Gear Technology E-mail Newsletter June 25, 2025

June 25, 2025

Durability and Performance Rating Procedures for Plastic Gears

High-performance plastic gears are increasingly replacing metal gears in several applications due to the many advantages they exhibit. The main ones are lower weight, no need for lubrication, cheaper mass production, significantly better noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) behavior and chemical/corrosion resistance.

Helios Offers Hobbing Solutions for Plastic Gears

External plastic gears, like their metal counterparts, use the hobbing process for productive manufacturing. However, the difference in material leads manufacturers to key considerations to ensure successful hobbing applications.

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Heat treat uniformity
Consistency in workloads
Short batch cycle time
2 to 25 bar high pressure gas quench
Low consumption of energy and process gases

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Me Time for Gear Nerds

These days it’s really hard to get a break from the cacophony. Our phones are constantly chirping, dinging and lighting up with notifications about the latest, most important thing that we absolutely must see, which leads to scrolling to the next thing…and the next.

Join us for Loaded Tooth Contact Analysis

AGMA is hosting our Loaded Tooth Contact Analysis on August 5, 2025 online! For more information such as dates and times and registration deadline, click on the link below.