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es (1,0 dollars) 9,7 1,1 9,7 1,6 1,6 Total & as share of total shipments (percent) 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 Source: Compiled from data submitted in response to questionnaires of the .. International Trade Commission. 4-1 Traditionally, the bulk of gear & in the United States is done at the company level and the results are generally not shared. wide variety of & projects were identified by producers responding to the Commission' questionnaire. Most frequently cited topics were metallu rgy design, and lubrication. Other projects included gear noise, grinding, testing, new machine design, tooth analysis, and shot peening. Several projects in the United States, especially the work of the ASME Gear Research Institute (GRI) and the Defense Logistics Agency' newly established Instrumented Factory for Gears (INFAC), are responses designed to improve the competitive position of the .. gear industry. Cooperative research is sponsored by the GRI, which was founded in 1 in recognition of increased international competition and greater & efforts in other countries. GRI believes in the concept of "Cooperative Pre-competition Research and Development," defined as the pooling of resources and working together to create technologies without jeopardizing domestic competitive position. The institute' method of operation is to identify need, initiate project, and enlist support from various companies, research organizations, and local, State, and Federal government. detailed listing of GRI projects since 1, including the amount of funding and the number of participants, appears in table 4-1. Officials of GRI indicated that the needs of the industry are much greater than they have been able to meet. Because of underfunding, this organization states that its activities have not reached the level needed to offer career path type employment to prospective researchers and, therefore, it is not competitive with universities and private industry.