E-NEWS
December 2011
Gear Technology's monthly e-newsletter brings you highly targeted information on gear manufacturing. The December 2011 issue focuses on Used Machinery.
In this newsletter, you'll find related articles, back issues, featured products, videos and more. Many of these items are exclusive to the e-newsletter.
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Machine Tool Upgrades—Then and Now
Rebuild, Retrofit, Recontrol—What's the Difference?
Linguistics is the study of language including its nature, structure and modifications, but you probably didn't know it's also an important tool when shopping for potential used machinery. Words are erroneously tossed around in this business, so much so, that you might need to be a linguistic expert just to know what you're buying and how much it's eventually going to cost.
Read the e-news exclusive article.
photo courtesy Machine Tool Builders
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Featured Product (advertisement)
Robotic Stress Measurement for Gears
This video from Stresstech Oy demonstrates the Xstress Robot, the new X-ray diffraction system based on applying robot goniometer to measure residual stress and retained austenite in gears, threads and other curved or plain surfaces.
Watch the Video.
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News of Note
Things are happening in the gear industry. Here's a look at some of the latest.
 Gleason Expands Genesis Series
Gleason's Genesis series now includes 260H and 400H Vertical Gear Hobbing Machines for the production of spur and helical gears up to 260 mm in diameter, and 400 mm in diameter, respectively, and up to 700mm of axial travel to accommodate extra-long shafts...Read more.
 Sicmat Releases Raso 200 Dynamic Shaving Machine
The Raso 200 Dynamic has been developed to offer all the characteristics of a gear shaving machine with a competitive price. With a footprint of just 4.4 square meters, it's also the most compact machine of the Sicmat Raso range... Read more.
 Sandvik Offers Reduced Cutting Time with CoroMill 176
Sandvik Coromant recently introduced a new full profile hob for gear milling, CoroMill 176. This indexable carbide insert hob can reduce cutting time by 50 percent and double tool life compared to traditional high speed steel cutters... Read more.
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Featured Product (advertisement)
For Sale: Ultra Heavy Duty Spline Hobber
Lees Bradner Model HH Mark III "B" 16x144" Ultra Heavy Duty Spline Hobber, with differential and single indexing, 1973.
Call Goldstein Gear Machinery at (847) 437-6605 or visit the Gear Machinery Exchange to see a video of this machine in action.
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