave. • Syracuse, NY 13209(315) 488-0100www.nixongear.comGears

NMT/An IMT Corporation4211 Mainway Burlington ON L7L 5N9 • Canada(905) 319-9258nitrexmetaltech.comHeat Treating - Forging

Nord Gear Corporation800 Nord Dr. • P.O. Box 367 Waunakee, WI 53597(608) 849-7300www.nord.comGears

Nordex, Inc.426 Federal Rd. • Brookfield, CT 06804(800) 243-0986www.nordex.comGears

North America Hoganas, Inc.111 Hoganas Way • Hollsopple, PA 15935(814) 479-3634www.hoganas.comPowder Metal Gears

North American Cronite37162 Sugar Ridge Rd. North Ridgeville, OH 44039(440) 353-6594www.afegroup.comCastings

Northern Gear, LLC5801 W. Franklin Dr. • Franklin, WI 53132(414) 423-9460www.northerngear.comGears

Northstar Aerospace, Inc.6006 West 73rd St. • Bedford Park, IL 60638(708) 728-2000www.nsaero.comGears

NUM Corporation603 East Diehl Rd., Suite 115 Naperville, IL 60563(630) 505-7722www.num.comGear Software - Spindles

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OEM Industries, Inc.1015 N. Justin Ave. • Dallas, TX 75211(214) 330-7271www.oemindustries.comGears

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Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA, Inc.2511 Technology Dr., Suite 114 • Elgin, IL 60124(847) 844-1753www.oerlikon.comCoatings

Okamoto Corporation370 Corporate Woods Pkwy. Vernon Hills, IL 60061(847) 235-3500www.okamotocorp.comGears

Oliver Gear, Inc.1120 Niagara St. • Buffalo, NY 14213(716) 885-1080www.olivergear.comGears

Omni Gear7506 Mesa Rd. • Houston, TX 77028(713) 635-6331www.omnigear.comGears

Omni Gear & Machine Corp.90 Bissel St. • Joliet, IL 60432(800) 876-7216 • (815) 723-4327www.omnigear.usGears

Ontario Dr. & Gear, Ltd.3551 Bleams Rd. • New Hamburg, ON N3A 2J1 Canada(519) 662-4000www.odg.comGears

Orange County Broaching160 E. LaJolla St. • Placentia, CA 92870(714) 630-2622www.ocbroaching.comGears

Orlandi Gear Company6566 Sterling Dr. South Sterling Heights, MI 48312(586) 264-6700www.orlandigear.comGears

Overton Chicago Gear530 Westgate Dr. • Addison, IL 60101(630) 543-9570www.oc-gear.comGears

PP & G Machine & Supply Co., Inc. 2617 Old Shell Rd. Mobile, AL 36607(251) 471-4481www.pggears.comGears

Pamco Machine Works, Inc.9359 Feron Blvd Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730(909) 941-7260www.pamcomachine.comGears

Parker Industries, Inc.1650 Sycamore Ave. • Bohemia, NY 11716(631) 567-1000www.parkerind.comNew Equipment - Metrology

Paulo Products Company5711 West Park Ave. • St. Louis, MO 63110(314) 647-7500www.paulo.comHeat Treating - Brazing - Finishing

Peening Technologies of CT, Inc.8 Eastern Park Rd. • East Hartford, CT 06108(770) 941-9573www.peeningtechnologies.comShot Peening

Peening Technologies of Georgia, Inc.3117 Emery Circle • Austell, GA 30168(770) 941-9573www.peeningtechnologies.comShot Peening

Penna Flame Industries Inc.1856 State Route 588 Zelienople, PA 160631 (800) 245-5084www.pennaflame.comHeat Treating

Performance Biolubes1821 Lincoln St. • Cedar Falls, IA 50613(866) 947-8991Lubricants

Performance Gear Systems, Inc.14309 South Rt. 59 • Plainfield, IL 60544(630) 739-6666www.performance-gear.comPlastic Gears

Perry Technology Corporation120 Industrial Park Rd. • P.O. Box 21 New Hartford, CT 06057(860) 738-2525www.perrygear.comGears - Splines

Perry Tool & Research, Inc.3415 Enterprise Ave. • Hayward, CA 94545(510) 782-9226www.perrytool.comGears

Philadelphia Gear901 East 8th Ave. • King of Prussia, PA 19406(610) 265-3000www.philagear.comGears

Phoenix Heat Treating, Inc.2405 West Mohave • Phoenix, AZ 85009(602) 258-7751www.phoenix-heat-treating.comHeat Treating

PIC Design86 Benson Rd. • Middlebury, CT 06762(800) 243-6125 (203) 758-8272www.pic-design.comLinear Slides - Motion Components

Pinson Valley Heat Treating6179 Sunrise Dr. • Pinson, AL 35126(205) 681-8595www.pvht.comHeat Treating

Power Dr. Components, Inc.40 Newtown Plaza • Plainview, NY 11803(516) 694-2740www.powerDr.componentsinc.com

Gears

Power Engineering & Manufacturing, Ltd.2635 WCF&N Dr. • Waterloo, IA 50703(319) 232-2311www.pemltd.comGears

PowerTrain Technologies, LLC2575 Old Glory Rd. • Clemmons, NC 27012(336) 722-0064www.powertraintechnologies.com

Gearboxes

Precipart Group, Inc.100 Finn Court • Farmingdale, NY 11735(631) 694-0058www.precipart.com

Gears

Precision Gear LLC1900 Midway Dr. • Twinsburg, OH 44087(330) 487-0888www.precisiongear.netGears

Precision Gear, Inc.112-07 14th Ave. • College Point, NY 11356(718) 321-7200www.precisiongearinc.comGears

Premier Furnace Specialists, Inc.23850 Freeway Park Dr. • Farmington Hills, MI 48335(248) 596-9000www.premierfurnace.comNew and Used Heat Treat Equipment

Presrite Corporation3665 East 78th St. • Cleveland, OH 44105(216) 441-5990www.presrite.comForged Gears

Productigear, Inc.1900 West 34th St • Chicago, IL 60608(773) 847-4505www.productigear.comGears

Progressive Engineering Company1701 W. Hundred Rd. • Chester, VA 23836(804) 717-5353www.pecgears.comGears

Proto Manufacturing Ltd.2175 Solar Crescent • Oldcastle, ON N0R 1L0 Canada(519) 737-6330www.protoxrd.comMetrology

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PSM Industries & PolyAlloys Injected Metals14000 Avalon Blvd. • Los Angeles, CA 90061(888) 663-8256www.PSMIndustries.com

Raw Materials

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Quality Transmission Components125 RailRd. Ave • Garden City Park, NY 11040(516) 437-6700www.qtcgears.com

Gears

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Rave Gears & Machining425 Strempel St. • Seguin, TX 78155(855) RAV GEARravegears.comGears

R.E. Smith & Co., Inc.3085 Mt. Read Blvd. • Rochester, NY 14616(585) 621-2838www.resmithcoinc.com

Consulting

R.P. Machine Enterprises, Inc.820 Cochran St. Statesville, NC 28677(704) 872-8888www.rpmachine.com

New and Used Machinery

R.T. Blackhawk Machine Products, Inc.956 Gardner St. • South Beloit, IL 61080(815) 389-3632www.callblackhawk.com

Gears

Rack & Pinion, Inc.135 Main St. • Horton, MI 49246(517) 563-8136www.rack-and-pinion.com

Gears

Rapid GearCanada(519) 748-4828www.rapidgear.com

Gears

Raycar Gear & Machine Co.6125 11th St. • Rockford, IL 61109(815) 874-3948www.raycargear.com

Gears

Regal Gear, Inc.281 Langdon Ave. • Box 69 Wilmington, OH 45177(937) 382-2815Gears

Regal Products, Inc.4462 Eleventh St. • Rockford, IL 61109(815) 387-2162www.regalproducts.comInduction Heating Design - Repair

Reliance Gear Corporation205 Factory Rd. • Addison, IL 60101(630) 543-6640www.reliancegear.comGears

REM Chemicals, Inc.325 West Queen St. • Southington, CT 06489(860) 621-6755www.remchem.comMetal Finishing

