Mark Michaud
Materials Matter: Wind Turbine Gear Repair
Due to the large installed base of wind turbines, demand for gearbox repairs has risen steadily in recent years. Isotropic […]...
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Materials Matter: Roughness Measurement of Precision Gear Teeth
Over the past 25 years, industries such as power generation, aerospace, automotive, and others have continuously increased the operational demands of gearboxes....
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Materials Matter: The Gear Drawing Roughness Specification
In the January Materials Matter column, “Roughness Measurement of Precision Gear Teeth,” the importance of accurate and repeatable roughness measurement of precision gear teeth flanks was explained....
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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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Effect of Superfinishing on Scuffing Resistance
A fundamental understanding of gear scuffing has been promoted for a number of years by the use of twin disc scuffing rigs....
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Impact of Isotropic Superfinishing on Contact and Bending Fatigue of Carburized Steel
An Isotropic Superfinish (ISF) is produced by a patented chemically accelerated vibratory finishing process using non-abrasive media that is capable of surface finishing hundreds of parts per hour....
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Chemically Accelerated Vibratory Finishing for the Elimination of Wear and Pitting of Alloy Steel Gears
Chemically Accelerated Vibratory Finishing is capable of refining hundreds of gears per hour to a superfinished isotropic condition....
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