To improve component finish as well as engine and gearbox performance for its customers, this racing motorcycle rebuild company based in the UK has gears and other components treated with a super-finishing process common to jewelry and aerospace applications. Every motorcycle race team and rider continuously works to improve engine performance. Kieran Sangha, owner…
Paul Maxted, director of industrial metrology applications at global engineering technologies company, Renishaw discusses how intelligent manufacturing is benefiting the metalcutting industry. A machine tool probe application at Triumph Fabrications Joseph Whitworth, a leading Victorian tool maker who is better known for his screw thread design, was also a pioneer in the production of…
Hard work and first-class teamwork between the gear factory Hänel and Hainbuch have paid off. The new mandrel Mando G211 for gear manufacturers, suitable for gear hobbing, gear cutting and gear grinding, is now available as a standard mandrel from stock and can be used optimally on gear cutting machines. Not only for Hainbuch…
Asian automaker replaces machined aluminum in an injection molded oil control valve with carbon fiber-reinforced composite. An Asian automaker has replaced machined aluminum with a unique carbon fiber-reinforced composite in an injection molded oil control valve within the variable valve timing system that controls engine intake and exhaust. The high-performance thermoplastic valve (2-8 valves per…