Renk Corporation304 Tucapau Rd. • Duncan, SC 29334(864) 433-0069www.renk.bizGears

Renold Power Transmission Corporation2307 Maden Dr. • Morristown, TN 37813(800) 251-9012www.renold.comGears

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Rexnord Geared Products4701 W. Greenfield Ave. • Milwaukee, WI 53214(414) 643-3000www.rexnord.comGear Dr.s

Richardson Manufacturing2209 Old Jacksonville Rd. Springfield, IL 62704(217) 546-2249www.rmc-bigcnc.comGears

Riley Gear CorporationOne Precision Dr. • St. Augustine, FL 32092(904) 829-5652www.rileygear.comGears

Riverside Spline & Gear, Inc.1390 South Parker • P.O. Box 340 Marine City, MI 48039(866) 306-0137 • (810) 765-8302 www.splineandgear.comSplines - Gears

Robust Gear Manufacturing, Inc.768 Westgate Rd, Units 3 & 4 Oakville, ON L6L 5N2 • Canada(800) 661-4687www.robustgear.comGears

Rochester Gear, Inc.213 Norman St. • Rochester, NY 14613(585) 254-5442www.rochestergear.comGears

Romax Technology, Inc.201 West Big Beaver Rd. • Troy, MI 48084(248) 250-7691www.romaxtech.comGears

Ronson Gears18 Teton Court, Highett • Victoria 3190 • Australia61 3 9555-9822www.ronsongears.comGears

Rotek1400 South Chillicothe Rd. • PO Box 312 • Aurora, OH 44202800-221-8043www.rotek-inc.comConsulting

Rush Gears, Inc.550 Virginia Dr. • Ft. Washington, PA 19034(215) 542-9000www.rushgears.comGears

SSchafer Gear Works, Inc.4701 Nimtz Pkwy. • South Bend, IN 46628(574) 234-4116www.schafergear.comGears

Schwartz Precision Gear Co.24649 Mound Rd. • Warren, MI 48091(586) 754-4600Gears

Scot Forge8001 Winn Rd. • Spring Grove, IL 60081(847) 587-1000www.scotforge.comForging

Seco-Warwick Corporation180 Mercer St. • Meadville, PA 16335(814) 332-8400www.secowarwick.comHeat Treating

Seitz Corporation212 Industrial Lane • Torrington, CT 06790(860) 489-0476www.seitzcorp.comGears

SETCO Precision Solutions5880 Hillside Ave. • Cincinnati, OH 45233(800) 543-0470 • (513) 941-5110www.setcousa.comSpindles

Smart Manufacturing Technology67-69 Hounds Gate • Nottingham NG1 6BB, UK44 0 115 941 9839www.smartmt.comGear Software

Solo World Partners13725 Pennsylvania Rd. • Rearview, MI 48193(734) 282-7200www.solowp.comGlobal Sourcing

South Bend Gear, LLC3801 Schafer Gear Dr. •South Bend, IN 46628(574) 968-0273www.southbendgear.comGears

South Side Machine Works, Inc.3761 Eiler St. Saint Louis, MO 63116(314) 481-7171www.southsidemachine.netGears

Southern Gear & Machine, Inc.3685 NW 106th St. • Miami, FL 33147(800) 248-5152 • (305) 691-6300www.southerngear.netGears

Specialty Steel Treating, Inc.34501 Commerce Rd Fraser, MI 48026(586) 293-5355www.specialtysteeltreating.comHeat Treating

Spectrum Machine, Inc.1668 Frost Rd. • Streetsboro, OH 44241(330) 626-3666www.spectrummachine.comRaw Materials

SSS Clutch Company Inc.610 West Basin Road • New Castle, DE 19720(303) 322-8080www.sssclutch.comGear Applications

St. Louis Gear Company, Inc.10 Royal Rd. • P.O. Box 880 Keokuk, IA 52632(319) 524-5042www.stlouisgear.comGears

Stack Metallurgical Services5938 N. Basin Ave. • Portland, OR 97217(503) 285-7703www.stackmet.comHeat Treating

Standard Machine - Hamilton Gear868 60th St. East Saskatoon, SK S7K 8G8 • Canada(306) 931-3343www.standardmachine.ca/Gears

Standard Steel Specialty Co.P.O. Box 20 • Beaver Falls, PA 15010(724) 846-7600www.stdsteel.comGear Racks

STD Precision Gear & Instrument, Inc.318 Manley St., Unit 5West Bridgewater, MA 02379(508) 580-0035www.stdgear.comGears

Steeltech, Ltd.1251 Phillips Ave. SW Grand Rapids, MI 49507(616) 243-7920www.steeltechltd.comCastings

Steward Machine Co., Inc.3911 13th Ave. North Birmingham, AL 35234(205) 841-6461www.stewardmachine.comGears

Stewart Gear Manufacturing1502 W. May Ave. • Gastonia, NC 28052(704) 865-5003www.stewartgear.comGears

Stock Dr. Products - Sterling Instrument2101 Jericho Turnpike • Box 5416 New Hyde Park, NY 11042(516) 328-3300www.sdp-si.comGears

Stor-Loc Modular Drawer System880 N. Washington Ave. • Kankakee, IL 60901(800) 786-7562www.storloc.comToolbox/Workstations

Stotz Gaging Co.2500 N. Latham St. • Rockford, IL 61103(815) 962-6076www.stotz-usa.comGuages

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Summit Gearworks, Inc.1017 Rife Rd. • R.R. #2 Cambridge, ON N1R 5S3 Canada(519) 620-1655www.summitgearworks.comGears

Super Systems, Inc.7205 Edington Dr • Cincinnati, OH 45249(513) 772-0060www.supersystems.comHeat Treating

Supreme Gear Company17430 Malyn • Fraser, MI 48026(586) 294-7625Gears

SW & Sons USA, Inc.777 RPM Dr. • P.O. Box 449 Loudon, TN 37774(865) 458-1777www.swsons-usa.comGears

TTalladega Machinery & Supply301 N. Johnson Ave. • Talladega, AL 35161(800) 289-8672www.tmsgearsdirect.comGears

Tech Induction Corporation13129 23 Mile Rd. • Shelby Twp., MI 48315(586) 469-8324www.techinduction.comForge Tooling

The Adams Company8040 Chavenelle Rd. • Dubuque, IA 52002(563) 583-3591www.theadamscompany.comGears

The Broach Masters, Inc.1605 Industrial Dr. • Auburn, CA 95603(530) 885-1939www.broachmasters.comBroaches - Gears

The Cincinnati Steel Treating Co.5701 Mariemont Ave. • Cincinnati, OH 45227(513) 271-3173www.steeltreating.comHeat Treating

The Company Corporation2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400 Wilmington, DE 19808(800) 818-6082www.incorporate.comConsulting

The Dayton Forging & Heat Treating215 North Findlay St. • Dayton, OH 45403(937) 253-4126www.daytonforging.comForgings

The Euclid Heat Treating Company1408 E. 222 St. • Cleveland, OH 44117(800) 962-2909www.euclidheattreating.comHeat Treating

The Flame Treating & Engineering Co.702 Oakwood Ave. • West Hartford, CT 06110(860) 953-3519 • (860) 969-FLAMEwww.flametreating.comHeat Treating

The Gear Works - Seattle, Inc.500 South Portland St. • Seattle, WA 98108(206) 762-3333www.thegearworks.comGears

The HERRING Group, Inc.P.O. Box 884 • Elmhurst, IL 60126(630) 834-3017www.heat-treat-doctor.comHeat Treating - Consulting

The Horsburgh & Scott Company5114 Hamilton Ave. • Cleveland, OH 44114(216) 431-3900 • horsburgh-scott.comGears

The Ohio Broach & Machine Company35264 Topps Industrial Pkwy. • Willoughby, OH 44094(440) 946-1040 • ohiobroach.comNew - Used Machinery

KORO Hob Sharpening Service♦ Quick Turn Around♦ HSS & Carbide Hobs♦ Bore & Shank Hobs with Center

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The Turbomachinery Laboratory Texas A&M University3254 TAMU • College Station, TX 77843(979) 845-7417 • turbolab.tamu.eduEducation - Tradeshows

