Polymer Gears

Sabu Thomas is a Professor and Director of the International and Interuniversity Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India. Professor Thomas is internationally recognized for his contributions to polymer science and engineering, with his research interests encompassing polymer nanocomposites, elastomers, polymer blends, interpenetrating polymer networks, polymer membranes, green composites, nanocomposites, nanomedicine, and green nanotechnology. His groundbreaking inventions in polymer nanocomposites, polymer blends, green bionanotechnology, and nano-biomedical sciences have significantly advanced the development of new materials for the automotive, space, housing, and biomedical fields. Dr. Huskić received his PhD in 1995 from the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology. He spent one year as a post-doc (1997/98) at the University of Hasselt in Belgium. Until the end of 2018, he was employed as a researcher at the National Institute of Chemistry in Ljubljana, Slovenia. In 2006 he founded and became the director of the company Nanosvet d.o.o., which was engaged in the development and marketing of nanocoatings. Since 2009 he has been lecturing at the Faculty of Polymer Technology in Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia. His research work mainly includes the synthesis of various polymers, preparation of composites and nanocomposites and characterization of polymeric materials. During the last 15 years, he has been engaged in the preparation of thermoplastic and thermosetting polymer composites and nanocomposites (by extrusion, in solvents, by in situ polymerization) and their characterization. Dr. Hanna J. Maria is a Senior Researcher at the International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, India. She previously held postdoctoral research positions at the Centre for Advanced Materials, Qatar University, the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yamaguchi University, Japan, the Centre RAPSODEE, IMT Mines, Albi, France, and the Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Dr. Maria has published 20 articles and 10 book chapters, and co-edited 4 books. Her research has focused on natural rubber composites and their blends, thermoplastic composites, lignin, nanocellulose, bio-nanocomposites, nanocellulose, rubber-based composites and nanocomposites, and hybrid nanocomposites. Jože Tavčar works as a senior lecturer in the LTH, product development division at Lund University, Sweden. He was awarded with Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of Ljubljana in 1999. During his period in industry he was involved in several product-development teams with international corporations such as Philips, Electrolux, Kärcher, Rowenta, and automotive companies. He co-ordinated the development of the motors’ diagnostic system and he gained a deep understanding of the noise-reduction and vibrations topics. He published over 35 SCI papers, over 50 conference papers, 5 book chapters and over 80 technical reports. Several of them are related to polymer gears. He has coordinated several application and research projects.

1: Challenges in the engineering design, manufacture, and testing of polymer gears 2: Basic characteristics of polymers for polymer-based gear 3: Polymer formulations for gears 4: Gear geometry 5: Tooth form optimization of plastic gears 6: Multicriteria design of polymer gears according to VDI 2736 guideline 7: Recent developments in hybrid metal-composite gears 8: The asymmetric gears and innovative approaches to increase performance and durability of polymer gears 9: Deformability, noise, and vibrations of polymer gears 10: Temperature prediction in polymer gears: semianalytical modeling 11: Tooth profile design for reduced sliding velocity and wear 12: Design of gears and noninvolute gears: theory and experiment 13: Mold design and injection molding simulations for polymer gear 14: Manufacturing of polymer gears by machining 15: Failure analysis of polymer gears made by additive manufacturing 16: Additive manufacturing of polymer gears 17: Complementary properties of optical, tactile, and computed tomography measurement principles 18: Optical areal geometrical quality control of gears 19: Experimental testing of polymer gears with consideration of their thermomechanical behavior 20: Tribology of polymer gears: friction coefficient and wear 21: A combined numerical and optical analysis of failure attributes in polymer nanocomposite gears 22: Computational fluid dynamics model for polymer gears with oil lubrication 23: Performance of autoclave-cured carbon fiber reinforced polymer composite gears 24: Efficiency of polymer gears 25: Incorporating image processing for postanalysis of polymer-based gears 26: Lifetime testing of polymer gears 27: Application of bio-based fibers for polymer reinforcement 28: Application of polymer bevel gears for car suspension system 29: Applications of PEEK gears for high-power transmissions