Design engineers face continuous pressure to enhance product performance while driving down costs. For many devices, converting metal components to plastic is an effective way of achieving both goals.

Stillwater, MN-What's it going to be, metal or plastic? Gear design can make this already-tough question even tougher. "Most engineers have little or no experience with plastic gears, and they make ...

The use of plastic gears is limited, largely because it takes special expertise to design them properly. Too, many engineers deal with gears so infrequently, The use of plastic gears is limited, ...

[Shane] made a project that speaks directly to our heart — combining laser cutting, cardboard, and gears. How could it be any better? Well, it could do anything. But that’s quibbling. It’s fun enough ...

The steering angle sensor measures the steering angle of the steering wheel and continuously indicates to the dynamic stability control system-also known as the electronic stability control, or ...

It’s very likely that a majority of readers will have had a gear fail in a piece of equipment, causing it to be unrepairable. This is a problem particularly with plastic gears, which shed teeth faster ...