How Gear Standards are Written

摘要

Several years ago my friend, colleague and past Technical Division Executive Committee (TDEC) Chairman Doctor Phil Terry (retired chief metallurgist, Lufkin Industries and now owner of P. Terry and Associates) wrote a very good article titled "Raising the Standards" about the AGMA Technical Division and the AGMA TDEC. Doctor Phil's words are still applicable today, and I'd like to revisit some parts of the article with a few updates, as well as explain the AGMA Standard and Information Sheet writing process. The AGMA mission statement is "To help members compete more effectively in today's global marketplace." A large part of that mission has to do with the standards and information sheets created by the 26 committees in the Technical Division.