Introduced by Cadillac in 1940, recirculating ball steering uses a worm gear inside a threaded block. Imagine holding a screw with a nut on it—turn the screw one way or the other and the nut ...

Schaeffler, a German manufacturer of machine and car parts, has commenced production of ball screw drives (KGTs) for a Chinese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer. KGTs are integral to advanced ...

Power Steering 103. In this month’s class we will look into what makes the Saginaw power steering gear box work, and the particular areas you might need to set up a little differently to ...

The 2015 M3 and M4’s steering systems follow the familiar EPS formula of placing an electrically driven ball-screw drive on the steering rack separate from the tooth-and-pinion connection to the ...

One of the first commercial ball screws was designed into the famous Saginaw steering gear. This gear was used on many vehicles as diverse as the Ford Fairlane (1956-78) and Chevrolet Corvette ...

The Saginaw steering gear was a ball screw used on several automobiles in the 1950s and â 60s. ... Tube-return ball screws are limited to a D N of around 70,000. Not only that, ...

Global production network: In February, Schaeffler started production of ball screw drives for steering systems at its plant in Xiangtan, China. Credit: Schaeffler. Schaeffler, a German ...

Ball-Screw Mechanism; Steering Rack; Drive Belt ; Makers are moving aggressively to EPS because eliminating an engine-driven hydraulic pump increases gas mileage by about 1 mpg.

China Automotive Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CAAS) ("CAAS" or the "Company"), a leading power steering components and systems supplier in China, today announced that its largest subsidiary by sales ...

Schaeffler, a German manufacturer of machine and car parts, has commenced production of ball screw drives (KGTs) for a Chinese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer. KGTs are integral to advanced ...