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FTS Birth / FTS Future

The world changed by FTS

The FTS is not a machine. It is a component of a machine.

The most important machine components are probably nuts and bolts. Although it is not clear who their inventor was, it is difficult to imagine what machines, and, indeed, what the world would be like without them.

While the effects of a newly developed machine are limited to the field in which that machine is used, the invention of a machine component has far-reaching effects on industry in its entirety.

We are confident that the FTS, as a machine component, will bring about enormous changes in most machinery utilized today. The characteristics of the FTS themselves, as described above, are its unique advantages in the practical application of valuable, yet hitherto hidden, natural principles.

Why then have the wonderful features of the FTS remained hidden until now, despite its simplicity?

For hundreds of years since the invention of machines, especially since the Industrial Revolution, the field of mechanics has undergone remarkable development. It is fair to say that of all mechanical principles that human beings could discover and invent, most have already been invented. In recent times, there has been a lack of dramatic developments or discoveries of new principles in the mechanical field, predominantly based on small steps forward towards more elaborate and minute versions of existing machines.

Many say that we are now in an IT era. Developments in mechanical principles are not anticipated, other than the application of IT technologies to existing machinery.

Where, then, did the FTS, a genuine mechanical invention, come from after so long? How was it invented? The reason behind this seems rather inevitable, it is fair to say. Simply put, the FTS was invented through the development of new industrial processing methods. In the past, there was no equipment able to process the waveform groove, and cut the pipe, necessary steps in manufacturing the FTS. What have developed is a number of CNC Machining Centers, including lathes and milling, as well as a number of forms of industrial processing methods, such as injecting, pressing, welding, and cutting. Nevertheless, the FTS can only be produced through the recently developed laser beam or through the Waterjet method.

The Waterjet system is actually assessed to be better suited for the FTS rather than the laser. One way or the other, all these have recently come into practical use. Previously, the Waterjet had failed to be used in processing pipes. Additionally, the Cad-Cam is necessary in the work on the FTS groove. This is why the simple and superior principles of the FTS have remained hidden until the 21st century.

With the invention of the FTS, a wave of innovation is anticipated in the field of mechanics. At first glance, it may look almost too simplistic, even primitive. However, the FTS has several unexpected characteristics superior to any other development in the industry on closer look.

Take the wide range of applications for existing Flexible Couplings, Universal Joints, Constant Velocity Joints, and Spline Shafts to innumerous further machines into account, and it is beyond imagination the extent to which these machines may become simpler and easier-to-use if these components are replaced with the FTS.

To what extent can the economic value of the FTS climb in the market? A survey suggests that the market for the Universal Joint alone amounts to 30 billion USD per year. How much of this could be replaced with the FTS? Nobody can possibly calculate the value of the FTS, as firstly it is impossible to estimate the size of the replacement market for the existing products, and secondly, the FTS would create new markets, rather than merely be employed in replacing existing components.

The use of the newly developed FTS can be found within the Flexible Transmission Shaft itself.

To date, we are transfixed in the notion that aligning a driver and follower in a straight line to transmit driving power, regardless of the kind of machine used, is absolutely necessary. With the advent of the FTS, however, this belief is soon to be shaken. Rather than the necessity for the driver and follower to be in a straight line, staggered or detached configurations are now possible. This is a revolutionary change in the arrangement of components in machinery, likely to lead to changes in their shapes, and in lives of people around the world who use machinery. The possibilities are endless. Take the bicycle, for example. Turning the handle bars turns the front wheel. The axis stretches out in a straight line, with its direction bent slightly forward. But the FTS, applied to the bicycle, would lead to changes in the axis for turning the handle bars into a different, more comfortable shape. Currently, driving power is transmitted by pedaling, through the chain. Perhaps the FTS will eliminate the chain, changing the pedaling direction entirely, to a more comfortable action. If realized, bicycles will take on completely new shapes.

Ships have fixed propellers with axles protruding from the bottom of them, requiring construction for connection points to be such that water cannot leak in. What if the axle is produced in a bent shape? If the propeller could be moved from side to side, and not fixed, the rudder would no longer need to be located behind the propeller. The results are a dramatic reduction in driving power required to move forward.

The FTS might not only change the shape of ships, but also make an impact on the shipbuilding industry itself.

What about automobiles with the FTS?

Could it be used simply as a replacement for the Universal Joint or for the Constant Velocity Joint?

Probably not. The FTS will lead changes in the position of engines, as well as automobile designs.

It is not an exaggeration to say that an automobile company that adopts the FTS early on will assume a leadership position in the worldwide automobile industry, the centerpiece of modern mechanical industries.

How would a helicopter be changed using the FTS in its rotor blades?

Helicopters have adopted the Universal Joint, not the Constant velocity Joint in their machinery. This is the cause of the noise and vibrations experienced when changing direction. Perhaps the FTS would be able to present a solution for this? What can we expect from an aircraft with the FTS? What effect would it have on the futuristic robot industry?

Currently, a heavy motor is required in the hand of a robot to operate the apparatus attached to its fingers. If that motor is fixed to the robot's body, and the FTS is employed to operate via the joints in the robot's arm, the entire robot will emerge as simpler and more streamlined. Chances also are that the FTS would become useful in the arms of the robots that serve to repair spaceships in outer space.

Even if it is not employed in spacecraft technology, tools we use in our daily lives would benefit from the FTS. While, in order to tighten or loosen nuts and bolts, space must be secured above the bolt to some degree for manipulating a wrench, this would no longer be required with the FTS. Additionally, when screws in a high position need to be tightened, using the FTS will reduce the strain so as to enable the screws to work in more stable ways.

All ideas listed above are not mere products of idle fancy. They are definite changes that can be realized in the foreseeable future.

In light of our experiences that how the seemingly trivial invention of the zipper brought about revolutionary changes in our lives, on clothes, shoes, and bags, it seems natural that the FTS will cause enormous ripple effects on all areas of our lives.

The FTS will usher in an enormous transformation in the world.

MONAS Pump Co.,ltd.(www.monas.co.kr, 82-31-499-6966) .
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