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   Gear Manufacturing Technology Update       November 8, 2017

Gear Expo Swag Report

By Chuck Schultz

Soon you will be reading lots of stories about the 2017 AGMA Fall Technical Meeting and Gear Expo in our magazine and online reports. BUT, the information you really crave will only be found here. Admit it — you like to collect swag at trade shows. Even the most sophisticated trade show attendee will discretely tuck a pen or a trinket in their pocket "for the kids" back home. And much like Halloween candy, some of those trinkets never make it to the youngsters.

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Swag of the Expo Awards

By Chuck Schultz

My last blog covered the motivation for the Swag of the Expo award and my inspiration in creating it. Top contenders that did not quite qualify for the podium were nevertheless recognized. Now, with the preliminaries out of the way, we'll name our medal winners:

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Profiling Machine For Many Vitrified Wheels

Profiling Machine For Many Vitrified Wheels

CNC profiling machine for the gear industry and many other applications. Profiling of wheels for: Threaded wheel grinding machines, profile grinding machines, bevel gear grinding machines, razorblades grinding machines, rack grinding machines, surface/circular grinding machines, and honing rings for gear honing machines.

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We're Great for Gears in Higher Volumes Too!

We're Great for Gears in Higher Volumes Too!

Think Forest City Gear is only for high quality gears in low volumes? Guess again! We've ramped up for the complete production of precision gears in higher volumes, including continuous generating grinding. Think Forest City for high volumes. Contact:
quotes@forestcitygear.com
815-623-2168
www.forestcitygear.com.

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Gear Measurement Technology — Your Application, Our Solution...Exactly

Gear Measurement Technology — Your Application, Our Solution...Exactly

The MarGear GMX 400 Class 1 Universal Gear Tester provides analysis for a wide range of gear and gear tool applications on gears with ODs up to 400 mm (15.75 in).

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Achieving Increased Profits and Response Times

Achieving Increased Profits and Response Times

This customer was relocating their existing facility to a new location so they could continue to grow and advance. As such, any new equipment they chose needed to be able to handle the everyday range of requests, from different processes and part geometries to different load sizes.

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 Gear Cutters From Hagong - China

Gear Cutters From Hagong - China

Harbin Tools specializes in cutting tools for gear production, including Hobs, Spiral Bevel Gear Cutters, Shaving Cutters, Shapers, Broaches, Carbide Cutter Blades and other gears cutters. The finished gears can be grades 6-8, especially Carbide Hobs for high speed and dry machining. We can design and produce the cutters according to the requirement of customers, providing the best solution for improving efficiency and saving production cost.

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Shaving Cutter Grinding Machine Speeds Up Re-Sharpening

Shaving Cutter Grinding Machine Speeds Up Re-Sharpening

Gleason is meeting the global need for fast, high quality re-sharpening of shaving cutters up to 400 mm in diameter and Module 14 with the introduction of its easy-to-operate 410SCG Shaving Cutter Grinding Machine.

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