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Charles D. Schultz

Chuck Schultz is a licensed engineer, Gear Technology Technical Editor, and Chief Engineer for Beyta Gear Service. He has written the "Gear Talk with Chuck" blog for Gear Technology since 2014.

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Wrapping Up a Project

December 30, 2020

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One of my customers had a ship’s bell in their lobby to ring whenever they got a new project; a very neat idea. Sales departments are great about c...

Don't Forget the Follow-Up!

December 28, 2020

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One of the cardinal rules of design engineering is that you will never overcome physics. It is an applied science so misunderstanding or ignoring m...

Some Help From Your Friends

December 16, 2020

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Making great products is a team effort. It annoys me when the host of a certain house remodeling show claims credit for how wonderful her project t...

The Book of Knowledge

December 9, 2020

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Gears are wonderful things. Unfortunately, they require support from shafts, bearings, and some sort of housing to be useful. Without these things,...

The Fun Part

December 2, 2020

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In the last blog posting, I covered the importance of developing a Product Specification and getting all the “stakeholders” to agree on what a succ...

Next Step

November 24, 2020

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Once you have an idea what your device will look like, the urge to start designing is strong. Before you start calculating gear ratings, however, t...

First Steps

November 18, 2020

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As mentioned in my last posting, blank sheets of paper present a huge challenge to any machinery designer. For the beginner, it is even a higher hu...

The Terror of an Empty Sheet

November 11, 2020

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Today’s title does not refer to writer’s block. After 660 contributions to the magazine and blog, I still have a few things to cover ahead of my pl...

Facing Down Contact Ratio

November 4, 2020

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Before we move on from helix angle restrictions, I want to say a few things about face contact ratio. Soon after the appearance of the first helica...

But What About ...

October 28, 2020

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Some of you are probably calling forth the gear deities to smite me for promoting a “free thinking” approach to helix angles; I understand complete...

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