Beyta Gear Service
Cutting Tool Catalog
Ash Gear & Supply Company
21380 Bridge Street
Southfield, MI 48034
(313) 357 – 5980
This catalog covers “off-the-shelf” gear-cutting tools, and contains a lot of practical information on gear design.
Machinery’s Handbook
By Erik Oberg, Franklin D. Jones, and Holbrook L. Horton
Industrial Press Inc.
200 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10157
ISBN 0–8311–1155–0
This “machine-shop bible” contains a good deal of information on gears. While some of it is dated, it still provides a “common denominator” for gear users throughout industry.
Gear Handbook
Darle W. Dudley, Editor-in-Chief
McGraw-Hill Book Company
New York, NY
Library of Congress Number: 61–7304
This 1962 publication is a classic in gear literature, and is a “must-read” for any gear designer’s library.
Practical Gear Design
By D.W.Dudley
McGraw-Hill Book Company
New York, NY
Library of Congress Number: 53–11476
This book may hard to locate, and is somewhat dated, but its tool-design section is an excellent reference for special applications.
Handbook of Practical Gear Design
By Darle W. Dudley
McGraw-Hill Book Company
New York, NY
ISBN 0–07–017951–4
This 1984 revision of Practical Gear Design has a lot of new information to offer, including the most complete reference section ever published.
Gear Process Dynamics
By Geoffrey Ashcroft, Brian W. Cluff, Dennis R. Gimpert, and Claude Lutz
American Pfauter Corporation
925 East Estes Avenue
Elk Grove Village, IL 60007
This is the textbook from American Pfauter’s Gear Process Dynamics Clinic, an excellent course for engineers involved in gear manufacturing.
Revised Manual of Gear Design
By Earle Buckingham
Buckingham Associates
591 Parker Hill Road Springfield, VT 05156
This three-volume work has some excellent basic information on gear concepts. Section Two covers planetary gears in great detail.
Standards
American Gear Manufacturers Association
1500 King Street, Suite 201
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 684 – 0211
AGMA maintains standards on many aspects of gear design, including ratings, materials, inspection, and cutting tools. Don’t start an important design project without the latest standards for reference.
Engineer To Win
By Carroll Smith
Motorbooks International
Osceola, WI 54020
ISBN 0–87938–186–8 (pbk.)
While this book is about materials for race cars, it has the most understandable explanation of materials and heat treating I have ever read.
Systematic Analysis of Gear Failures
By Lester E. Alban
American Society for Metals
Metals Park, Ohio 44073
ISBN: 0–87170–200–2
If you want to learn why things didn’t work out as planned, this is the book to read.
Steel Selection
By Roy F. Kern and Manfred E. Suess
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
New York, NY
ISBN: 0–471–04287–0
This book may contain more than you ever want to know about steel selection, but it is easy to read and explains a great deal about why we use the steels that have become “popular”.
Design of Weldments
By Omer W. Blodgett
The James F. Lincoln Arc-Welding Foundation
P.O. Box 3035
Cleveland, Ohio 44117
If you are going to design or use welded gear blanks or housings, you are going to need a copy of this book.
Plastics Gearing
ABA/PGT Publishing
1395 Tolland Turnpike
Manchesler, CT 06040
For information on plastic gears, this is the book to read.