Following an earlier proposal for transcribing the angle of hob profile teeth measured in inches, our correspondent now describes how to execute a similar task with metric measurements: “The U.S.

The teeth of teeth of involute gears hobs and teeth for involute spline shaft hobs have a trapezoidal profile. In the U.S. a huge volume of good quality hobs are produced, and offers potential for ...

, 'involute gears' and 'cycloid gears', based on the difference in tooth shape. Both types have their own advantages, but technology blogger lcamtuf explains the advantages of involute gears. A ...

Some spare time recently got used-up designing a pair of involute gears – which, it transpires, is easy in principle, once certain almost-impossible-to-obtain facts have been gathered. There are ...

If you’re into CNC machining, mechanical tinkering, or just love a good engineering rabbit hole, you’re in for a treat. Substack’s [lcamtuf] has written a quick yet insightful 15-minute introduction ...

Invention of the gear-hobbing process about 150 years ago revolutionized not only gear fabrication, but also gear design. Basically, a hob or shaper cutter traverses the gear blank to generate teeth.

Gears are toothed wheels that transmit motion from one shaft to another and determine the speed, torque, and direction of rotation of machine elements. Gears can be grouped into two major categories: ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. In the mid-twentieth century, ...

Belgian family-owned industrial conglomerate BMT Group has acquired a controlling stake in Involute Technologies Pvt Ltd, a Pune-based automobile parts manufacturing company, for Rs 170 crore ($25.5 ...