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Materials Matter: Scuffing

Posted by on Saturday, September 17th, 2016 in

Gear meshing is one of the most complex areas of study in tribology. Meshing consists of both sliding and rolling motion and can be affected by a number of other operating parameters....

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Superfinishing and its Effect on Micropitting

Posted by on Monday, April 13th, 2015 in

Micropitting is a prominent failure mechanism for both highly stressed case carburized gears and bearings that operate consistently in low speed, low load environments where boundary conditions predominate....

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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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