Author: Dianmai

What is an ideal gearbox?

Once, ‘Nikkei Automotive Technology’ featured a special issue on gearboxes, focusing on the extent to which CVT (Continuously Variable Transmission) could expand its territory in the automatic transmission field. However, the then-unsung third type of automatic transmission, DCT (Dual Clutch Transmission), is now showing a rapid rise in prominence. DCT…

Analysis of Oil Used for Factory-Outgoing Cycloidal Pinwheel Reducers

At the factory, cycloidal pinwheel reducers are typically filled with lubricating grease, such as molybdenum disulfide-2 or ZL-2 lithium-based grease. It should be noted that manufacturers generally do not fill the reducer with lubricating oil at the time of shipment to facilitate handling and transportation. Instead, suitable lubricating oil should…