Therm-Tech of Waukesha, Inc.301 Travis Lane • Waukesha, WI 53189(262) 549-1878 • thermtech.netHeat Treating

Thermo-Calc Software4160 Washington Rd. • McMurray, PA 15317(724) 731-0074 • thermocalc.comHeat Treating Software

Thermotech1302 South 5th St. • Hopkins, MN 55343(800) 735-1888 • (952) 933-9400www.thermotech.comInjection Molding

Timco, Inc.2 Greentown Rd • Buchanan, NY 10511(914) 736-0206 • timco-eng.comPlastics

Ty Miles, Inc.9855 Derby Lane • Westchester, IL 60154(708) 344-5480 • tymiles.comNew Equipment Manufacturer

UU.S. Equipment Company20580 Hoover Rd. • Detroit, MI 48205(313) 526-8300 • usequipment.comRetrofitting - Rebuilding

Unigear Industries, Inc.20375 Clark Graham Baie D’Urfe, QC H9X 3T5 • Canada(514) 457-7700 • unigear.comGears

United Gear & Assembly, Inc.1700 Livingstone Rd. • Hudson, WI 54016(715) 386-5867 • ugaco.comGears

Universal Technical Systems, Inc.202 West State St., Ste. 700 Rockford, IL 61101(815) 963-2220 • uts.us.comSoftware

US Gear1020 W 119th St. • Chicago, IL 60643(888) 874-3275 • usgear.comGears

VVancouver Gear Works, Ltd.14551 Burrows Rd. Richmond, BC V6V 1K9 Canada(877) 888-3111 • vangear.comGears

VCST Powertrain Components, Inc.13854 Lake Side Circle, Ste. 201Sterling Heights, MI 48313(586) 685-1747 • vcst.comGears

Viking Forge4500 Crane Centre Dr. Streetsboro, OH 44241(330) 562-3366 • viking-forge.comForgings

WW.M. Berg, Inc.5138 S. International Dr. • Cudahy, WI 53110(800) 232-BERG • (414) 747-5800www.wmberg.comGears

Walker Forge, Inc.222 East Erie St. Suite 300, Milwaukee, WI 53202(414) 223-2000 • walkerforge.comForgings

Welter Maschinen & ZahnradfabrikKarl-Kammer-Str. 7 • Lahr D-77993 • Germany49 7821 923-0 • www.welter-lahr.deGears - Retrofitting - Rebuilding

Westerman Companies245 N BRd. St. • P.O. Box 125 Bremen, OH 43107(800) 338-8265 • (740) 569-4143www.westermancompanies.comGears

Western Pegasus728 East 8th St. • Holland, MI 49423(616) 393-9580 • www.westpeg.comGears

Willman Industries, Inc.338 South Main St. • Cedar Grove, WI 53013(920) 668-8526 • www.willmanind.comCastings

Winzeler Gear355 West Wilson Ave.Harwood Heights, IL 60706(708) 867-7971 • www.winzelergear.comGears

WJB Group235 Brea Canyon Rd. • Walnut, CA 91789(909) 595-5958Bearings - Gears

Woodworth Heat Treating20251 Sherwood • Detroit, MI 48234(313) 891-1440 • www.woodworthheattreating.comHeat Treating

Worcester Gears & Racks, Inc.627 Main St., North • Oxford, MA 01537(508) 987-8003 • www.wgear.comGears

Workrite Aerostar6319 Discount Dr. • Fort Wayne, IN 46818(260) 489-4778 • www.workriteaerostar.comGears

XX-R-I Testing1961 Thunderbird • Troy, MI 48084(877) 974-4638 •www.xritesting.comMachines

YYarde Metals45 Newell St. • Southington, CT 06489(860) 406-6061 • www.yarde.comRaw Materials

ZZion Industries, Inc.6229 Grafton Rd. • Valley City, OH 44280(330) 483-4650 • zioninduction.comHeat Treating

ZVL-ZKL Bearings Corp.1640 Midwest Blvd. • Indianapolis, IN 46214(317) 481-2077 • www.zklbearings.comBearings

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Often, the unsung backbone of the gear-manufac-turing world is the very tools used to make them.

In the case of Platinum Tooling, the compa-ny has been supplying a variety of tools used to

shape, not just the gear industry, but a multitude of industries across the globe.

Platinum Tooling serves the automotive, aerospace, medical, firearms, and energy markets, as well as many other industries in metalworking and has a network of sales representatives throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico to service OEMs, machine tool deal-ers, and industrial supply companies.

“For the gear manufacturing industry, a lot of gears are round, and they’re produced on lathes, and they have a lot of features that need to be machined on lathes, so our live tools are the product that we sell for gear manufacturers,” said Preben Hansen, president of Platinum Tooling.

“The turning is simple, but then gears will have fea-tures that need to be machined in them — holes that need to be drilled and tapped in it — and that’s the kind of work that we supply tools for, as well as hobbing tools. A lot of lathes these days have the capabilities of doing hobbing.”

TOOLINGPROFILE PLATINUM TOOLING

INNOVATIVE TOOLING TECHNOLOGYPlatinum Tooling serves many industries – including the gear industry – by providing its customers with a wide variety of tooling options ranging from a 40,000-piece established database to custom-designed options.

Heimatec gear-hobbing tool. (Courtesy:

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HEIMATEC TOOLSPlatinum Tooling has been in business for more than a decade and is the sole importer of live tools, angle heads, and multiple spindle tools manufactured by Heimatec GmbH, based in Renchen, Germany.

Heimatec offers one of the widest ranges of live tools in the industry and has more than 40,000 designs in its database. The company uses the highest quality gears that are ground and lapped in sets to allow for efficient torque transmission and minimal backlash. Heimatec live tools feature its patented u-tec changing system and heavy-duty bearings found throughout its product lines available with an external or internal coolant sup-ply. The u-tec changing system helps reduce inventory and changeover time, which can result in cost savings.

“I’ve been in machine tool accessories my whole life,” Hansen said. “And I got together with Heimatec, who would become a major source for tooling in this coun-try. I said, ‘We need to start a business over in the U.S. selling Heimatec product.’ And after a lot of negotiat-ing, we did. We started up a joint business partnership between myself and the manufacturer in Germany. And then, some years later, I figured out that really to move forward with the business, I needed to get independent.

So, I bought their share of the U.S. business, and we took over as Platinum Tooling about two years ago.”

MAKING LIVE TOOLSThat independence has sparked numerous develop-ments within Platinum Tooling’s history, including stocking live tools for just about any major lathe on the marketplace, according to Hansen.

“We have a couple of different styles, and we have a nice quick-change system,” he said. “There’s a gear company here in Illinois called Overton, and they make a lot of different gears there. They have a lot of families of parts, and they need to drill and tap holes in these families of parts. So, they use our tools for doing all of that, and they’re quick change, so for each part, they have inserts set up ready to go, so when they change over, they can quickly go to a different part number in that family and very quickly start manufacturing again.”

Platinum Tooling was also instrumental in the devel-opment of a tool for Milwaukee Electric, according to Hansen.

“In Milwaukee’s prototype development area, they needed to produce a lot of gears for a drill that had eight

Heimatec gear-hobbing tool in action. (Courtesy: Platinum Tooling)

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little gears in it, so they came to us and said, ‘We need to cut all these gears. We have all these little different hobs with different diameters, and we need the flex-ibility of a tool that we can put on our Mazak machine and that we can put all these, six, seven different hob diameters on and produce gears here for the prototypes we’re building,’” he said. “We made them a tool for that. Now, they make the gears for all their prototype hand tools in Milwaukee Electric on a hobbing tool that we built them.”

CUSTOM-DESIGNED TOOLSPlatinum Tooling does a surprising amount of custom-designed tools, according to Hansen.

“That’s actually a pretty strong aspect of what we can do because we can build tools,” he said. “We’re very good at customs. We understand engineering; we

understand application. If I get a challenging applica-tion like that, I’ll get a hold of a customer, and, before (COVID), I’d go visit and sit down with them and go through the whole project, but now, we work more with solid models and engineering specs based on the customer’s requirements. We know how to tackle chal-lenging applications, and we know how to build special tools. They take a bit to do, but it usually works out pretty well. We’re a great engineering company.”

