Recent content by jfiorin

@Brian Peterson That's a valid point. For some gearboxes, however, things like backlash and tooth length aren't as critical as other gearboxes correct? So we could trim down the teeth on the gear to remove blemishes, while shortening the teeth to make the teeth stronger (or at least the torque...

Thanks everybody! It seems I was not specific enough. What my company does is repair and replace existing assemblies, and one of our specialties is gearboxes. Essentially we get a junky gearbox, fix it up, and send it back. If we knew more about gears and when we don't need to buy a new one...

Hello all, I am trying to find out when a gear has faced too much wear. In other words, I want to be able to determine whether or not a new gear is necessary for an assembly. I would assume there is a standards chart or something that would let me know what the standard backlash is for certain...

I did Google that, but there was a lot of non-related search results in the list, making me think I had the wrong name. Anywho, problem solved!

Thanks TWJR. I have Googled that term before, but I was curious if there was a better search I could do. Thanks for the confirmation!

Hello all, I am currently working on an instruction manual for a pair of calipers, but the only problem is that I don't know what the actual name for these kind of calipers is. We are pretty sure they are used to measure gear teeth thickness and depth, but I believe finding help online would be...