Dec 2008
News
On his retirement from Gleason Corporation at the end of this year, Gary Kimmet has resigned from the Board of Trustees of the Gear Research Institute. Gary represented the AGMA on the Board and a replacement for him is being considered by the AGMA and should be announced soon.
Meanwhile, Sam Haines, President of Gear Motions of Syracuse New York, was elected to replace Gary Kimmet at the meeting of the Board of Trustees in August. On his assumption of the position of President, Sam thanked Gary and acknowledged his invaluable service to the Gear Research Institute. Jack Masseth of Caterpillar was elected to replace Sam Haines as Secretary and Al Swiglo was reelected as the Institute's Treasurer. (Sam Haines' bio)
Sept 2008
Newsletter - Transmissions
Volume #2, 2008 - Gear Research Institute's Transmissions Newsletter (read online)
July 2008
News
UCT Defense of Stuart, FL and Flender of Germany became the latest, single-client sponsors of the Gear Research Institute. GRI will assist UCT Defense in evaluating coatings designed for gear applications. For Flender and its United States subsidiary Winergy of Illinois, GRI will conduct a program to evaluate strength characteristics of gears made from a variety of steels.
June 2008
News
After many years of service to the Gear Research Institute as a member of its Board of Trustees, including its President (2003-2007), Mr. William Bradley has stepped down from the Board. Mr. Bradley retired from the AGMA last year. In his place the AGMA has nominated Mr. Robert Wasilewski, Design Engineering Manager of Arrow Gear Company of Downers Grove, IL to the Board.
Mr. Wasilewski has been employed at Arrow Gear since 1976. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois (1975). Mr. Wasilewski’s responsibilities at Arrow Gear include the design and application of spur, helical, spiral, Zerol, hypoid and straight bevel gears and gear boxes. He also directs the company’s failure analysis studies. He is a member of the Technical Division Executive Council for the American Gear Manufacturers Association (AGMA). In 1990 he was appointed chairman of the Bevel Gearing Committee for AGMA. He has been an active member of the AGMA Computer Programming Committee since 2000 as well as an observer on several other AGMA committees.
In 1991, the AGMA presented Mr. Wasilewski with a Technical Division Executive Committee award for his contributions to gear design and utilization.
May 2008
Board of Trustees Meeting
The next meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Gear Research Institute is scheduled to be held at the Applied Research Laboratory of The Pennsylvania State University on August 4, 2008. The Annual Meeting of the Institute will also be held on that day. Members interested in attending the Annual Meeting should contact the Managing Director of the Institute.
April 2008
Newsletter - Transmissions
Volume #1, 2008 - Gear Research Institute's Transmissions Newsletter (read online)
Article - "Methodology for Translating Single-Tooth Bending Fatigue Data to be Comparable to Running Gear Data" published in Gear Technology (read article)
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