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Gear Expo Live! Ask the Expert with Mark Michaud

Posted by Mark Michaud on Friday, February 23rd, 2018 in

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Micropitting of the sun pinion teeth in 2018

Repairing Wind Turbine Gears and Assemblies with Isotropic Superfinishing

Posted by Danny Estrada on Tuesday, June 13th, 2017 in

As the wind turbine industry matures, the importance of operations and management (O&M) costs grows. In the early years of large kilowatt and small megawatt class wind turbines, pre-mature gearbox failure due to gear fatigue was very common and was a...

Gear Repair for Helicopters and Wind Turbines via Isotropic Superfinishing

Posted by Justin Michaud on Tuesday, June 6th, 2017 in

The wind turbine, aerospace, and helicopter gear industries recognize the importance of surface finish and surface texture for maximizing component and system performance. ...

Materials Matter: Wind Turbine Gear Repair

Posted by Mark Michaud on Tuesday, May 31st, 2016 in

Wind turbine gearbox durability has improved significantly over the past ten years. The days of early gearbox failure due to epidemic micropitting are largely in the past....

Repair of Helicopter Gears

Posted by Christina Michaud 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....