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Although David Korins had an impressive resume
of Broadway, film, television and music
credits, the New York-based production
designer had something to prove when interviewing
for the pop culture phenomenon
Hamilton. “I prepped for the interview like crazy, sketching
out my ideas, presenting a scene breakdown, basically
doing everything I could short of begging for the job,” Korins
said. “Lin Manuel Miranda (the show’s creator and star) had
developed an incredibly effective blueprint. I just wanted the
opportunity to help tell his story.”
Referencing a June 2014 Article, “High Gear Ratio
Epicyclic Drives Analysis,” by Dr. Alex Kapelevich:
I have designed a small compound epicyclic gearbox
with common planets.
Sun = 10 teeth
Planet = 14 teeth
Ring Gear stationary = 38 teeth
Ring gear output = 41 teeth profile shifted onto a 38
tooth pitch diameter.
Carriers are simply cages for the planet alignment
and location.
According to your article, and according to my
calculations and the prototype I have built, my inputto-
output ratio is a reduction of 65.6:1. I am using a ~
VG1 viscosity grease and Nylatron materials for the
gears and carriers.
The performance of high-speed helical geartrains is of particular importance for tiltrotor aircraft drive systems.
These drive systems are used to provide speed reduction/torque multiplication from the gas turbine output shaft and provide the necessary offset between these parallel shafts in the aircraft. Four different design configurations have been tested in the NASA Glenn Research Center, High-Speed Helical Geartrain Test Facility. The design configurations included the current aircraft design, current design with isotropic superfinished gear surfaces, double-helical design (inward and outward pumping), increased pitch (finer teeth), and an increased helix angle. All designs were tested at multiple input shaft speeds (up to 15,000 rpm) and applied power (up to 5,000 hp).
Also two lubrication, system-related, variables were tested: oil inlet temperature (160–250° F) and lubricating jet pressure (60–80 psig). Experimental data recorded from these tests included power loss of the helical system under study, the temperature increase of the lubricant from inlet to outlet of the drive system and fling-off temperatures
(radially and axially). Also, all gear systems were tested with and without shrouds around the gears.
For several months, many economists have
been using the “R” word when it comes to
manufacturing. They say we’ve been in a global manufacturing recession since some time in the fourth quarter of
last year.