Gear Production

MAR 2014

Gear Production

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2—GEAR Production Supplement 7 15 C o n t e n t s M a r c h 2 0 1 4 PUBLISHER Travis Egan tegan@gardnerweb.com EDITORS Mark Albert malbert@mmsonline.com Gary Vasilash gsv@autofeldguide.com Russ Willcutt rwillcutt@mmsonline.com SR. MANAGING EDITOR Kate Hand khand@gardnerweb.com ASSISTANT EDITOR Stephanie Monsanty smonsanty@gardnerweb.com ART DIRECTOR Kenny Snowball ksnowball@gardnerweb.com ADVERTISING MANAGER William Caldwell billc@gardnerweb.com 4 In My 'Pinion Three Cheers for Gears By Mark Albert, Editor-in-Chief, Modern Machine Shop F E A T U R E S 7 A Breakthrough in Power Skiving Advances in machine design, cutting tools, and simula- tion software have converged, making an affordable and highly productive power skiving solution possible. 15 Speeding Up Splines Moving small- to medium-batch production from outsourced, dedicated hobbing operations to in-house, CNC multitasking machines helps job shops supplying splines for the heavy-vehicle industry. 21 Producing Precision Gears They needed precision gears of a variety of sizes and confgurations, so more than 60 years ago Liebherr designed and built its own gear-making equipment. By Gary Vasilash, Editor-in-Chief, Automotive Design & Production 24 ZF Goes to Nine Speeds To help global automakers achieve greater fuel effciency, ZF is developing transmissions that are deploying an increasing number of gears. By Gary Vasilash, Editor-in-Chief, Automotive Design & Production 26 Product News Gear Production Equipment Review 0314_MMS_Gear_contents.indd 2 2/13/2014 2:40:01 PM

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