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SUMMARY:A Practical Approach to Managing Gear Noise
DESCRIPTION:Course Description\n\n\n\nFormat: Live Online \n\n\n\nDate: May 12-13\, 2026 \n\n\n\n\nTuesday\, May 12 – 10:00am-2:00pm CT\n\n\n\nWednesday\, May 13 – 10:00am-2:00pm CT\n\n\n\n\nA Practical Approach to Managing Gear Noise\n\n\n\nA Practical Approach for Managing Gear Noise” combines theory with practical testing and simulation techniques used to manage gear noise.  Topics focus on insights into the mechanisms for both whine and rattle\, the two most common categories of gear “noise”.  The course presents clear explanations relating subjective evaluations of audible noise to objective actions\, including troubleshooting and countermeasures.  Concepts are supported with a number of sound and movie files.  Technical papers supporting certain concepts are cited for the students’ further study.   \n\n\n\nYou will earn 8 clock hours upon completion of the course and they will be listed on your certificate of completion.\n\n\n\nLearning Objectives\n\n\n\n\nExplanation of the underlying physics of gear noise generation mechanisms for whine and rattle\n\n\n\nExposure to vibration and sound instrumentation and testing techniques used to characterize whine and rattle\n\n\n\nIntroductions to advanced simulation tools for understanding the underlying physics of gear whine and rattle\, with insight into troubleshooting and countermeasures.\n\n\n\nDevelopment of a strategy for setting gearbox sound and vibration target levels\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister now\n\n\n\nCourse outline (PDF)\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Rates\n\n\n\nMember Rates\n\n\n\nEarly Bird Registrant – $600(Deadline until 2/28/26) \n\n\n\nRegular Registrant – $650(Deadline: 3/1/26 – 4/14/26) \n\n\n\nLate Registrant – $675(Deadline: 4/15/26 – 4/28/26) \n\n\n\nNON-MEMBER RATE\n\n\n\nEarly Bird Registrant – $700(Deadline until 2/28/26) \n\n\n\nRegular Registrant – $750(Deadline: 4/1/26 – 4/14/26) \n\n\n\nLate Registrant – $775(Deadline: 4/15/26 – 4/28/26) \n\n\n\n\n\n\nWho Should Attend\n\n\n\nThis course is intended for those with several years of bearing knowledge involving the design\, application\, selection and use of rolling element bearings.  A basic knowledge of the bearing types\, tolerances\, part numbers\, bearing terminology and load calculations are required.  A technical degree or training is suggested.  \n\n\n\nInstructors\n\n\n\nRobert White\n\nBob White PhD\, PE is a Drivetrain NVH engineer with 37 years of experience.  For 31 of those years he worked at John Deere’s Product Engineering Center in drivetrain development\, touching nearly every transmission and axle produced by Deere. He specialized in making dynamic measurements and is especially known for his work in mitigating gear noise. He continues to do drivetrain problem solving through his company\, White Noise\, LLC. Bob is a member of the AGMA Sound & Vibration committee.  Contact him at RobertWhite@WhiteNoiseUSA.com. \n\n\n\nPhoto Release\n\n\n\nFrom time to time MPMA uses photographs\, survey answers and testimonial of MPMA events in its promotional materials. Unless this permission is revoked in writing to the MPMA\, by virtue of your attendance all attendees agree to the use of their likeness in such materials. \n\n\n\nCancellation and Payment Policy\n\n\n\nPlease view our cancellation policy. \n\n\n\nPlease view our late registration policy. \n\n\n\nPlease view our code of conduct.