Hansen said his company may get a few requests a week for custom tools, adding that it can take about a month to create a tool that satisfies the customer’s needs.

“There’s a lot of custom applications,” he said. “It’s amazing what people think of.”

CUSTOMER SERVICEThat detailed customer service is a cornerstone of

Platinum Tooling’s core philosophy, according to Hansen.“When we started the business, we knew we weren’t

going to be the biggest or the cheapest in the market, but I said there’s one thing we can do better than any-body else, and that’s customer service,” he said. “And that’s what we did, and that’s why I think the business has grown. Every year we’ve grown substantially. And I think it’s because we give customer service that’s as good as anything on the market.”

That customer service has kept Platinum Tooling’s clientele coming back year after year, according to Hansen.

“In the last 10 years since we started this business, Heimatec business was zero in the United States when we took over,” he said. “I think I’m most proud of the loyalty that we have from our customers now. We have a customer base that does not look anywhere else for tools.

They come to us, and we can help them, and they know that, and so I am really happy with the customers that we have and the loyalty they’re showing to us because they know what we can do for them.”

MORE SOPHISTICATED PRODUCTSWhen it comes to the gear market, Hansen said the lathes in the market have become more sophisticated with each passing year.

“The lathes that we deal with are more sophisticated than ever, and so there’s more gear work being done on lathes as compared to gear machines because of the capabilities,” he said. “In particular, the controls had synchronized the turrets and the spindle. Our involvement has been with the development of new tools for the lathes that are getting better and more capable of cutting gears.”

As the needs of industry grow and evolve, Hansen said it will be necessary for his com-pany to continue growing more sophisticat-ed in order to compete on a worldwide basis.

“Machine tools are more capable than they ever were, and there’s more automa-tion being done,” he said. “I think that the

industry in general is moving toward more sophisti-cated automation types of setups. And we have products that fit that. When you do that, you need something that the customers don’t have to worry about. You can set it up; you can run it, and you know it’s going to keep going for you. And I think that’s what’s important here. It’s pretty competitive around the world, and the United States is not the cheapest place to do business, but I think we’re as clever as anywhere. And I think that by thinking about production and automation and higher end work and using good equipment and doing things in a sophisticated manner, we’ll be very competitive in the world marketplace.”

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Heimatec custom tool. (Courtesy: Platinum

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Heimatec HT quick change system. (Courtesy: Platinum Tooling)

“Machine tools are more capable than they ever were, and there’s more automation being done. I think that the industry in general is moving toward more sophisticated automation types of setups. And we have products that fit that.”

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A-W Systems Company1901 Larchwood Dr.Troy, MI 48083(248) 524-0778Gear Cutting Tools

A. Finkl & Sons2011 N. Southport Ave.Chicago, IL 60614(800) DIE-BLOCKwww.finkl.comRaw Materials

Accu-Cut Diamond Tool Co.4238-40 N. Sayre Norridge, IL 60706(708) 457-8800www.accucutdiamond.comNew Equipment - Bore Sizing Systems

Acedes Gear Tools2-4 Fleming Rd.Newbury Berkshire RG14 2DE, England44 1635 524252www.acedes.co.ukGear Cutting Tools

Acme Wire Products Co., Inc.P. O. Box 218, 1 BRd.way Ext.Mystic, CT 06355(800) 723-7015www.acmewire.comWire Racks

Advent Tool & Manufacturing, Inc.710 Anita Ave.Antioch, IL 60002(800) 847-3234www.advent-threadmill.comGear Cutting Tools

AJAX Rolled Ring and Machine500 Wallace Way York, SC 29745(800) 727-6333www.ajaxring.comRaw Materials

Ajax Tool Supply575 N Hague Ave. Columbus, OH 43204(800) 543-5998www.ajaxtoolsupply.comGear Cutting Tools

All Metals & Forge Group LLC75 Lane Rd.Fairfield, NJ 07004(800) 600-9290www.steelforge.comRaw Materials

Allied Machine & Engineering Corp.120 Deeds Dr. Dover, OH 44622(800) 321-5537 (330) 343-4283www.alliedmachine.comCutting Tools

Alpha Workholding Solutions820 Cochran St. Statesville, NC 28677(877) 217-6900www.alphaworkholding.comMagnetic Workholding Fixtures

American Broach & Machine Co.575 South Mansfield St.Ypsilanti, MI 48197(734) 961-0300www.americanbroach.comBroaching Tools

American Gear Tools575 South MansfieldYpsilanti, MI 48197(734) 961-0300www.americanbroach.comGear Cutting Tools

Apollo Broach, Inc.39001 Webb St.Westland, MI 48185(734) 467-5750www.apollobroach.comBroaching Tools

Ash Gear & Supply42650 Nine Mile Rd. Novi, MI 48375(248) 374-6155www.ashgear.comGear Cutting Tools

Avion Manufacturing2950 Westway Dr., Ste. 106Brunswick, OH 44212(330) 220-2779www.avionmfg.comHeat Treating

BBanyan Global Technologies20836 Hall Rd., Suite 156Clinton Twp., MI 48038(586) 713-4264www.banyangt.comNew Equipment - Chamfering Robot

BASF100 Park Ave.Florham Park, NJ 07932(800) 526-1072 (973) 245-6000www.basf.comLubricants

Blaser Swisslube, Inc.31 Hatfield Lane Goshen, NY 10924(845) 294-3200blaser.comCutting Fluids

Brighton Laboratories11871 Grand River Brighton, MI 48116(866) 928-1201www.brightonlabs.comLubricants

Broaching Machine Specialties Company25180 Seeley Rd. Novi, MI 48375(248) 471-4500www.broachingmachine.comBroaching Tools

CCanada Broach4478 Chesswood Dr., Unit 11Toronto, ON M3J 2B9 Canada(416) 398-9446www.canadabroach.comBroaching Tools

Carmona Gear Cutting2415 Kishwaukee St. Rockford, IL 61104(815) 963-8236Gear Cutting Tools

CIMCOOL Global Industrial Fluids3000 Disney St. •Cincinnati, OH 45209(888) 246-2665www.cimcool.comLubricants

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Cole Manufacturing Systems, Inc.750 Loggers CircleRochester, MI 48307(248) 601-8145www.colemfgsystems.comConsultant

Colonial Tool Group, Inc.1691 Walker Rd.Windsor, ON N8W 3P1Canada(519) 253-2461www.colonialtool.comBroaching Tools - Spindles

Comtorgage Corporation58 N.S. Industrial Dr. Slatersville, RI 02876(401) 765-0900www.comtorgage.comGages

Concast Metal Products Co.131 Myoma Rd. • Mars, PA 16046(800) 626-7071www.concast.comRaw Materials

DDetroit Broach Company2750 Paldan Dr. Auburn Hills, MI 48326(248) 370-0600www.dbcbroach.comBroaching Tools

Drewco Corporation3745 Nicholson Rd. Franksville, WI 53126(262) 886-5050www.drewco.com

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DT TechnologiesZI Quest Champ-Colin 2CH-1260 Nyon-SuisseSwitzerland4122 362 8701www.dttechnologies.com

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Eltool Corporation1665 Central Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45214(877) 4ELTOOLwww.eltool.com

Drill Heads - Keycutters

Emuge Corporation1800 Century Dr.West Boylston, MA 01583(800) 323-3013www.emuge.com

Workholding, Cutting Tools

Engineered Tools Corporation2710 West Caro Rd. Caro, MI 48723(989) 673-8733www.engineeredtools.comGear Cutting Tools

Engis Corporation105 West Hintz Rd. Wheeling, IL 60090(847) 808-9400www.engis.comAbrasives - Finishing Tools

Erasteel Kloster ABSE-815 82 Soderfors Sweden46 293 543 00www.erasteel.comRaw Materials - High Speed Steel

Euro-Tech CorporationN48 W14170 Hampton Ave.Menomonee Falls, WI 53051(262) 781-6777www.eurotechcorp.comNew Equipment - Metrology

Extrude Hone Corp.235 Industry Blvd. Irwin, PA 15642(724) 863-5900www.extrudehoneafm.comNew Equipment - Finishing

