2023 Emerging Technology Webinar Series

October 4—online

“Increasing productivity through digitalization: open, versatile, transparent,” will be presented by Florian Schuon, head of digital solutions at Liebherr. Liebherr offers a modular system of data profiles, interfaces, and the various apps of the LHWebPlatform. These building stones create the basis for tailor-made digitization solutions - perfectly fitted to the needs of the different types of end-users (from small machine shops looking to extract specific data, all the way up to automotive factories with hundreds of linked machines).
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Motion + Power Technology Expo Live Education Courses

October 17-19—Live In-Person Courses

Several education classes will be offered during the MPT Expo in Detroit with topics on gear and bearing systems, basics of gearing, design basics for spur and helical gears, loaded tooth contact analysis, why bearings are damaged, material selection and heat treatment of gears.
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How to Read and Interpret a Gear Inspection Report

November 2—Live Online Virtual Training

This half-day online seminar is intended to provide you with a thorough understanding of the information contained within a typical gear inspection report. Specifically, we will look at the contents and meaning of the information contained within the gear charts, as well as the techniques used by the gear measurement system to assess gear quality. An explanation of basic gear measurement techniques, how measurement equipment and test machines implement these techniques, and how to interpret the results from these basic measurements will be covered. We will also discuss how to interpret the results and what corrective actions may be considered if the quality of a particular gear is unsatisfactory.
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Loaded Tooth Contact Analysis—Fall

November 9—Live Online Course

Evaluation of loaded tooth contact and development of tooth modifications using commercially available software to improve KHB and optimize power density. Two real-life gearing examples will be presented in the course, one will have a cantilever-mounted pinion, the other a shaft pinion straddled nonsymmetrically by bearings. Both examples demonstrate component deflections under load which significantly reduce tooth mesh contact which is then corrected with developed helix and profile modifications. Other gear performance optimization tools will also be briefly discussed: Profile Shift, Isotropic Finishing, Shot Peening, Accuracy, and Material Selection.
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Gear Systems Design for Minimum Noise

December 5–7—Doubletree Mission Bay; San Diego

The need for noise control and its relation to gear drive design will be discussed. The general nature of noise and its measurement will be examined, with particular emphasis on terminology standards, and units of measurement appropriate to gear technology. Although, ideally, the designer should solve noise problems on the drawing board, in the real world this sometimes does not occur. Various techniques that can reduce the noise level of existing gear systems without requiring major hardware replacement will be presented and discussed. Included in the discussion will be enclosures, absorbers, dissipative dampers, isolators (gearbox and gear blank), and impulse phasing.
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Fundamentals of Worm and Crossed Axis Helical Gearing

December 5–7—Doubletree Mission Bay; San Diego

Anyone interested in worm and wheel technology will benefit from this course. From someone with a basic understanding of parallel or bevel gearing, but with no experience with worm and wheel technology, to those who have worked with this technology but would appreciate a deeper insight into the actual practice of their development and use. Learning objectives include gaining a basic appreciation for worm and wheel technology; understanding the reasoning behind the application of this technology; being able to surmise the design requirements of worm and wheel gearing as a function of the application; understanding lubrication requirements and articulate those to the gearbox designer; and benefit from a review of failures and failure modes.
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