URL:https://motionpower.org/event/gear-noise/
LOCATION:Delaware
CATEGORIES:Courses,Live Online Courses
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SUMMARY:Advanced Concepts of Bearing Technology
DESCRIPTION:Course Description\n\n\n\nFormat: In-person Course \n\n\n\nWhere: Schaumburg\, IL \n\n\n\nDate: May 18-21\, 2026 \n\n\n\n\nMonday\, May 18 – 8:00am-5:00pm CT \n\n\n\nTuesday\, May 19 – 8:00am-5:00pm CT \n\n\n\nWednesday\, May 20 – 8:00am-5:00pm CT \n\n\n\nThursday\, May 21 – 8:00am-5:00pm CT\n\n\n\n\nAdvanced Concepts of Bearing Technology\n\n\n\nThis course builds on the foundations of the Essential Course and challenges the experienced engineer in areas such as internal loading and Hertzian stresses\, failure initiation criteria\, friction & wear\, and fatigue life calculation methods. This is an exceptional course for engineers with 2-3 years work experience in rolling element bearings or past attendees of the Essential Concepts of Bearing Technology.  A general knowledge of the basic bearing types and terminology is required. \n\n\n\nYou will earn 32 clock hours upon completion of the course and they will be listed on your certificate of completion.\n\n\n\nLearning Objectives\n\n\n\n\nUnderstand how bearing internal designs affect rolling element loading and life.\n\n\n\nUnderstand the different contact stresses and fatigue causing stress.\n\n\n\nUnderstand how lubricant film thicknesses are formed and characterized.\n\n\n\nUnderstand the role of surface finish and friction in the contact zones.\n\n\n\nUnderstand bearing deflections\, stiffness and preloading.\n\n\n\nUnderstand the statistical nature of bearing failures.\n\n\n\nUnderstand advanced life calculations in standards.”\n\n\n\n\nWho Should Attend\n\n\n\nThis course is intended for those with several years of bearing knowledge involving the design\, application\, selection and use of rolling element bearings.  A basic knowledge of the bearing types\, tolerances\, part numbers\, bearing terminology and load calculations are required.  A technical degree or training is suggested.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister now\n\n\n\nCourse outline (PDF)\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Rates\n\n\n\nMember Rates\n\n\n\nEarly Bird First Registrant – $2\,550(Deadline until 3/4/26) \n\n\n\nRegular First Registrant – $2\,650(Deadline: 3/5/26 – 4/20/26) \n\n\n\nLate First Registrant – $2\,700(Deadline: 4/21/26 – 5/4/26) \n\n\n\nAdditional Registrants per Company Member receive a $200 discount per person \n\n\n\nNON-MEMBER RATE\n\n\n\nEarly Bird First Registrant – $2\,850(Deadline until 3/4/26) \n\n\n\nRegular First Registrant – $2\,950(Deadline: 3/5/26 – 4/20/26) \n\n\n\nLate First Registrant – $3\,000(Deadline: 4/21/26 – 5/4/26) \n\n\n\nAdditional Registrants per Company Non-Member receive a $200 discount per person \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHotel Information\n\n\n\nChicago Marriott Schaumburg50 N Martingale Rd.Schaumburg\, IL 60173 \n\n\n\nYou can book your room at the discounted rate of $149 per night. The hotel cut-off date is April 17\, 2026. \n\n\n\n\n\nHotel Information\n\n\n\nBy booking in the MPMA room block\, you receive a variety of benefits\, including guaranteed accommodations\, better networking opportunities with your peers\, special guest status at the host hotel\, and flexible cancellation terms if your plans change. MPMA advises against booking hotel rooms through third party booking sites such as Hotels.com\, as there may be hidden fees\, limited flexibility\, and fewer rewards. MPMA does not work with a housing company and only MPMA Staff will reach out to you with details regarding the room block; any other companies that reach out to you regarding room reservations may be fraudulent and are not endorsed by MPMA. If you need assistance with your accommodations or have issues with the booking link provided by MPMA\, please contact events@motionpower.org.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInstructors\n\n\n\nDr. Tim Ovaert\n\nDr. Tim Ovaert is currently a professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame. In addition to teaching mechanical engineering design\, reliability engineering\, and tribology\, he conducts research on materials characterization\, materials for tribological applications\, and manufacturing.  \n\nTim Ovaert received his BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois-Urbana and his Master of Engineering Management and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Northwestern University. His industry experience includes serving as Plant Engineer at the DuraBar Division of Wells Manufacturing Company. Previously.He has served as a technical consultant to more than twenty-five medium to Fortune 100 companies. He was named a National Young Investigator by the National Science Foundation\, and is the recipient of the Ralph R. Teetor Award from the Society of Automotive Engineers\, and the Burt L. Newkirk Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Ovaert has served as an associate editor for the ASME Trans.