Advances in Gear Theory and Gear Cutting Tool Design

Dr. Stephen P. Radzevich (editor) is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and a Professor of Manufacturing Engineering. He received the M.Sc. (1976), the Ph.D. (1982), and the Dr.(Eng)Sc. (1991) - all in mechanical engineering. Dr. Radzevich has extensive industrial experience in gear design and manufacture. He has developed numerous software packages dealing with CAD and CAM of precise gear finishing for a variety of industrial sponsors. His main research interest is Kinematic Geometry of Surface Generation, particularly with the focus on (a) precision gear design, (b) high power density gear trains, (c) torque share in multi-flow gear trains, (d) design of special purpose gear cutting/finishing tools, (e) design and machining (finishing) of precision gears for low-noise/noiseless transmissions of cars, light trucks etc. Dr. Radzevich has spent about 40 years developing software, hardware and other processes for gear design an optimization. Besides his work for industry, he trains engineering students at universities and gear engineers in companies. He authored and co-authored over 30 monographs, handbooks, and textbooks. The monographs entitled "Generation of Surfaces" (2001), "Kinematic Geometry of Surface Machining" (CRC Press, 2008), "CAD/CAM of Sculptured Surfaces on Multi-Axis NC Machine: The DG/K-Based Approach" (M&C Publishers, 2008), "Gear Cutting Tools: Fundamentals of Design and Computation" (CRC Press, 2010, 2nd edition 2017), "Precision Gear Shaving" (Nova Science Publishers, 2010), "Dudley's Handbook of Practical Gear Design and Manufacture" (CRC Press, 2012, 2nd edition 2016), "Theory of Gearing: Kinematics, Geometry, and Synthesis" (CRC Press, 2012, 2nd edition 2018), "Geometry of Surfaces: A Practical Guide for Mechanical Engineers" (Willey, 2013, 2nd edition Springer, 2019), "Advances in Gear Design and Manufacture" (CRC Press, 2019), "High-Conformal Gearing: Kinematics and Geometry" (CRC Press, 2015, 2nd edition Elsevier, 2020), "Advances in Gear Design and Manufacture" (CRC Press, 2019), "Recent Advances in Gearing - Scientific Theory and Applications" (Springer, 2021), are among the recently published volumes. He also authored and co-authored about 350 scientific papers and holds over 260 patents on invention in the field, both, USA patents and international patents. Dr. Michael Storchak (editor) is a senior researcher of Mechanical Engineering. He received his Dipl.-Eng. in 1974, Dr.-Eng. (Ph.D.) in 1984 in mechanical engineering, and Dr. Sc. degree in Manufacturing Engineering in 1994. Starting 1997, Dr. Storchak works at the University of Stuttgart, Institute for Machine Tools (Germany). His research and scientific interests cover three areas: (1) gear machining, (2) metal cutting processes, and (3) machine tools. In the field of gear machining, the main accomplishments by Dr. Storchak are as follows: (a) research, optimization, and synthesis of technological processes for gear finishing operations; (b) design and development of cutting tools with carbide alloys, and synthetic super-hard materials, (c) development of dressing tools with form periodic profiles, (d) development of software for computation the design parameters of the profile and geometric parameters of cutting tools for gear machining. Dr. Storchak has authored a monograph, and over 150 scientific papers published in topnotch International journals. He also holds over 50 patents on inventions.

Fundamental Laws of Gearing.- On the Key Mistake in Generating Envelopes to a Family of Curves and Surfaces: A Special Case of Kinematics of Enveloping - Rolling Motion.- Meshing limit line of Archimedes worm drive.- Sinusoidal Gears and a New Method of Their Cutting.- Design of technological systems for gear finishing.- Generalized Unified Model for Synthesis of Links of Parallel-Axes Gear Systems.- Gear cutting with disc-shaped milling cutters.- Additive Technologies and Gradient Materials for Plastic Gear Production.- Quality Characteristics of Gearing.- Multi-parameter gear drives and gear variators (CVTs).- Calculation of Gear Trains for Transmission Systems of Mobile Vehicles.- Analysis of Structures of Automatic Split-Power Gear Transmissions (CVTs).- Kinematics, statics and dynamics of complex and coupled cylindrical planetary gears.- Carefully, Scrupulously, Responsibly (in memoriam of Professor Dmitriy Babichev).- Appendices.