Many people look back fondly on the days of the annual model change in the automobile market. Car dealerships would cover their display windows and...

I used to tease our maintenance staff that there were only two reasons a machine went down: it went down because we worked on it or because we did ...

In my last post I insisted that good design wins in the marketplace. As a student of automotive history, I am compelled to admit that some very gre...

Introduction The concepts of sustainability and energy efficiency are gaining importance in power transmission engineering. Mor...

Amidst the energy industry's uncertain future, gearbox manufacturers are focusing on supplying the aftermarket.

The backlash discussion posted previously was inspired by the comments posted on a hobby website I frequent. The commentator was of the opinion tha...

Not to worry — no politics here. The “backlash” I want to talk about is the “lost motion” in gear systems. It sometimes seems to rile people up alm...