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ExxonMobil Corporation3225 Gallows Rd. Fairfax, VA 22037(703) 846-3000www.exxonmobil.comLubrication

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Faessler Corporation131 West Layton Ave., Ste. 308 Milwaukee, WI 53207(414) 769-0072www.faessler-usa.comGear Cutting Tools

Friedrich Gloor, Ltd.P.O. Box 236 CH-2543 LengnauSWITZERLAND41 32 6532 161www.gloorag.chGear Cutting Tools

FrisaValentine G. Rivero 127, Col. Los Trevino, Santa Catarina, Nuevo Leon, Mexico(888) 882-0959frisa.comRaw Materials

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Gear Tooling Solutions, LLC9421 N. Haggerty Rd. Plymouth, MI 48170(734) 416-9300www.greatlakesgeartech.comManufacturers Representative

Gleason Cutting Tools Corp.1351 Windsor Rd. Loves Park, IL 61111(585) 473-1000www.gleason.comGear Cutting Tools

Greg Allen Company5755 Canal Rd. Valley View, OH 44125(216) 642-5900Gear Cutting Tools

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HAINBUCH America Corp.10541 N. Commerce St. Mequon, WI 53092(414) 358-9550www.hainbuch.comWorkholding

Hanik Corporation271 E. Beinoris Dr. Wood Dale, IL 60191(630) 595-7333www.hanikcorp.comGear Cutting Tools

Hermes Abrasives, Ltd.524 Viking Dr. Virginia Beach, VA 23452(800) 464-8314 (757) 486-6623www.hermesabrasives.comAbrasives

HobSource, Inc.834 East Rand Rd. #2 Mount Prospect, IL 60056(866) HOB-TOOLwww.hobsource.comGear Cutting Tools

Hydra-Lock Corporation25000 Joy Blvd. Mt. Clemens, MI 48043(586) 783-5007www.hydralock.comWorkholding

IIndex Technologies5755 Canal Rd. Valley View, OH 44125(216) 642-5900Hob Sharpening

Inex9229 Olean Rd. Holland, NY 14080(716) 537-2270www.inexinc.netHeat Treating - Tubes

Ingersoll Cutting Tools845 S. Lyford Rd. Rockford, IL 61108(815) 387-6600www.ingersoll-imc.comGear Cutting Tools

JJames Engineering2380 West Midway Blvd. Unit 1Broomfield, CO 80020(303) 444-6787www.james-engineering.comNew Equipment - Deburring Machines

Jerry Tools, Inc.6200 Vine St. Cincinnati, OH 45216(513) 242-3211www.jerrytools.comWorkholding

JLM Systems, Ltd./OilMiser23091 Westminster Hwy.Richmond, BC V6V 1B9 Canada(888) 736-8645www.oilmiser.comLubrication Systems - Filtration

JRM International, Inc.5701 Industrial Ave.Rockford, IL 61111(815) 282-9330www.jrminternational.comManufacturers Representative

KKAPP Technologies2870 Wilderness Place Boulder, CO 80301(303) 447-1130www.kapp-usa.comNew Equipment - Grinding

King Precision Technologies, Inc.2827-A Gray Fox Rd. Monroe, NC 28110(704) 296-9100www.kpt-inc.comManufacturers Representative

Klingelnberg America Inc.118 East Michigan Ave. Suite 200Saline, Michigan 48176(734) 470-6278www.klingelnbergusa.comGear Cutting Tools

Klingelnberg GmbHGermany0049 2192 81 0www.klingelnberg.comGear Cutting Tools

Kluber Lubrication North America, LP32 Industrial Dr. Londonderry, NH 03053(603) 647-4104www.kluber.comLubrication

Koepfer America, LLC635 Schneider Dr. South Elgin, IL 60177(847) 931-4121www.koepferamerica.comRemanufacture - Hob Sharpening

Koro Sharpening Service9530 85th Ave. NorthMaple Grove, MN 55369(763) 425-5247www.koroind.comHob Sharpening

LLeistritz Corp.165 Chestnut St. Allendale, NJ 07401(201) 934-8262www.leistritzcorp.comNew Equipment Manufacturer

Liebherr Gear Technology Co.1465 Woodland Dr.Saline, MI 48176(734) 429-7225www.liebherr.usGear Cutting Tools

LMT-Fette, Inc.1081 S. Northpoint Blvd. • Waukegan, IL 60085(800) 757-0346www.lmtfettetools.comGear Cutting Tools

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L.S. Starrett Co..121 Crescent Street • Athol, MA 01331(978) 249-3551www.starrett.comPrecision Measurement & Metrology Solutions

Lubrication Engineers, Inc.300 Bailey Ave. • Fort Worth, TX 76107(800) 537-7683www.lelubricants.comLubricants

Luren Precision Chicago Co., Ltd.1320 Tower Rd. • Schaumburg, IL 60173(847) 598-3555www.luren.com.twGear Cutting Tools

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Miller Broach, Inc.14510 Bryce Rd. • Capac, MI 48014(810) 395-8810www.millerbroach.comBroaching Tools

Milwaukee Broach Company, Inc.N52 W13821 Northpark Dr.Menomonee Falls, WI 53051(262) 781-7644www.milwaukeebroach.comBroaching Tools - Workholding

Milwaukee Gear Company

5150 N. Port Washington Rd.

Milwaukee, WI 53217

(414) 962-3532www.milwaukeegear.com

Gears

Mitsubishi Gear Technology Center

46992 Liberty Dr.

Wixom, MI 48393

(248) 669-6136www.mitsubishigearcenter.com

Gear Cutting Tools

Mitsubishi Materials USA

11250 Slater Ave.

Fountain Valley, CA 92708

(714) 352-6100www.mmus.com

Gear Cutting Tools - Metal Chipping Tools

Modern Gearing, Inc.

2277 Rue Leger St.

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Nachi America, Inc.715 Pushville Rd.Greenwood, IN 46143(317) 530-1001www.nachiamerica.comNew Equipment Manufacturer

Norton | Saint GobainPO Box 15008 One New Bond StWorcester, MA 01615(800) 551-4413www.nortonabrasives.comAbrasives, Grinding Wheels

NUM Corporation603 East Diehl Rd., Suite 115Naperville, IL 60563(630) 505-7722www.num.comCNC Controls - Software

Nye Lubricants, Inc.12 Howland Rd. Fairhaven, MA 02719(508) 996-6721www.nyelubricants.comLubricants

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OOsborn International1100 Resource Dr., Ste. 1Brooklyn Heights, OH 44131(216) 361-1900www.osborn.comBrushes - Finishing Tools

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Parker Industries, Inc.1650 Sycamore Ave.Bohemia, NY 11716(631) 567-1000www.parkerind.comGear Cutting Tools

Petron Corporation16800 Glendale Dr.New Berlin, WI 53151(800) 757-5796 • (262) 797-4680www.petroncorp.comLubricants

Polygon Solutions16770 Link Court Ste. 106 Fort Myers, FL 33912(239) 628-4800polygonsolutions.comBroaching Tools

Proceq USA, Inc.117 Corporation Dr. Aliquippa, PA 15001(800) 839-7016 • (724) 512-0330www.proceq-usa.comHardness Testers

QQual-Fab, Inc34250 Mill Rd. • Avon, OH 44011(440) 327-5000www.Qual-Fab.netHeat Treating - Fabrication

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Reef Tool & Gage Co., Inc.44800 Macomb Industrial Dr.Clinton Township, MI 48036(586) 468-3000www.reeftoolandgage.netWorkholding

Reishauer Corporation1525 Holmes Rd. Elgin, IL 60123(847) 888-3828www.reishauer-us.comGear Cutting Tools

Reishauer GmbHHumboldtstrasse 32 • D-70771 Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany49 711 947 56 0www.reishauer.com

Gear Cutting Tools

Riten Industries, Inc.1100 Lakeview Ave.Washington Court House, OH 43160(800) 338-0027www.riten.com

Workholding

Royal Purple, Ltd.One Royal Purple Lane Porter, TX 77365(888) 382-6300 • (281) 354-8600www.royalpurple.com

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Russell, Holbrook & Henderson, Inc.25 East Spring Valley Ave. Suite 150Maywood, NJ 07607(201) 226-9000www.tru-volute.com

