Cutting spiral bevel gears on 5-axis machining centers gains momentum. More shops doing low volumes of spiral bevel gears are looking into cutting them on 5-axis machining centers, such as this Mitsui ...

Mazak’s Integrex e-1250V/8 AG incorporates the Auto Gear package, thus combining gear processing with full 5-axis machining, and heavy-duty turning operations, plus pallet-changing capabilities for ...

Traditional gear design limits the performance of mechanical drives. Invention of the gear-hobbing process about 150 years ago revolutionized not only gear fabrication, but also gear design. Basically ...

Productivity of a system is characterized by uptime, output, and efficiency. Designers, component makers, and end users all contribute to (or hinder) Productivity of a system is characterized by ...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Machine Tool Co., Ltd. (MAT), a group company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI)(TOKYO:7011) based in Japan, is ramping up its proposals of ...

JTEKT has been granted a patent for a gear machining apparatus that includes a hob cutter, at least one processor, and at least one memory with instructions. The apparatus performs operations such as ...

CHICAGO—Makers of factory-floor equipment predict an upswing in U.S. demand next year on an improving U.S. economy and rising sales of cars, appliances and jets, all requiring metal cutting and ...