Martin McCormick

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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Materials Matter: Power Density and Isotropic Superfinishing

Posted by on Sunday, April 17th, 2016 in

Power density, also described as load-carrying capacity, is simply the amount of load that can be safely transferred by a gear or other power transfer component without failure....

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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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