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SS.L. Munson & Company1404 Old Dairy Dr. Columbia, SC 29201(800) 285-3211 • (803) 252-3211www.slmunson.comCutting Tools

SAMP S.P.A.Via Calzoni 2 40128 Bologna, Italy39 (0) 51 6319 411www.samputensili.comGear Cutting Tools

Sandvik Coromant1702 Nevins Rd. Fair Lawn, NJ 07410(800) SANDVIKwww.sandvik.coromant.com/usGear Cutting Tools - Metal Chipping Tools

Schneeberger, Inc.1380 Gateway Dr., Ste. 8 Elgin, IL 60123(847) 888-3498www.schneeberger-us.comNew Equipment - Tool Sharpening

Schnyder SAJakobstrasse 52 CH-2500 Biel 8 Switzerland41 (0)32-344-0400www.schnyder.comGear Cutting Tools

SCHUNK Inc211 Kitty Hawk Dr. Morrisville, NC 27560(919) 572-2705us.schunk.comWorkholding

Seco Tools North America2805 Bellingham Dr. Troy, MI 48083(248) 528-5200www.secotools.comCutting Tools

SETCO Precision Solutions5880 Hillside Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45233(800) 543-0470 (513) 941-5110www.setcousa.comSpindles

Shell LubricantsP. O. Box 2463 • Houston, TX 77252(713) 241-6161www.shellus.comLubricants

Slater Tools, Inc.44725 Trinity Dr. Clinton Township, MI 48038(586) 465-5000www.slatertools.comBroaching Tools

Slone Gear International1040 S. Dorset Rd. Troy, OH 45373(507) 401-GEARslonegear.comSpline Gages - Master Gears

Speedgrip Chuck, Inc.2000 E. Industrial Pkwy. Elkhart, IN 46515(574) 294-1506www.speedgrip.comWorkholding

Star SU, LLC5200 Prairie Stone Pkwy., Ste. 100Hoffman Estates, IL 60192(847) 649-1450www.star-su.comGear Cutting Tools

Summit Industrial ProductsP.O. Box 131359 Tyler, TX 75713(800) 749-5823www.klsummit.comLubrication

Sunnen Products Company7910 Manchester Rd. • St. Louis, MO 63143(800) 325-3670 (314) 781-2100www.sunnen.comGear Bore - Finishing Tools

TTech Induction Corporation13129 23 Mile Rd. • Shelby Township, MI 48036(586) 469-8324www.techinduction.comNew Equipment Manufacturer

Tenaxol Technologies1001 E. Centralia St. Elkhorn, WI 53121(414) 476-1400www.tenaxol.comHeat Treating - Quenchings

The Broach Masters, Inc.1605 Industrial Dr. Auburn, CA 95603(530) 885-1939www.broachmasters.comBroaching Tools - Gear Cutters

The Duffy Company283 E. Hellen Rd. Palatine, IL 60067(847) 202-0000www.duffycompany.comHeat Treating - Stop-Off Paints

The Edward Orton Jr. Ceramic Foundation6991 Old 3C Highway Westerville, OH 43082(614) 818-1338www.temptab.comHeat Treating - TempTabs

The Ohio Broach & Machine Company35264 Topps Industrial Pkwy Willoughby, OH 44094(440) 946-1040www.ohiobroach.comBroaching Tools - Sharpening

Timken – Purdy Systems1835 Dueber Ave., SW • Canton, OH 44706(330) 438-3000www.timken.comBearings

Timken Aerospace Transmissions – Purdy Systems1835 Dueber Ave., SW • Canton, OH 44706(330) 437-3000www.timken.comBearings

Toolink Engineering1921 Miller Dr. • Longmont, CO 80501(303) 776-6212www.toolink-eng.comWorkholding

Transmecanica saHipolito Yrgoyen No. 3288 B1646CHQ San FernandoBuenos Aires, Argentina54 11 4746 6600www.transmecanica.com.arGear Cutting Tools

TSA America LLC30311 Clemens Rd., Suite 2Westlake, OH 44145(440) 614-0170www.tsageartools.comGear Cutting Tools

Ty Miles, Inc.9855 Derby Lane • Westchester, IL 60154(708) 344-5480www.tymiles.comBroach Tooling

Tyrolit Wickman, Inc.10325 Capital Ave. • Oak Park, MI 48237(248) 548-3822www.tyrolit.comGear Grinding Tools

UUnited Grinding510 Earl Blvd. • Miamisburg, OH 45342(937) 859-1975www.grinding.comNew Equipment Manufacturer

WWD-40 CompanyP.O. Box 80607 • San Diego, CA 92138(888) 324-7596www.wd40.comLubricants

Wichita Clutch USA2800 Fisher Rd. • Wichita Falls, TX 76302(800) 964-3262www.wichitaclutch.comClutches - Brakes

Winterthur Corporation10 Viking Rd. Webster, MA 01570(508) 949-1061www.winterthurusa.comGear Grinding Tools

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With a community storefront, your company also receives a premium listing in the annual Buyer’s Guide published each November. Premium listings feature graphic treatments to draw more attention to your company.

For information on how you can participate in the GearSolutions.com community storefront, contact dave@gearsolutions.com.

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Innovative Rack & Gear is a custom manufacturer of gear racks and gears to OEMs and suppliers in a variety of industries including machine tool, automation, construction, mining, healthcare, aerospace, and defense.

A gear rack is often an integral part of a machine’s inner workings, so it’s important it is designed and manu-

factured to exact specifications.The experts at Innovative Rack & Gear have been

providing custom manufactured gear racks to the gear industry for a quarter of a century, and the company shows no signs of slowing down.

“We’ve always wanted to do the best quality,” said Zen Cichon, president of Innovative Rack & Gear. “We’ve always tried to take on jobs that are more interesting — maybe something that others don’t and couldn’t do or didn’t want to do.”

Innovative Rack & Gear is equipped to manufacture pieces from one to 10,000. To be able to accomplish that takes a company ready to take on any challenge.

The company can reverse engineer replacement parts, as well as provide break-down service during critical times, according to Cichon, and Innovative Rack & Gear will always look for the most economical solution, whether that means custom-made or by using

standard alternatives.Innovative Rack & Gear is able to bring that unique

ability to the table by using equipment that can create a variety of rack types, according to Cichon. The com-pany manufactures all types of custom, commercial, and precision, high-quality gear racks for industries such as machine tool, automation, construction, mining, oil, gas, offshore, steel, healthcare, precision instrument, aero-space, and defense.

Innovative Rack & Gear handles the more complicat-ed aspects of general machining with an assortment of Haas and Hurco CNC machining centers and lathes, and Cichon said the recent addition of a Chevalier FSG-2060 automatic precision surface grinder allows control over the quality of ground blanks and customers’ delivery schedules.

“In 2000, we got our first CNC rack milling machine that could cut spur gear racks, and then luckily we kept growing,” he said. “In 2002, we bought another one that could cut helical gear racks — and then another one in 2006.”

In 2009, Innovative invested in another machine that could cut hardened teeth instead of grinding them, according to Cichon. The company’s state-of-the-art CNC rack milling machines can cut teeth uninter-rupted up to 82 inches and even longer lengths through resetting.

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MAKING HIGH-QUALITY GEAR RACKS FOR 25 YEARS

Course pitch 1.75 DP gear rack on a CMM.

(Courtesy: Innovative Rack & Gear)

“We’ve always tried to take on

jobs that are more interesting – maybe something that others don’t

and couldn’t do or didn’t want to do.”

INNOVATIVE RACK & GEARPROFILE

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For the last century, Ka-Wood Gear & Machine has been manufacturing precision gear products that include spur, helical, and worm gears, as well as producing spline shafts, racks, timing belt pulleys, and sprockets for a vast array of industries.

It’s not every company that can boast it’s been in busi-ness for a century, and that milestone is not some-

thing the owners of Ka-Wood Gear & Machine take for granted.

Those 10 decades were filled with a lot of ups and downs for the gear industry, but being able to change with the times while offering its customers top-rated service and products has made Ka-Wood Gear a consis-tent leader in gear manufacturing.

A large part of what keeps the company going strong is its product and industry diversification, according to Lenny Tuttle, co-owner and operations manager.

