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   Gear Manufacturing Technology Update       February 22, 2023

Nidec Machine Tool Launches Robot Cameras for Hobbing and Broaching Machines to Help Automate Visual Inspections of Cutting Tools

Nidec Machine Tool Corporation has launched Robot Camera SPEED, visual inspection equipment for cutting tools (hobbing machines) to process gears and other components, and Robot Camera MAX, visual inspection equipment for broaching machines. These Robot Cameras use a digital camera to automatically shoot images of cutting tools’ edges at a high speed and with high accuracy and then save the graphic data of those images.

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Forest City Gear Completes Annual AS9100 / ISO 9001 Quality Audit

Forest City Gear Completes Annual AS9100 / ISO 9001 Quality Audit

Forest City Gear recently completed and passed its annual AS9100/ISO 9001:2015 quality system audit. The third-party audit company, Quality Systems Registrar (QSR), evaluated Forest City Gear’s quality management systems to ensure compliance with AS and ISO standards.

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Starrett Precision Metrology Systems at EASTEC

Starrett Precision Metrology Systems at EASTEC

The L.S. Starrett Company, a leading global manufacturer of precision metrology systems, measuring tools and gages, and more, has announced it will be featuring the automated inspection capabilities of its metrology and force measurement systems, and will also highlight custom gaging solutions at EASTEC Booth #3244 at Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield, Mass., from May 16–18 this year.

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Solar Atmospheres Obtains Boeing Approval for Vacuum Oil Quenching

Solar Atmospheres Obtains Boeing Approval for Vacuum Oil Quenching

Solar Atmospheres of Western Pennsylvania is pleased to announce the approval of a critical Boeing specification for the oil quenching of alloy steels in accordance with Boeing’s specification BAC 5617.

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