Gear & Component Testing
- Power Re-circulating Gear Testing
- Bending and Contact Fatigue
- Scoring Resistance
- Friction Measurement
- Oil Off/Loss of Lube Testing
- Lubricant Evaluation
- Spur and Helical Gears
- Test Speeds up to 10,000 RPM
- Programmable Load Profiles
- Single Tooth Bending Fatigue Testing
- Economical Bending Fatigue Evaluation
- Standard Fixtures Available
- Custom Fixture Design
- Spur, Helical, Spiral Bevel, Face Gears
- Crack Propagation Studies
- Reverse Bending
- Rolling Contact Fatigue Testing
- Economical Contact Fatigue Evaluation
- Various Roll/Slide Ratios
- Contact Stresses up to 475 KSI
- Lubricant Temps up to 400°F
- Traction Force/Friction Measurement
- Oil Off/Loss of Lube Testing
- Impact Strength Testing
- High Strain Rate Bending Strength Evaluation
- Load and Position Instrumentation
- Absorbed Energy During Failure
Characterization
- Gear Materials Characterization
- Microstructure
- Superficial and Micro-hardness
- Corrosion
- Wear/Tribology
- Surface Roughness
- Optical Interferometry
- Residual Stress
- Failure Analysis
- Light, Electron and Acoustic Microscopy
- Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy
- Element Mapping and CT Scanning for Inclusion Detection
Metrology and Prognostics
- Gear Materials Characterization
- Microstructure
- Superficial and Micro-hardness
- Corrosion
- Wear/Tribology
- Surface Roughness
- Optical Interferometry
- Residual Stress
- Failure Analysis
- Light, Electron and Acoustic Microscopy
- Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy
- Element Mapping and CT Scanning for Inclusion Detection
- Metrology
- Full Gear Inspection Lab
- M&M Gear Inspection Machine
- Maag Gear Inspection Machine
- Zeiss CMM
- All Test Gears Inspected
- Verification of Gear Geometry and Bending Stress Calculations
- Full Gear Inspection Lab
- Prognostics
- Algorithms for Bending Failure Detection Developed
- FFT/Sideband Analysis
- Detection of Pitting/Micropitting Algorithm in Development
- Algorithms for Bending Failure Detection Developed