“We do a wide range of products in a variety of sizes and configurations,” he said. “We want to offer our cus-tomers one-stop shopping. We can hob, shape, broach, shave, mill, or grind any gear product.”

An example of promoting the one-stop shopping mindset was when rack components were added

to Ka-Wood Gear’s capabilities once Tuttle and Co- owner and VP of Operations Don Carlson came aboard in 1996.

A big part of what keeps Ka-Wood Gear successful in staying ahead of the curve when it comes to manufactur-ing trends is equipment purchases.

Prototyping is also a big part of Ka-Wood Gear’s offer-ings, thanks to an investment in several CNC machines, according to Carlson.

Additionally, Ka-Wood Gear has purchased numer-ous CNC gear hobbers and shapers, including a CNC shaper that is one-of-a-kind as it has a tilt table capable of shaping tapered teeth up to 12 degrees. The com-pany’s machines can also produce helical and crowned tooth forms.

Another service Don Carlson said Ka-Wood Gear is proud of is the company’s ability to do “hot turnarounds.”

Co-owner and President Joseph Kloka III emphasized that Ka-Wood doesn’t let the lack of a blue print stop them from helping customers.

“We will manufacture product from a sample, wheth-er it be for a machine, a classic car, or even a broken snow blower,” he said.

As the industry continues to change, the owners of Ka-Wood Gear all stressed that the company will con-tinue to do what is best for its more than 700 active cus-tomers.

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A COMMITMENT TO QUALITY AND CUSTOMER SATISFACTION

Ka-Wood Gear purchased the Fellows 70-15 gear shaper in 2001. (Courtesy: Ka-Wood Gear)

“We want to offer our customers one-stop shopping. We can hob, shape, broach, shave, mill, or grind any gear product.”

KA-WOOD GEAR & MACHINEPROFILE

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The L.S. Starrett Co. has been designing, manufacturing, and supplying high-quality precision measuring tools, metrology systems, and more for 140 years.

When companies need to ensure the highest and most accurate quality control process, they turn to the

experts at Starrett.Founded in 1880 and headquartered in Athol,

Massachusetts, The L.S. Starrett Company is a leading global manufacturer of precision measuring tools and gages, optical comparators, vision systems, force mea-surement, and hardness testing solutions. Starrett also manufactures laser measurement systems, custom engi-neered granite solutions, custom gaging, and more. The Starrett brand is recognized throughout the world for exceptional quality and precision.

The number of industries that Starrett works with is as vast as it is varied. Those industries include aerospace, medical, energy, defense, automotive, sporting goods, pharmaceutical, food processing, and — of course — gear manufacturing.

An application specific precision tool that Starrett offers for the gear industry is the Gear Tooth Vernier Caliper. The company also offers thousands of precision tools and gages, as well as advanced metrology solu-tions with powerful software designed to measure a large range of parts including gears, according to Scott Robinson, Starrett’s technical support manager.

“We make a plethora of precision tools that can be

used for an extensive number of quality control applica-tions,” he said. “When measuring a gear, you may start with a caliper. Another precision gage option for gear makers is a micrometer, the most accurate handheld tool available to skilled operators.”

“Most of our products are not designed specifically for gear manufacturing; however, they are absolutely capable of measuring and inspecting gears and gear tooth forms,” said Mark Arenal, general manager for Starrett Metrology Systems and Starrett Kinemetric Engineering.

Starrett’s metrology systems are used both on the shop floor in a manufacturing environment, as well as in the quality lab and research labs, according to Arenal. Vision systems and optical comparators are valuable resources for gear inspection.

“We have knowledgeable technical support and appli-cation engineers located across the globe, and sometimes these experts go directly to the customer site where we use their eyes and expertise to consult on an application,” said Tim Cucchi, precision hand tools product manager.

“Often being onsite is a very effective approach to defin-ing the right solution.”

As Starrett reaches into the future, it will continue to focus on its broad portfolio of products, according to Arenal.

“We want to continue to globalize our brand and our products and meet the markets where the need is,” he said. “We will carry on our tradition of precision, quality, and innovation while implementing technology to meet the needs of factories in the future.”

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INNOVATIVE, RELIABLE PRECISION MEASUREMENT SOLUTIONS

The Starrett HDV (Horizontal Digital

Video) System is an excellent gear

measurement solution, as well as for grooved-

parts inspection. (Courtesy: The L.S. Starrett Company)

“Most of our products are not designed

specifically for gear

manufacturing; however, they are

absolutely capable of measuring and inspecting gears

and gear tooth forms.”

THE L.S. STARRETT COMPANYPROFILE

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Starting out almost a century ago by making clock parts, Neugart now develops, produces, and sells planetary gearboxes and custom gearboxes all around the world to a variety of industries.

Gearboxes are, quite literally, the driving force for doz-ens of industries, and Neugart makes reliable, qual-

ity gearboxes that have helped push the family-owned company into the global arena.

A large part of that success is due to Neugart’s ability to create gearboxes using a modular design.

“It’s that modular design that allows us to pretty much provide a solution for every challenge we get from the customer,” said Christian Schilling, vice president of Neugart’s U.S. location. “With our modular gearbox system, we’re using fewer parts to offer a wide range of gearboxes. It’s kind of fascinating that we can actually build a seemingly infinite number of gearbox variants with a modest number of parts.”

To that end, Neugart offers a wide variety of planetary gearboxes, as well as customized gearboxes that can be very specialized, including bevel gearboxes, spur gear-boxes, and more, according to Christian.

But more often than not, Christian said Neugart can find a gearbox that fits specific needs. And those gear-boxes are designed to last — usually clocking in at about 30,000 hours of use.

“In my experience, planetary gearboxes are like those kinds of gearboxes that fit most applications,” he said.

“However, we also offer high point gearboxes or bevel gearboxes or combinations of them with the planetary gearboxes.”

However, customized solutions also fall squarely in Neugart’s wheelhouse as well, according to Christian.

“We can build whatever the application requires, but sometimes the customer wants to have a specific kind of gearbox when other gearboxes might fit the application better,” he said. “We consult with the customers, advise them, and let them know, ‘Hey, this is pretty much a perfect solution for your challenge.’ We try to stick to the standards, but every once in a while, you need to have a customized solution for the customer in order to make it work.”

Whatever the customer may need, it boils down to working closely with them in order to ascertain what will work best for them, according to Christian.

“Every challenge is different, and that’s the most inter-esting part about it I think, but also the variety of the challenge gives us a variety of solutions and ways to solve the puzzle for the customer,” he said.

Christian said Neugart is quite proud to be a market leader when it comes to economy planetary gearboxes.

The company employs more than 700 people world-wide, including more than 600 at its headquarters in Kippenheim in southwest Germany.

“Gearbox technology itself will still play a big part in our society and in our culture — especially since elec-tronic mobility is getting bigger and bigger for cars, and that will need gearboxes as well,” Christian said.

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OFFERING MODULAR PLANETARY GEARBOX DESIGN

With its product features, the NGV planetary gearbox is specifically designed for use in driverlesstransport vehicles — AGVs for short. The bearings are designed and positioned to allow high radial loads at the output. (Courtesy: Neugart)

“It’s kind of fascinating that we can actually build a seemingly infinite number of gearbox variants with a modest number of parts.”

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Romax Technology provides class-leading simulation solutions for the design, analysis, testing, and manufacture of electro-mechanical drivetrain systems.

Designing, creating, and manufacturing gears and drive systems can make up a sizeable piece of a manu-

facturer’s budget. By employing innovative technology as an integral

part of the development process, much of that cost can be minimized — this is accomplished through simulation-led design and virtual prototyping.

Romax Technology does just that with its leading software platform, Romax Nexus.

“We empower end users of our products and their organizations, most often the manufacturers of gears and associated drivetrain systems, to simulate their electro-mechanical systems in an efficient, reliable man-ner early in the development process,” said Chris Baker, senior vice president of software products for Romax Technology. “Through doing so, they ultimately go to production with confidence that they will meet their product’s target DNA, as well as achieve business-critical cost and quality KPIs.”

