Design engineers face continuous pressure to enhance product performance while driving down costs. For many devices, converting metal components to plastic is an effective way of achieving both goals.

"Gear Applications" provides an overview of the many different types of gears and gear drives used in mechanical applications. Gears are an essential part of many applications because they transmit ...

Several new series of Low Weight Harmonic Drive gear units have been introduced, using lightweight housing materials and an optimized design. These gear units, based upon existing product lines, ...

Magnetic gears are surprisingly unknown and used only in a few niche applications. Yet, their popularity is on the rise, and they are one of the slickest solutions for transmitting mechanical energy, ...

This article was updated March 6, 2023. It was originally published Aug. 1, 2001. Gears—even plastic ones—need to be lubricated if engineers are going to coax the best performance out of them. In the ...

High-quality gearboxes have many uses in automotive manufacturing and come in an array of configurations that make it easy to choose the perfect system for the exact needs of a given application. With ...

This file type includes high-resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. The 3rd Edition of Dudleyâ s Handbook of Practical Gear Design and Manufacture by Stephen P. Radzevich is a great ...

Gearmaking has always been a matter of precision – and of verifying the reliability and consistency of the precision cutting processes. As applications for gear products increase, so does the need to ...