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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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When Do You Trust Computers?

June 9, 2015

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As mentioned previously in this blog, I am active in motor racing as a car owner, mechanic, and public relations representative. I’ve first became ...

Things We Don’t Know

June 4, 2015

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Noted gear consultant and gear educator Ray Drago is fond of saying that a consultant’s best answers usually start with “it depends.” Those of you ...

Areas of Expertise

June 2, 2015

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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...

Formula 1 Gearbox Designs

May 28, 2015

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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...

Short Lived Gearbox Designs

May 26, 2015

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“All memorable quotations referring to gearboxes involve expletives.” Peter Wright

The author of Fo...

Applied Science, Part Two

May 21, 2015

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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...

Engineering vs. Science

May 19, 2015

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History shows that engineering (using an idea without necessarily understanding it) usually gets the drop on science (understanding an idea wit...

Final Points...

May 14, 2015

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W.Edward Deming’s quality management system was credited with resurrecting and changing Japan’s manufacturing economy after World War II. Experts t...

Business of Sports, Cont.

May 12, 2015

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Picking up from last week on W. Edwards Deming… We’re constantly hearing sports terms and metaphors used in business c...

Applying Business Metaphors to Sports

May 7, 2015

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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 ...

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