Gary S. Vasilash

Gary S. Vasilash Transportation Editor

Automotive

Gears and the Future of Mobility

What will happen to things like step-gear transmissions as we transition to electrified vehicles? We go to Germany to find out.

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Automation

ComauFlex: Automation as Strategy

You can’t buy one. But you can buy into this approach to highly efficient automotive assembly automation.

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Inside Ford Sharonville Transmission: Producing 19 Million Gears a Year

The men and women at Ford Sharonville have turned the art of gear making into a science. They make them precisely. And they make plenty of them.

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ZF Goes to Nine Speeds

To help global automakers achieve greater fuel efficiency, ZF Friedrichshafen AG is developing transmissions that are deploying an increasing number of gears.

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Producing Precision Gears

They needed precision gears of a variety of sizes and configurations, so what did Liebherr do more than 60 years ago? It designed, engineered and built its own gear-making equipment, which became one of its businesses. And yes, it still produces gears for its own requirements.

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The Auto Industry & Gear Making

How do you create products that are cost competitive and of the highest quality? Here are three approaches, one about a car manufacturer putting more emphasis on its capacity, one about a machine producer increasing efficiency through flowing parts, and one about a car maker assuring quality in production.

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A Great Time for Gears

Well over 2 million Toyota and Lexus hybrid vehicles have been sold in the United States since the first Prius appeared in July 2000.

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Basics

Why Your Time at IMTS 2012 Can Make a Big Difference

“Wow." That’s the reaction that Douglas K. Woods, president of AMT-The Association For Manufacturing Technology, the organizer of IMTS 2012, wants you to have when you leave McCormick Place after your visit to the show.

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Aerospace

From Markers to Lasers

As aircraft manufacturers are building bigger planes, they’re looking for the ways to reduce weight.

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