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   Gear Manufacturing Technology Update       March 13, 2024

Transportation Alterations

Eaton’s Mobility Group leveraged advanced Industry 4.0 technology to help its global operations safely navigate the COVID-19. The company envisions Industry 4.0 as both operational and informational technologies, enabling autonomous production systems that are connected, optimized, transparent, proactive, and agile. Supported by an integrated ecosystem, the technologies are composed of augmented reality, rapid application development, autonomous robots, digital simulation, and additive manufacturing.

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JEOL Electron Beam 3D Printer Demonstrates Ability to Meet AMS7032 Operational Qualification Standar

JEOL’s JAM-5200EBM Metal 3D Printer, a production-ready Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion (EB-PBF) additive manufacturing solution, has demonstrated the ability to meet the rigorous AMS7032 operational qualification (OQ) standards while achieving the AMS7011 material requirements for Ti-6Al-4V alloy with post-deposition hot isostatic pressing (HIP). JEOL’s is the first EB-PBF machine known to meet the requirements of AMS7011 since they were first established on another EB-PBF manufacturer’s model.

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Heat Treat Solutions for Every Industry

Heat Treat Solutions for Every Industry

SECO/VACUUM designs a wide range of innovative vacuum furnaces to conduct heat treating processes for many industries. Technologies include vacuum carburizing, high pressure gas quench, high vacuum, low temperature vacuum processing, high speed vacuum carburizing, vacuum brazing and more.

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High Production Carbide Hobs

High Production Carbide Hobs

Star SU is a leading supplier of solid carbide hobs for gear tooth production. Our in-house carbide grades are available for cutting either green or hard materials and can be stripped and recoated. Application driven designs available in shell or shank configurations with multiple threads for maximum efficiencies.

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NIDEC gear machines in stock for fast delivery

NIDEC gear machines in stock for fast delivery

Hobbers, shapers and gear grinders: NIDEC Machine Tool America has stock machines available for nearly instant delivery. Financing is available. Call Scott Knoy today at 248-756-5017. One more thing… contact Federal Broach for production broaching, gear cutting tools and sharpen/recoat service – 989-539-7420.

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Solar Atmospheres Now Offers Oil Quenching Capabilities

Solar Atmospheres Now Offers Oil Quenching Capabilities

Solar Atmospheres provides low pressure carburizing (LPC) in vacuum to increase the surface hardness/strength of gearing for improved friction and wear. LPC delivers clean parts with less distortion reducing post process finishing operations, and costs. For lower hardenability alloys and/or to attain higher core hardness on gears, Solar now offers vacuum oil quenching!

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Surface Combustion Normalizing Furnace Solutions that Fit Your Process

Surface Combustion Normalizing Furnace Solutions that Fit Your Process

Work with Surface Combustion to discover the best normalizing furnace solution for your processing needs. Featuring cast belt, roller hearth, and mesh belt configurations, our furnaces deliver normalizing and isothermal annealing solutions for metal processing. Contact Surface for all your heat treatment needs. Surface strong for over 100 years.

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PTG Holroyd’s Helical Rotor and Thread Grinding Machines

PTG Holroyd’s Helical Rotor and Thread Grinding Machines

UK-based PTG Holroyd has announced that, in the future, all models in its TG Series of ultra-precise helical rotor and thread grinding machines will be equipped with the Siemens digitally native Sinumerik One CNC as standard.

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