Juan Carlos González Villar - proprietor of
engineering firm Kabel.Consult.Ing and patent
holder of the Energy Light drive system - caught the
attention of the judges and was named “Engineer of
the Year 2019”. He reacted this way:
“I´m so pleased to have won this important industry
award in Great Britain, which has produced brilliant
engineers such as Robert Willis and G. J. Abbott. I
consider this award to also be a tribute to these
pioneers and doyens of mechanical engineering.
Without their publications (Patent US2068784
and technical book “Principles of Mechanism”), our
patent for the Energy Light drive system would not
have been possible.”
González Villar: “This award is also a tribute to
Robert Willis & G. J. Abbott”
The Reverend Robert Willis (27 February 1800 – 28
February 1875) was an English academic and in the
early nineteenth century holder of the Jacksonian
Professorship of Natural Philosophy at Cambridge
University. He was the first Cambridge professor
to win widespread recognition as a mechanical
engineer. In 1841 he published his ‘Principles of
Mechanism.’ In this work he reduced the study of
what he called pure mechanism to a system. It was
the earliest attempt to develop, with anything like
completeness, the science of machines considered
from the kinematic point of view, without reference
to the forces at work or the energy transmitted. The
“Willis equation” can be found today in every book on
planetary gears.
PIV stands for “Positive Infinitely Variable” drive, the
name given to a power transmission system using a
slatted steel chain, invented in 1924 by G.J. Abbott
of England (Patent US2068784). Werner Reimers
saw the importance of this invention and acquired
the patent in 1928. This technology was quickly
adopted for speed control, length adjustments,
product placement and many other applications. In
subsequent years the PIV system was developed
and improved, finding application in a wide variety
of fields and evolving ultimately into the high
Juan Carlos González Villar of Kabel.Consult.Ing
accepts the MCI “Engineer of the Year Award 2019”
from Penny Smith, host, and Mark Cattermole of
category sponsor Parker Hannifin
performance “Continuously Variable Transmission”,
which became the basis of the “Multitronik”
transmission adopted by the automobile industry.
More than ten million units have been sold to date. G.
J. Abbot would be amazed today what has become of
his patent US2068784.
The Energy Light drive system / Networked
Continuously Variable Transmission(s) 4.0
The Energy Light drive system / Networked
Continuously Variable Transmission(s) 4.0
significantly improves the energy efficiency of an
application through the use of patented motor
technology, cutting-edge process and control
methods, and lightweight construction with
composite fiber materials. It minimizes drive output
during continuous operation, during acceleration,
delays, and braking; maximizes corresponding
generator output; and standardizes the drive system
to become a complex total application. Originally
developed for machines that wind / unwind (high-
voltage) cables, the principle behind Energy Light
drive system / Networked Continuously Variable
Transmission(s) 4.0 can be used in numerous other
applications as well, including electric vehicles.
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