\, Journal of Tribology\, and as the Chair of the ASME/STLE International Joint Tribology Conference. He is the author and/or co-author of over 120 technical publications\, and is a Fellow of the ASME. \n\n\n\nDan Snyder\n\nDan Snyder has over 50 years experience in the bearing field. He has extensive experience with the design\, application\, life and performance analysis\, lubrication\, testing and failure analysis of rolling element bearings. \n\nMr. Snyder was a registered professional engineer and the author of various technical publications and industry trade publication articles. He has worked on various ISO Working Groups for rolling bearings and currently is a member of the ABMA’s Technical Adversary Groups for ISO (TAG) and ANSI (B3).. He is also a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the Society of Tribology and Lubrication Engineers. \n\nMr. Snyder has worked for the Timken Company and SKF USA Inc. and has had his own consulting business\, Bearing and Lubes Consulting\, LLC\, since retiring from SKF as Director of Application Engineering. He has been an instructor and consultant for ABMA courses for several years. \n\n\n\nLavern (Vern) D. Wedeven\n\nVern Wedeven is president of Wedeven Associates\, Inc.\, Edgmont\, PA a specialty\, high tech\, entrepreneurial company devoted to tribology research and development. He and his associates have developed specialized tribology test machines\, test methodologies and analysis tools that link fundamental principles of tribology to service applications. Wedeven Associates Machine (WAM) technology provides tribology research capability for major bearing companies\, military laboratories and research institutes. He is involved in major research projects and consulting that serve aerospace and other industries. \n\nVern Wedeven is a graduate of Calvin College (BS)\, University of Michigan (BSME) and Imperial College\, London\, Ph.D. Previous employment includes NASA Glenn Res Ctr.\, NASA Hdqts and SKF-America. He is the author of over seventy technical papers in the area of tribology and several chapters in reference books. He holds three patents and is the recipient of several awards from STLE\, ASME and SAE. \n\n\n\nBrian Werner\n\nBrian Werner holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Penn State University and a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University. He spent 40 years at The Timken Company. He was a Senior Specialist and the last 14 years he spent in the Product Development group. He had worked in Application Engineering\, Design Engineering\, and Thermal Treatment groups. \n\nBrian was awarded 6 patents and of those\, 4 are related to bearing retainers and 2 related to split bearing. He is a member of ASME as well as the Canton Joint Engineering Council. In the council\, he coordinates the annual Engineer For a Day event where local high school students and engineers are paired and spend a day together. \n\n\n\nPhoto Release\n\n\n\nFrom time to time MPMA uses photographs\, survey answers and testimonial of MPMA events in its promotional materials. Unless this permission is revoked in writing to the MPMA\, by virtue of your attendance all attendees agree to the use of their likeness in such materials. \n\n\n\nCancellation and Payment Policy\n\n\n\nPlease view our cancellation policy. \n\n\n\nPlease view our late registration policy. \n\n\n\nPlease view our code of conduct.
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LOCATION:Delaware
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SUMMARY:EV Automotive Transmission System Design
DESCRIPTION:Course Description\n\n\n\nFormat: In-person Course \n\n\n\nWhere: Schaumburg\, IL \n\n\n\nDate: May 19-21\, 2026 \n\n\n\n\nTuesday\, May 19 – 8:00am-5:00pm CT \n\n\n\nWednesday\, May 20 – 8:00am-5:00pm CT \n\n\n\nThursday\, May 21 – 8:00am-5:00pm CT\n\n\n\n\nEV Automotive Transmission System Design\n\n\n\nThis course will cover all aspects of gearbox concept\, development\, design\, and through the initial stages of analysis as related to product requirements.  We will review all the most common EV transaxle architectures\, power flow and layout and the ‘whys’ of packaging as such.  Independent of the architecture and / or layout\, there are many similarities in the functional and operational requirements of an EV transaxle gearbox.  We will work through all of those and develop a workable set of requirements that will then be used as the design basis.  From a high-level point of view the ‘Big’ difference between transaxles for EVs (Electric Vehicles) and transmissions designed for more traditional Manual Transmissions (MTs) and / or Automatic Transmissions (ATs) is the lack of the ‘noisy’ internal combustion engine or ICE motor.  An internal combustion engine driving into a typical gearbox provides a great deal of NVH masking.  Thus\, we obviously need to design quieter gearboxes to reduce the potential of observed gearbox NVH\, now potentially unmasked by the lack of the ICE signature and magnitude.  However\, and moreover\, the signature from an ICE is much different than from the electric motor.  The new input signature\, frequency\, and magnitude\, cause a shift to higher frequencies and generally lower magnitudes of vibrational energies.  That in turn becomes a more significant consideration in terms of gear design and application.  