Fall 2024 Newsletter – Transmissions Vol 29
Vol. 29, 2024 Foreword It is with both sadness and excitement that I announce that I will be stepping down as President of GRI at our fall Board Meeting. Sadness that I will be saying goodbye to people that I have made as friends along the way, but with excitement as I will be entering […]
Winter/Spring 2023 Newsletter – Transmissions Vol 28
Vol. 28, 2023 Foreward GRI surpasses 40 years of testing and research The GRI, being founded in 1982, celebrated 40 years last fall. Since its inception, GRI has operated as an independent not-for-profit corporation affiliated with the ASME and AGMA. In the beginning, GRI was located at the Basic Industries Research Laboratory (BIRL) at Northwestern […]
Spring 2022 Newsletter – Transmissions Vol 27, 2022
Vol. 27, 2022 Foreward “Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” — Henry David Thoreau If there is any truth to this quote, the Gear Research Institute (GRI) is currently very successful. Over the past 12 — 18 months, the supply chain issues affecting the world have trickled […]
Oct 2021 Newsletter – Transmissions Vol 26, 2021
Vol. 26, 2021 Foreward As I look out my patio door and see the leaves falling from the trees, farmers harvesting the crops, butterflies flying around and the grass growing, one would never have thought anything is different from prior years. But things are different aren’t they? Instead of dwelling on recent events and all […]
Jan 2021 Newsletter – Transmissions Vol 25, 2021
Vol. 25, 2021 Foreward “Life goes on. It happens ev’ry day. So appreciate what you got. Before it’s taken away.” The year was 1977, about the time I started my gear career. Lyrics from the Kinks, “Life Goes On” song from the Sleepwalker album. That’s right, LP, Long Play album, 12″ diameter, 33-1/3 rpm long before CD’s or […]
Jul 2020 Newsletter – Transmissions Vol 24, 2020
Vol. 24, Spring 2020 Foreward What is the new normal and what does it mean for research and development? I have been asking myself this question repeatedly since mid-March and I still don’t have a good answer. At least not one that I like. What I can tell you is that GRI is open for […]
Apr 2019 Newsletter – Transmissions Vol 23, 2019
Vol. 23, Spring 2019 Foreward In the early days of the Gear Research Institute, Caterpillar Inc. was much more involved in the testing and research activities that occurred within the institute. If you ever have an opportunity to tour the existing facility located within Penn States’ ARL, you will see test stands that still bear […]
Nov 2018 Newsletter – Transmissions Vol 22, 2018
Vol. 22, 2018 Foreward “Strive for continuous improvement, instead of perfection.” ― Kim Collins, Five Time Olympic Athlete The mission of the Gear Research Institute (GRI) is to operate a technology resource that supports improvementin the gear and drivetrain industry, to address the technology challenges of performance and affordability in mechanical power transmission systems and to […]
Jun 2018 Newsletter – Transmissions Vol 21, 2018
Vol. 21, 2018 Foreward This newsletter highlights the work being done in the GRI Aerospace Bloc today. This group has been in existence for 30 years now and is still going strong. I was involved in the early years when Dale Breen and Don Borden were working to provide a means for U.S. companies to […]
Nov 2017 Newsletter – Transmissions Vol 20, 2017
Vol. 20, 2017 Foreward It’s been a wonderful thirty years of my association and time with GRI, first as a Board of Trustees member, then GRI’s President and then back as a Board member, but it is time to move on. I came to know GRI during the years that the organization was transitioning from […]