April 2020

Leading through Crisis

April 1, 2020

Manufacturers are awesome. Over the past month, we've talked to a lot of manufacturers of gears, bearings, motors, gearboxes, couplings and other mechanical power transmission components. Despite the challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic and the current economic crisis, they've been universally positive and remarkably confident about their current operations and ability to continue through the crisis and after.

Dynamic Performance

April 1, 2020

PTE Examines Gearmotor and Gear Drive Technology

Engineering Showcase - Gear Drives

April 1, 2020

Our special advertising section takes a look at leading suppliers in the gear drives space.

Navigating the New Normal

April 1, 2020

Power Transmission component suppliers discuss COVID-19 Threat and how their companies are responding to keep the supply chain connected.

Open for Business

April 1, 2020

Bearings Manufacturers Support Essential Manufacturing by Staying Open through the COVID-19 Pandemic

Romax Improves Reckon Drive Product Reliability with Drivetrain Structural Simulation Software

April 1, 2020

Durability requirements must be balanced with the need for lightweight and low-cost solutions which meet noise and vibration targets whilst also exhibiting excellent efficiency.

The Dynamic Drive Toward Vehicle Electrification

April 1, 2020

The Future of E-Mobility is a Mystery - One That Will Lead to the Same Innovation, Disruption and Ingenuity Found in the Early Days of the Automotive Industry

Limitations of the Timoshenko Beam Theory

April 1, 2020

FVA Offers FE Shaft Calculations in the FVA-Workbench

Phase Management as a Strategy to Reduce Gear Whine in Idler Gear Sets

April 1, 2020

This work explains why some idler sets produce so much gear whine. While transmission error must be managed, there is another tool in the gear whine management toolbox.