Excel-Lent software, from a longtime builder of gears and gearboxes, quickly determines optimum gear parameters for various industries. The developer says it cuts hundreds of engineering hours off projects. Interested users can download a demo to see how easy it is to design a new gearbox. The most interesting section to design engineers will be…
Software helps design better gears – even for wind applications
In response to the gear market’s need for optimization software, which has been lacking many years, Excel Gear Inc, Roscoe, Ill., has developed Excel-Lent gear/gearbox design and analysis software. This program is written in Visual Basics.Net by engineers who also design and manufacture gears for their own use, according to company president N.K. “Chinn” Chinnusamy.…
Excel Gear Announces Two Key Appointments
Excel Gear, Inc. of Roscoe, Illinois announces the appointment of Denis Bermingham as the manager of manufacturing engineering and special projects, plus William “Bill” Powers as the company’s marketing manager. Both appointments were made by company president N.K. “Chinn” Chinnusamy, who noted these hirings were made as the result of the company’s recent growth and…
Automated gearbox testing builds in consistency
A gear manufacturer shows how it automated formerly time-consuming manual tests. William L. Winterbauer, Ph.D. Principal Engineer QED Services Ann Arbor, Mich. The U.S. military has demanding requirements for the hardware it needs. Take, for instance, a set of gearboxes built by Excel Gear Inc., Roscoe, Ill, for missile launchers on the U.S. Navy’s new…