Gary Sroka
Report of the Condition of a General Electric Transportation Systems Gearbox
Wind power plant operation and maintenance (O&M) costs remain an appreciable contributor to the overall cost of wind energy, with a capacity-weighted average of $11/megawatt-hour (MWh) for projects installed since 2000 and $9/MWh for projects install...
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Gear Corrosion During the Manufacturing Process
No matter how well gears are designed and manufactured, gear corrosion can occur that may easily result in catastrophic failure. Since corrosion is sporadic and a rare event and often difficult to observe in the root fillet region or in finely pitche...
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High Speed, Automatable Superfinishing of Rear-Axle Hypoid Gears
The benefits gained by superfinishing rear-axle hypoid gearsets are now well documented. Friction, wear and operating temperature are significantly reduced. The main impediment to commercially implementing this process, however, is that it increases ...
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A Novel Approach to the Refurbishment of Wind Turbine Gears
Multi-megawatt wind turbine gearboxes operate under demanding environmental conditions including considerable variation in temperature, wind speed, and air quality....
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The Impact of Surface Condition and Lubricant on Gear Tooth Friction
Frictional losses in gear boxes are of significant interest to gear box designers as these losses transform into heat. The direct result is a reduction in the fuel efficiency of the vehicle involved....
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An Evaluation of the New Rapid ISF® Process for Rear-Axle Gears
The benefits gained by Superfinishing rear-axle gearsets using traditional chemically accelerated vibratory finishing is well documented....
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Superfinishing Rear Axle Gears – A Significant Step Toward Reducing Automotive Greenhouse Gas Emissions
New regulations make it imperative that the European and US automotive industries meet strict, lower greenhouse gas emission standards....
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Comparative Corrosion Characteristics of Ground and Superfinished Gear Steels
The described effort was undertaken to assess the impact of the isotropic superfinishing (ISF®) process on the corrosion resistance of a variety of gear steels....
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The Effect of the Surface Roughness Profile on Micropitting
A wide choice of surface roughness parameters is available to characterize components, such as gears or bearings, with the goal of predicting the performance of such metal--to--metal contacting parts....
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High Speed, Automatable Superfinishing of Rear-Axle Hypoid Gears
By: Michael Frechette, Gary Sroka, Matt Bell-REM Surface Engineering and REM Research Group Technical Papers and White Papers The benefits […]...
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A Novel Approach to the Refurbishment of Wind Turbine Gears
By: M. Michaud, REM Surface Engineering, G. J. Sroka and R. E. Benson, REM Research Group Technical Papers and White […]...
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Gear Corrosion During the Manufacturing Process
By: O. El-Saeed and G. Sroka, REM Chemicals Inc. and G. Blake Rolls-Royce Corporation Abstract No matter how well gears are designed and manufactured, gear corrosion can occur that may easily result in catastrophic failure. Since corrosion is s...
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