Thursday, March 21, 2013

3D Printing
There have been many articles out there lately discussing the ways 3D printing will revolutionize industries and the way we do things like in the article, "How 3D Printing Will Turn Homes Into Mini Factories" by Popular Science.  While the future is very bright and there is definitely enormous potential, the technology is still relatively new to many companies.

Our project engineer sees the potential and recently purchased a 3D printer for his own personal hobbies.  He recently used the printer to make a cool replica of one of our V-Series spiral bevel gearboxes to help show the possible shaft configurations and the direction of their rotation.

Spiral Bevel Gearbox

 Spiral Bevel Gearbox
Spiral Bevel Gearbox

Spiral Bevel Gearbox

While these models are fun to play with, they can't transmit any torque or handle any radial loading.  Here are spiral bevel gearboxes that can.