CoryPad: Our drawing specifies carburized and hardened to 56-62 Rc and that it is AMGA level 6. I assume the material specification will take care of the rest. Am I wrong? The gear is used in conjunction with 2 others...one of which is the driving pinion gear. Our biggest fear is breakage...
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Arunmrao: We have looked into companies from India and in fact have some parts from them. However, we are interested in exploring China because they may be able to outsource other parts as well. However, if you have a reliable source in India...
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So, the company I work for uses big gears PD ~20" Face 8" Thick. Material we current use is AISI 4320 / 8620. I started searching for vendors in China and the usual response I get is they want to replace the material with 20CrMnTi. What is the difference? I...