Understanding Dimensional Stability in Gearing

In the retail community, the term shrinkage is defined as the difference between the value of the physical on-hand inventory minus the expected on-hand or book value of the inventory. After accounting for the stock added to inventory and subtracting the sold inventory, what is missing from the store is the shrink. In gearing, shrinkage can also be an issue as each material is victim of its unique coefficient of thermal expansion.