alpha gear's TK+ is a low-backlash right-angle gearhead with a hollow-shaft flange that provides improved performance as well as space reduction. Compared to beveled gears, hypoid gear technology provides increased torque (up to 200 percent) and lower noise (because of a larger pitch angle), and increased productivity (based on 100 percent higher speeds). Efficiency of the single stage unit is 96 percent and the two-stage unit is 94 percent. The gearhead's low torsional backlash of less than 4 arcmin and high torsional stiffness provide positioning accuracy for operations with up to 50,000 cycles/hr. Reduction ratios for the single-stage unit are 3, 4, 5, 7 or 10 and for the two-stage units are 16, 20, 25, 28, 35, 40, 50, 70 or 100. Designed for cyclic and continuous operation, the gearheads target servo applications in machine tools, automation, packaging and printing.
A next-generation guided ammunition system for intercepting enemy fire that Lockheed Martin is developing for the Army has hit its targets in an initial series of tests by the company.
Against a backdrop of mounting product complexity and a need to keep a lid on development costs, companies are recognizing a need to make simulation a more integral part of the design process. In response, vendors in the CAD world are building out CAE functionality as part of their CAD suites while simulation vendors are building tighter integrations to leading CAD tools. Keith Meintjes, Ph.D., Practice Manager, Simulation and Analysis at CIMdata, Inc., joins Design News CAD Editor Beth Stackpole in this radio program to explore the new face of integrated CAD and CAE, how companies are benefitting from this tighter partnership between platforms, and how integrating CAE earlier in the development cycle pays off in optimized product designs.
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