Back to Basics: Helical Gears March 29, 2018 Charles D. Schultz No Comments Most of the gearboxes I have been involved with use single helical gears. Its excellent power capacity per mesh makes it the default system for man...Read More
Filling in the Gaps March 27, 2018 Charles D. Schultz No Comments A few weeks ago, I admitted to not knowing much about the Klingelnberg system of bevels. Terry Edwards, chief designer at Pacific Star Marine in Br...Read More
KISSsoft Offers Calculations for Asymmetrical Toothings March 23, 2018 The current KISSsoft version, 03/2017, provides you with a range of different options for calculating and inputting asymmetrical toothing...Read More
Worm Basics - Part 2 March 22, 2018 Charles D. Schultz No Comments Continuing our discussion of the “least you need to know” about worm gearing: 5. Efficiency is highly variable for worms. If it is critical to y...Read More
Minimal Worm Expertise March 20, 2018 Charles D. Schultz No Comments Worm gearing has long been a big part of the mechanical world. If you work in the gear trade, “civilians” will rightly expect you to know things ab...Read More
What About Worms? March 15, 2018 Charles D. Schultz No Comments It is difficult to know where to start when writing about worm gears, because this market segment has defied “standardization” within the United St...Read More
Bevel Buzzwords March 13, 2018 Charles D. Schultz No Comments Does technical lingo confuse you? If so, welcome to the bevel gear sector and its special kind of hell. The same “system” that benefited from stand...Read More
The Old Family Recipe March 8, 2018 Charles D. Schultz No Comments Continuing with bevel gears… As a beginning gear guy, I was very content to leave the bevel gear design to the experts...Read More
Nothing Remains Constant March 6, 2018 Charles D. Schultz No Comments We cannot leave our lesson about tooth depths without covering bevel gears. There is a tendency to think of bevels and worms as being best left to ...Read More
Reliability, Lifetime and Safety Factors March 1, 2018 A discussion of ISO and AGMA standards for gears, shafts and bearings, and the art of designing a gearbox that meets your requirements.Read More