Alf James Rudolph Lysholm appears to be the least known engineer who developed a piece of kit that can now be found in many different applications: planes, trains, automobiles - even refrigeration units! In fact, by far the majority of web sites that discuss Lysholm have simply cut and paste a very small item from Wikipedia. His life though, was far more than just a couple of … [Read more...]
Torque Converters
Torque Converters are a way to transfer power from an internal combustion engine to the driving wheels without using a mechanical clutch. Many automatic transmissions use them and most are fluid couplings. To confuse the topic further, vehicles have used fluid couplings to connect an engine to a transmission before the torque converter was invented! Fluid couplings as their … [Read more...]