SMT | Gear Technology Magazine

SMT Announces North America User Forum

July 8, 2022

2022 marks the 20th Anniversary of SMT’s focus on providing the tools and knowledge to drive engineering innovation in gearbox system analysis. With this historic company anniversary, the company has announced the return of the North America User Forum.

SMT Webinar Examines Software Tips and Tricks

April 28, 2022

SMT's latest webinar "MASTA Support - Tips, Tricks and FAQ" will take place May 4, 2022. The SMT customer support team receive queries covering all areas of MASTA, with industry 'hot topics' inevitably arising. In this webinar, SMT engineers focus on answering some of the queries that frequently make it into their support inbox.

Asymmetric Cylindrical Gears

November 1, 2020

In this article the authors present a loaded tooth contact analysis (LTCA) method for asymmetric gears that provides an accurate and efficient design tool for analyzing and comparing designs. The presented method is implemented in SMT's MASTA software. The authors also present an example comparative study using this tool for an automotive application.

Gear Blank Tuning

August 1, 2020

The design of gear blanks or flanges has traditionally been driven by weight reduction. Recently innovative companies have started to use the gear blank design to tune the system dynamics to reduce gear whine.

Industry News

May 1, 2020

The complete Industry News section from the May 2020 issue of Gear Technology.

Industry News

August 1, 2019

The complete Industry News section from the August 2019 issue of Gear Technology.

Knowing the System

June 1, 2019

It's more important than ever to understand the full system your individual components are going into. Here's the latest in how software developers are helping you do that.

Electric Vehicle Whine Noise - Gear Blank Tuning as an Optimization Option

March 1, 2019

Noise issues from gear and motor excitation whine are commonly faced by many within the EV and HEV industry. In this paper the authors present an advanced CAE methodology for troubleshooting and optimizing such NVH phenomenon.

Product News

January 1, 2019

The complete Product News section from the January/February issue of Gear Technology.

Helping Software Developers Help You

November 1, 2017

A key part of gear design software development is customer feedback. With the right feedback, you can get your software developer to work for you to provide the most relevant features possible.