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GEAR

Dr. Hermann J. Stadtfeld

TECHNOLOGY

SOLUTIONS

Dr. Stadtfeld is the Vice President of Bevel Gear Gear Engineers like to find answers online if they
Technology and R&D at the Gleason Corporation and have a technical question. Those professional
Professor of the Technical University of Ilmenau, experts mainly look for answers to either quite GEAR TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS
Germany. As one of the world’s most respected uncommon complex problems, or they haven’t faced
experts in Bevel Gear Technology, he has published a certain task yet. Many solutions to everyday Gear Answers to Common
more than 350 technical papers and 12 books in this Engineering problems are not found in textbooks and
field. Likewise, he has filed international patent are not part of the curriculum in Engineering
applications for more than 70 inventions based upon Colleges. This is also the reason why most of the Gear Manufacturing
new gearing systems, gear manufacturing methods answers to questions which are related to gear
as well as cutting tools and gear manufacturing design and manufacturing cannot be found online. In
machines. Under his leadership and guidance, the this book is a continuation of the book “Practical Gear Questions
world of bevel gear cutting has converted to Engineering” published in 2019. It contains a library
environmentally friendly, dry machining of gears with of answers to frequently asked gear related
significantly increased power density due to non- questions for Gear Experts in manufacturing and
linear machine motions and new processes. Those academia.
developments also lower the noise emission level
and reduce the degree of energy consumption.
Contents
Dr. Stadtfeld received in 2000 for his Developments “Gear Technology Solutions” covers 30 topics in
at The Gleason Works, two Automotive Pace Awards, 462 pages with 396 figures and 15 tables which aid in
one for his high-speed dry cutting development and providing a clearer understanding and easier
one for the successful development and implementa- memorizing of the covered material. The chapters 2025
tion of the Universal Motion Concept (UMC). The are organized by the following 6 main topics:
UMC brought the conventional bevel gear geometry
and its physical properties to a new level. In 2015, the Part 1 - General Topics
Rochester Intellectual property Law Association Part 2 - Straight Bevel and Zerol Gears
elected Dr. Stadtfeld the “Distinguished Inventor of Part 3 - Couplings, Clutches and Splines
the Year” by. Between 2015 and 2016 CNN-Networks
featured him as “Tech Hero” in a website dedicated to Part 4 - Spiral Bevel and Hypoid Gears
technical innovators for his accomplishments Part 5 - Cutters and Blades
regarding environmentally friendly gear manufactur- Part 6 - Prototyping
ing and technical advancements in gear efficiency. In
2024 Dr. Stadtfeld received the Ernst Blickle Award
from the SEW-Eurodrive Foundation, one of the Gleason.com
highest awards in engineering science.

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