Behind the Curtain November 12, 2019 Charles D. Schultz No Comments Regular readers know of my concerns about the over reliance on commercial gear design software. Some of what you are about to hear may sound famili...Read More
Education vs. Training November 1, 2019 Charles D. Schultz No Comments My son Derrick is a proud graduate of the University of Cincinnati’s School of Design. He completed the five-year, mandatory co-op program at a tim...Read More
KISSsoft Introduces Double Planetary Stage Calculations October 11, 2019 Today, various types of planetary gearboxes are increasingly being used in the hybridization of drivetrains. Since the KISSsoft Release 2...Read More
Where Did All the Dealmakers Go? September 12, 2019 Charles D. Schultz No Comments An old business associate called the other day with a training request. To the best of my knowledge, he’s among the last “manufacturer’s representa...Read More
KISSsoft Offers Bevel Gear Calculation September 5, 2019 Calculation of scuffing for bevel and hypoid gears has been enhanced in KISSsoft Release 2019 (module ZC2, ZC9) according to the current ...Read More
Gear Origins: Roman Cisek August 13, 2019 Charles D. Schultz No Comments I was lucky to get a job as a design engineer – drive train department with a big construction equipment manufacturer (HSW) in Poland, right after ...Read More
MESYS Offers Latest Version of Shaft and Bearing Calculation Software July 24, 2019 A new version of the MESYS shaft and bearing calculation software (Version 07/2019) is available and provides several new features. An ad...Read More
Gear Origins: Graham Penning July 5, 2019 Charles D. Schultz No Comments For the last few years I have delivered a gear foundation course to both young and experienced engineers wanting to understand gear technology, and...Read More
Claude Gosselin: Gears — Why Not? June 18, 2019 Charles D. Schultz No Comments When I graduated as a mechanical engineer in 1978, I landed a job in the “cold section” at Pratt & Whitney Canada (PWC) in Montreal. In those d...Read More
Rocket Scientists are Gear People Too! May 16, 2019 Charles D. Schultz No Comments Dr. Handschuh’s origin story reminds us that the future...Read More