Gary Sroka

Report of the Condition of a General Electric Transportation Systems Gearbox

Posted by on Tuesday, April 14th, 2020 in

Wind power plant operation and maintenance (O&M) costs remain an appreciable contributor to the overall cost of wind energy, with a capacity-weighted average of $11/megawatt-hour (MWh) for projects installed since 2000 and $9/MWh for projects install...

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Gear Corrosion During the Manufacturing Process

Posted by on Tuesday, November 19th, 2013 in

No matter how well gears are designed and manufactured, gear corrosion can occur that may easily result in catastrophic failure. Since corrosion is sporadic and a rare event and often difficult to observe in the root fillet region or in finely pitche...

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High Speed, Automatable Superfinishing of Rear-Axle Hypoid Gears

Posted by on Tuesday, November 19th, 2013 in

The benefits gained by superfinishing rear-axle hypoid gearsets are now well documented. Friction, wear and operating temperature are significantly reduced. The main impediment to commercially implementing this process, however, is that it increases ...

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A Novel Approach to the Refurbishment of Wind Turbine Gears

Posted by on Wednesday, November 13th, 2013 in

Multi-megawatt wind turbine gearboxes operate under demanding environmental conditions including considerable variation in temperature, wind speed, and air quality....

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The Impact of Surface Condition and Lubricant on Gear Tooth Friction

Posted by on Thursday, November 6th, 2014 in

Frictional losses in gear boxes are of significant interest to gear box designers as these losses transform into heat.  The direct result is a reduction in the fuel efficiency of the vehicle involved....

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An Evaluation of the New Rapid ISF® Process for Rear-Axle Gears

Posted by on Friday, November 15th, 2013 in

The benefits gained by Superfinishing rear-axle gearsets using traditional chemically accelerated vibratory finishing is well documented....

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Superfinishing Rear Axle Gears – A Significant Step Toward Reducing Automotive Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Posted by on Friday, November 15th, 2013 in

New regulations make it imperative that the European and US automotive industries meet strict, lower greenhouse gas emission standards....

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Comparative Corrosion Characteristics of Ground and Superfinished Gear Steels

Posted by on Friday, November 15th, 2013 in

The described effort was undertaken to assess the impact of the isotropic superfinishing (ISF®) process on the corrosion resistance of a variety of gear steels....

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The Effect of the Surface Roughness Profile on Micropitting

Posted by on Tuesday, November 19th, 2013 in

A wide choice of surface roughness parameters is available to characterize components, such as gears or bearings, with the goal of predicting the performance of such metal--to--metal contacting parts....

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Repair of Helicopter Gears

Posted by on Tuesday, November 19th, 2013 in

In order to reduce costs by extending the operational life of the sun and input pinion gears of a helicopter transmission, scraped gears were subject to a superfinishing process....

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Impact of Isotropic Superfinishing on Contact and Bending Fatigue of Carburized Steel

Posted by on Tuesday, November 19th, 2013 in

An Isotropic Superfinish (ISF) is produced by a patented chemically accelerated vibratory finishing process using non-abrasive media that is capable of surface finishing hundreds of parts per hour....

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Chemically Accelerated Vibratory Finishing for the Elimination of Wear and Pitting of Alloy Steel Gears

Posted by on Tuesday, November 19th, 2013 in

Chemically Accelerated Vibratory Finishing is capable of refining hundreds of gears per hour to a superfinished isotropic condition....

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