Areas of Expertise June 2, 2015 Charles D. Schultz No Comments One of the first things you hear upon becoming a parent is that “children keep you young.” Once, I foolishly thought this referred to your physical...Read More
Off-Highway or Off-Press, Andantex Focuses on Precision June 1, 2015 Andantex USA is a part of the worldwide Redex group, a longtime provider of high-precision motion control components and systemsRead More
Precision Gearing Lightens the Load for Off-Highway Equipment June 1, 2015 Faith — paraphrasing the gospels of Matthew and Mark — can move mountains. But it helps if you have precision geared equipment.Read More
Formula 1 Gearbox Designs May 28, 2015 Charles D. Schultz No Comments As mentioned in my last blog, Formula 1 gearboxes are now highly integrated into the overall car design. The days of a “spec” transmission from a t...Read More
Short Lived Gearbox Designs May 26, 2015 Charles D. Schultz No Comments “All memorable quotations referring to gearboxes involve expletives.” Peter Wright The author of Fo...Read More
Applied Science, Part Two May 21, 2015 Charles D. Schultz No Comments My previous posting on engineering vs. science reminded me of a professor who insisted “real engineers” had to be able to reason things back to “fi...Read More
Engineering vs. Science May 19, 2015 Charles D. Schultz No Comments History shows that engineering (using an idea without necessarily understanding it) usually gets the drop on science (understanding an idea wit...Read More
Final Points... May 14, 2015 Charles D. Schultz No Comments W.Edward Deming’s quality management system was credited with resurrecting and changing Japan’s manufacturing economy after World War II. Experts t...Read More
Applying Business Metaphors to Sports May 7, 2015 Charles D. Schultz No Comments We suffer through lots of sports clichés in business articles and motivational speeches. What if the reverse were done to sports teams? I am a big ...Read More