Patents

Two patents in area of gear metrology:

Gear spacing tester
Gear cutter blade truing system

Publications

Technical Papers

• "What Single Flank Measurement Can Do For You", AGMA Technical paper 84FTM2, 1984
• "Identification of Gear Noise With Single Flank Composite Measurement", AGMA Technical paper 85FTM13, 1985
• "The Relationship of Measured Gear Noise to Measured Gear Transmission Error", AGMA Technical paper 87FTM6, 1987
• "Noise Reduction in a Plastic and Powder Metal Gear Set Through Control of Mean Involute Slope", Co-author with I. Laskin, AGMA Technical paper 92FTM12, 1982
• "Effect of Radial Runout on Element Measurements", Co-author with I. Laskin and E. Lawson AGMA Technical paper 93FTM6, 1993
• "Detection of Hidden Runout", Co-author with I. Laskin and D. Bailey, AGMA Technical paper 95FTM1, 1995
• "Calibration of Gear Measuring Instruments and Their Application to the Inspection of Product Gears", Co-author with B. Cox, AGMA Technical paper 97FTM1, 1997

Magazine Articles

Power Transmission Design, a Penton Publication
 

• "Solving Gear Noise Problems With Single Flank Inspection", February 1988
• "Gear Inspection Focuses on Performance", October 1988

Gear Technology, a Randall Publication
 

• "Single Flank Testing of Gears", May/June 1984
• "Single Flank Data Analysis and Interpretation", Sep/Oct 1985
• "What is Runout and Why Should I Worry About It?", Jan/Feb 1991
• "Gear Inspection Chart Evaluation", Nov/Dec 1991
• "Cutting Low - Pitch - Angle Bevel Gears", Jul/Aug 1992
• "Surface Measurement of Spiral Bevel Gear Teeth", Jul/Aug 1993
• "Designing Hardened and Ground Spur Gears to Operate With Minimum Noise", Co-authors R. Errichello and D. McVittie, May/June 1994
• "Quality Gear Inspection - Part I", Sep/Oct 1994
• "Quality Gear Inspection - Part II", Nov/Dec 1994
• "AGMA and ISO Accuracy Standards", May/June 1998
• "Redliner Charts and Gear Inspection", Q & A, March/April 1999
• "Determining Lead Error on a Crowned Pinion", Q & A, July/August 2000
• "Hidden Runout?", Q & A, September/ October 2000
• "Water Powered Machinery", January/ February 2001
• "Hidden Runout", Q & A, September/ October 2001

Books

• "Gear Tolerances", Dudley's Gear Handbook, Second Edition, Chapter 7, McGraw Hill, 1992
• "What Single Flank Measurement Can Do For You", SAE Gear Design, Manufacturing and Inspection Manual AE-15, Chapter 41, 1990

Booklets Used for AGMA Technical Education Seminars

• "Solving Gear Noise and Vibration Problems"
• "Gear Measurement Philosophy"
• "Inspection of Loose Gears"
• "Quality Gear Inspection"

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