We will discuss this and more throughout the course. \n\n\n\nYou will earn 24 clock hours upon completion of the course and they will be listed on your certificate of completion.\n\n\n\nLearning Objectives\n\n\n\n\nA brief and initial overview of common gear design techniques and best practices\,\n\n\n\nUnderstand the design challenges and constraints an electric motor presents to gear development\,\n\n\n\nExtend our understanding of beneficial effects and uses of gear microgeometry to the new EV application\,\n\n\n\nIncorporate design and application considerations of bearings\, shafts\, and seals to development and integration of EV transaxles\,\n\n\n\nAppreciate the new\, more expansive requirements for the lubricant and coolant\,\n\n\n\nDiscuss added application requirements and their effect on design and development\,\n\n\n\nSummarize design and development requirements as a function of the additional constraints presented by the EV driveline.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister now\n\n\n\nCourse outline (PDF)\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Rates\n\n\n\nMember Rates\n\n\n\nEarly Bird First Registrant – $2\,150(Deadline until 3/5/26) \n\n\n\nRegular First Registrant – $2\,250(Deadline: 3/6/26 – 4/21/26) \n\n\n\nLate First Registrant – $2\,300(Deadline: 4/22/26 – 5/5/26) \n\n\n\nAdditional Registrants per Company Member receive a $200 discount per person \n\n\n\nNON-MEMBER RATE\n\n\n\nEarly Bird First Registrant – $2\,650(Deadline until 3/5/26) \n\n\n\nRegular First Registrant – $2\,750(Deadline: 3/6/26 – 4/21/26) \n\n\n\nLate First Registrant – $2\,800(Deadline: 4/22/26 – 5/5/26) \n\n\n\nAdditional Registrants per Company Non-Member receive a $200 discount per person \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHotel Information\n\n\n\nChicago Marriott Schaumburg50 N Martingale Rd.Schaumburg\, IL 60173 \n\n\n\nYou can book your room at the discounted rate of $149 per night. The hotel cut-off date is April 17\, 2026. \n\n\n\n\n\nWho Should Attend\n\n\n\nThis course will appeal to all involved in gear design\, application\, and analysis.  Individuals more focused on actual EV gearbox design should gain value from the unique perspective brought to gear design specific to EV transaxles.  We will discuss the specific and nuanced design details and development considerations related to the needs of an EV transaxle. \n\n\n\nHotel Information\n\n\n\nBy booking in the MPMA room block\, you receive a variety of benefits\, including guaranteed accommodations\, better networking opportunities with your peers\, special guest status at the host hotel\, and flexible cancellation terms if your plans change. MPMA advises against booking hotel rooms through third party booking sites such as Hotels.com\, as there may be hidden fees\, limited flexibility\, and fewer rewards. MPMA does not work with a housing company and only MPMA Staff will reach out to you with details regarding the room block; any other companies that reach out to you regarding room reservations may be fraudulent and are not endorsed by MPMA. If you need assistance with your accommodations or have issues with the booking link provided by MPMA\, please contact events@motionpower.org. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInstructors\n\n\n\nWilliam “Mark” McVea\, PhD\, P.E.\n\nDr. William Mark McVea\, P.E.\, is currently President and Principal Engineer of KBE+\, Inc. where he and his team design and develop complete powertrains for automotive and off-highway vehicles. His experience includes positions within the mechanical drive and powertrain industry. Chief Technology Officer for an industry leader in the design and development of patented powertrain engineering technology used primarily in the automotive industry; Professor of Vehicle Dynamics and Powertrain Sciences in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Rochester Institute of Technology; adjunct professor at Purdue University in their Automotive Sciences Department; and was manager of the CAE group within a tier-one powertrain supplier to global automotive markets\, a consulting engineer in vehicle dynamics\, and a project manager of traction systems for off-highway vehicles as well. In addition\, he has extensive publication on transmission systems\, automated design assistant systems\, knowledge systems and knowledge-based engineering in general. He also holds or is listed as co-inventor on numerous patents related to mechanical power transmissions. Mark holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the Rochester Institute of Technology\, a PhD in Design Engineering from Purdue University and is a licensed Professional Engineer. \n\n\n\nPhoto Release\n\n\n\nFrom time to time MPMA uses photographs\, survey answers and testimonial of MPMA events in its promotional materials. Unless this permission is revoked in writing to the MPMA\, by virtue of your attendance all attendees agree to the use of their likeness in such materials. \n\n\n\nCancellation and Payment Policy\n\n\n\nPlease view our cancellation policy. \n\n\n\nPlease view our late registration policy. \n\n\n\nPlease view our code of conduct.
URL:https://motionpower.org/event/ev-automotive-transmission-system-design/
LOCATION:Delaware
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