One dimension of “target DNA” that is seeing a lot of emphasis today is sound quality, according to Baker. Romax Spectrum, one of the most popular products on the Nexus platform, provides a solution for predicting full radiated noise from a high-fidelity drivetrain model.

This caters to the noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH) community and really delivers in terms of ensuring the satisfaction of the ultimate customer.

Romax is particularly proud of its enhanced bearing analysis methods developed by the company’s founder, Dr. Peter Poon, MBE, according to Baker. Those methods are employed in Romax’s products to make sure custom-ers get the most realistic results possible.

One key advantage of Romax’s software is that it’s able to overcome barriers that often exist between dif-ferent groups within organizations, according to Baker.

“You might have one group focused on NVH and another focused on efficiency or electric motor devel-opment,” he said. “Often, they don’t speak the same technical language, sit in the same department, or com-municate effectively, to be frank. What we’ve done is we’ve tailored our various product lines to suit those different audiences but have used a common model framework to facilitate collaboration through model-sharing, only exposing the parameters and features of importance to each audience. That’s one of our unique selling points.”

“This Romax Nexus platform underpins a set of six product lines and enables the aforementioned collabora-tion so that the products talk to each other,” Baker said.

Each one of the products has an interface that is mod-ern and process-oriented, making the software approach-able and flattening the learning curve for new engineers, according to Baker.

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EMPOWERING ‘RIGHT FIRST TIME’ DESIGNS

One key advantage of Romax’s software

is that it’s able to overcome barriers that

often exist between different groups

within organizations. (Courtesy: Romax

Technology)

“We empower end users of our

products and their organizations

to simulate their electro-mechanical

systems in an efficient, reliable

manner early in the development

process.”

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SMT is a globally integrated leader in mechanical transmission engineering services and software development with a collective of experienced and passionate experts who deliver services and technologies trusted by the world’s leading transmission and driveline engineers.

While gear design can be a challenging endeavor, the results justify the complexity of the task. However,

the process can be made a lot easier with the right tools. The software and engineering experts at Smart

Manufacturing Technology (SMT) have created solutions that can assist and eliminate many design steps, allow-ing for a quicker process and more resilient final design.

SMT’s flagship CAE software, MASTA, is well-known as the premier specialized transmission and driveline design and analysis tool. MASTA enables engineers to design robust, efficient, lightweight, and quiet trans-missions from concept design, through detailed design, and all the way to manufacture, enabling true design for manufacture.

MASTA is complemented by SMT’s MEASA TE and NVH hardware and software solution, which allows easy and accurate data acquisition of TE and NVH test data, together with data analysis tools developed specifically for transmission applications.

There are considerable productivity benefits from

having a single workflow only requiring input of data once resulting in fewer opportunities for introducing errors. SMT’s MASTA software enables engineers to start the process from a clean sheet, build models quickly, analyze their models and optimize their designs using accurate results for maximum efficiency and accu-racy when working on a project, according to Pramod Mooneeramsing, director of sales and marketing at SMT.

“SMT’s engineering services team are dedicated to solving the difficult problems that customers face, pro-viding expertise and know-how,” said Dr. Paul Langlois, software engineering director at SMT.

SMT started life as a company in 2002 with a group of engineers who were experts in software, system dynam-ics, gears, and bearings, and who are still with the com-pany today. SMT was founded with a clear vision to pro-vide solutions to engineers to bridge the gap between design and manufacturing.

SMT is a Microsoft Gold partner and develops its software on the latest Microsoft platform. This allows rapid inclusion and integration of new features with no legacy code or platform constraints to hold back further development.

SMT is always looking for ways to better itself and the software products and features it produces, and with the gear market in the automotive industry moving toward electric vehicles, SMT is confident it will continue to excel in providing solutions in full system design and analysis within MASTA, according to Mooneeramsing.

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SERVING TRANSMISSION AND DRIVELINE DEVELOPMENT

MASTA For EV Model. (Courtesy: SMT)

“SMT’s engineering services team are dedicated to solving the difficult problems that customers face, providing expertise and knowhow.”

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CONTENTS PAGE NO.

Advent Tool & Manufacturing ...............................................................49

ALD Thermal Treatment Inc ................................................................IFC

All Metals & Forge Group .....................................................................27

American Gear Inc. .............................................................................19

American Precision Gear Co. Inc. .........................................................30

American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) ...........................................53

Amorphology .......................................................................................16

Circle Gear & Machine Co Inc ..............................................................17

Forest City Gear ..................................................................................43

Hauser Inc. .........................................................................................15

Innovative Rack & Gear .......................................................................33

KAPP Technologies ................................................................. 18, 39, 52

Ka-Wood Gear & Machine Co. ..............................................................18

KISSsoft USA LLC ..............................................................................33

Koro Sharpening Service ......................................................................41

McInnes Rolled Rings ..........................................................................37

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America Inc ...............................................BC

New England Gear .................................................................................7

Nordex Inc. .........................................................................................35

Penta Gear Metrology ....................................................................21, 62

Piselli Enterprises Inc. ....................................................................... IBC

Russell Holbrook & Henderson Inc .......................................................31

Solar Atmospheres ................................................................................2

Solar Manufacturing ............................................................................13

Southern Gear & Mahines ....................................................................31

SMT ...................................................................................................14

STD Precision Gear & Instruments Inc. .................................................29

Tech Tool Co. Inc. ...............................................................................62

The Broach Masters Inc. ........................................................................4

Toolink Engineering Inc. ........................................................................1

United Tool Supply ..............................................................................51

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Remind our readers of Piselli Enterprises’ role in the gear-manufacturing industry.We have over 30 years of experience buying and selling used gear equipment. I was the previous owner of RP Machine Enterprises that I had sold in 2014. Two years later, we went back into the business as a leaner operation to service the gear industry.

We’re able to source, rebuild, repair, and maintain high-quality used gear equipment. Because of our vast experience in the gear industry, our network enables us to address a variety of our custom-ers’ needs quickly and efficiently.

How do you work with a customer when they come to you with a challenge that involves a gear or a spline or gearbox they need manufactured?Most customers that contact us are pre-pared to tell us what they want, but if a customer needs more information, or is seeking consultation on a machine, we are more than happy to discuss a pos-sible solution. Over time, I have built up a team of engineers I can contact for further recommendations on possible machines to fulfill a customer’s specific requirement.

Why does your more than 30 years of experience give you an advantage compared to competitors? Because during those years, I have owned several manufacturing com-panies across a portfolio of industries including mining, automotive, and off-highway. Each of these industries requires different types of gear-manu-facturing equipment, and when a cus-tomer comes to me with a need, I can provide a solution with the experienced knowledge necessary. Typically, I am able to address a customer’s needs with my vast inventory.

What are the advantages of buying used gear equipment?Used gear equipment is the most cost-effective approach to manu-facturing in the gear industry. As technology continues to evolve at a rapid pace, along with its price, there exists a great opportunity in the used gear machinery market to provide a similar product at a fraction of the price of new equipment.

How does your auctioneering business feature into the overall industry?It gives customers another option. It’s for customers with not only gear machines, but for those with other types of equipment, a smaller plant, a line of product that’s not specific to gear cutting, or addi-tional operations like lathes and mills and turning and machining. This brings in our auctioneering expertise in which we can offer a way for them sell their equipment in that product line.

That allows them a better opportunity to find the best qualified buyer, which, ultimately, leads to a better purchase price.

Where and how can customers get in touch with you?We own a 100,000-square-foot facility in Statesville, North Carolina, and a quality staff of engineers willing to assist with any questions involving machinery, tools, parts, and service.

MORE INFO www.pisellient.com

Q&AINTERVIEW WITH AN INDUSTRY INSIDER

RICH PISELLIPRESIDENT & FOUNDER PISELLI ENTERPRISES

“We’re able to source, rebuild, repair, and maintain high-quality used gear equipment.”

Piselli Enterprises, based out of Statesville, North Carolina, offers up high-quality new and used gear machinery along with associated manufacturing equipment. (Photos courtesy: Piselli Enterprises)

THE #1 SOURCE FOR YOUR USED GEAR MACHINERY — AND MORE!

820 Cochran Street Statesville, NC 28677704.609.0766 • rich@pisellient.comwww.pisellient.com

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