Generating Hourglass Worm for Space Sextant Drive - Overall accuracy - 5 arc-Seconds

BUCKINGHAM ASSOCIATES INC. consults in the design, application, and manufacture of gears for any type of drive. Consultation can be either in the customer's plant, or in our offices in Springfield, Vermont.

We are prepared to design complete gear boxes, and, by utilizing local machine shops, manufacture prototypes. We also occasionally test gear sets of 1 HP or lower capacity.

BUCKINGHAM ASSOCIATES INC. owns a roll test machine for evaluating the surface endurance limits of materials for gears, linkages, and cams, as described in an article in Machine Design August 1, 1968 by Ralph Morrison of the United Shoe Machinery Co., and in Chapter 4 of The Handbook of Mechanical Wear, Lipson and Colwell, University of Michigan Press.

We have had substantial experience determining the cause of failures of gears and gear drives, reducing noise, and increasing the effectiveness of existing systems. We are also prepared to work with customers over extended periods, assisting with training their personnel in both engineering and manufacturing.

The following is a partial list of some of the products on which we have consulted:

Examining piece for a high speed compressor drive - 20,000 HP, 10,000 RPM

Eliot K.