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SUMMARY:Fundamentals of Worm and Crossed Axial Helical Gearing
DESCRIPTION:Course Description\n\n\n\nFormat: In-person Course \n\n\n\nWhere: Charlotte\, NC \n\n\n\nDate: August 4-6\, 2025 \n\n\n\n\nTuesday\, August 4 – 8:00am-5:00pm ET\n\n\n\nWednesday\, August 5 – 8:00am-5:00pm ET\n\n\n\nThursday\, August 6 – 8:00am-5:00pm ET\n\n\n\n\nFundamentals of Worm and Crossed Axial Helical Gearing\n\n\n\nThis course is intended to be both an overview of worm and wheel gearing\, as well as an introduction to the application\, design considerations\, practical development techniques for manufacturing\, and finally how best to apply worm and wheel technology.  We will cover some design development\, lubrication considerations\, and failure modes and causes. \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\nGain a basic appreciation for worm and wheel technology\n\n\n\nUnderstand the reasoning behind the application of this technology\n\n\n\nBe able to surmise the design requirements of worm and wheel gearing as a function of the application\n\n\n\nUnderstand lubrication requirements and articulate those to the gearbox designer\n\n\n\nBenefit from a review of failures and failure modes \n\n\n\n\nWho Should Attend\n\n\n\nAnyone interested in worm and wheel technology will benefit from this course.  From someone with a basic understanding of parallel or bevel gearing\, but with no experience with worm and wheel technology\, to those who have worked with this technology but would appreciate a deeper insight into the actual practice of their development and use. \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 5/21/26) \n\n\n\nRegular First Registrant – $2\,250(Deadline: 5/22/26 – 7/7/26) \n\n\n\nLate First Registrant – $2\,300(Deadline: 7/8/26 – 7/21/26) \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 5/21/26) \n\n\n\nRegular First Registrant – $2\,750(Deadline: 5/22/26 – 7/7/26) \n\n\n\nLate First Registrant – $2\,800(Deadline: 7/8/26 – 7/21/26) \n\n\n\nAdditional Registrants per Company Non-Member receive a $200 discount per person \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHotel Information\n\n\n\nEmbassy Suites by Charlotte Uptown401 E M.L.K. Jr Blvd.Charlotte\, NC 28202 \n\n\n\nYou can book your room at the discounted rate of $179 per night. The hotel cut-off date is July 13\, 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\nLance Brown\n\nLance’s career started in 1992 as a mill and lathe machinist. His introduction to world of gearing began in 1997 with CGI\, Inc in Carson City\, Nevada. As the lead gear designer\, he contributed many geared solutions to the medical (orthopedic and surgical robotics)\, defense\, commercial/consumer\, and robotics industries. He has collaborated with some of the world’s brightest minds and most talented engineers and designers to bring powerful solutions to life through advanced gear-train\, and assembly design. Lance sat on several of AGMA’s (MPMA) technical committees and was a member of the Technical Division Executive Committee (TDEC). Lance’s role with MPMA as Senior Technical Instructor began on October 1st\, 2025. \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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SUMMARY:Essential Concepts of Bearing Technology
DESCRIPTION:Course Description\n\n\n\nFormat: In-person Course \n\n\n\nWhere: Charlotte\, NC \n\n\n\nDate: August 4-6\, 2026 \n\n\n\n\nTuesday\, August 4 – 8:00am-5:00pm ET\n\n\n\nWednesday\, August 5 – 8:00am-5:00pm ET\n\n\n\nThursday\, August 6 – 8:00am-5:00pm ET\n\n\n\n\nEssential Concepts of Bearing Technology\n\n\n\nThis course is specially designed for engineers and others with technical backgrounds that have had limited exposure to rolling element bearings and need to adapt their technical training to bearings or seek an upgrade to their technical knowledge. The Essentials Course focuses on understanding basic internal geometry\, tribology\, bearing attributes and applications and explores the basic concepts around manufacturing methods\, loads\, internal load contacts\, lubrication and failure. \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\nBasic understanding of the different types of rolling element bearings and their applications.\n\n\n\nBasic understanding bearing loading types and their sources.\n\n\n\nUnderstanding of the load distribution within bearings and resulting contact stresses.\n\n\n\nUnderstanding the types of internal stresses and bearing load ratings.\n\n\n\nUnderstanding of why bearings fail.\n\n\n\nUnderstanding of how lubricant films are developed in the rolling element contacts.\n\n\n\nUnderstanding of the importance of lubrication on bearing life.\n\n\n\nBasic understanding of bearing deflections and preload.\n\n\n\nUnderstanding of bearing life calculations used in standards.\n\n\n\nIntroduce bearing materials and standards overview.\n\n\n\n\nWho Should Attend\n\n\n\nThose wanting to learn about rolling bearing technology beyond what is available in general catalogs.  A basic understanding of mechanical principles\, bearing terminology and bearing fundamentals required.  Suggested attendees include new bearing application hires\, bearing design\, bearing users\, customer technical support\, sales and marketing management\, manufacturing and quality control.  \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\,350(Deadline until 5/21/26) \n\n\n\nRegular First Registrant – $2\,450(Deadline: 5/22/26 – 7/7/26) \n\n\n\nLate First Registrant – $2\,500(Deadline: 7/8/26 – 7/21/26) \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 5/21/26) \n\n\n\nRegular First Registrant – $2\,750(Deadline: 5/22/26 – 7/7/26) \n\n\n\nLate First Registrant – $2\,800(Deadline: 7/8/26 – 7/21/26) \n\n\n\nAdditional Registrants per Company Non-Member receive a $200 discount per person \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHotel Information\n\n\n\nEmbassy Suites by Charlotte Uptown401 E M.L.K. Jr Blvd.Charlotte\, NC 28202 \n\n\n\nYou can book your room at the discounted rate of $179 per night. The hotel cut-off date is July 13\, 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\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\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\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\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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