Gleason, a global leader in gear technology solutions, conducted the first Home Trainer Webinar—a free customer service to support gear manufacturers during COVID-19 times in March 2020. These efforts were specially directed at missed training opportunities and employees being confined to their home offices.

With a fantastic number of participants to date, these webinars have become a very successful and well-received alternative to face-to-face training and a great opportunity to benefit from the unusual wok hours and places during COVID-19 restrictions.

Home Trainer Webinars feature a wealth of gear-related topics including gear and transmission design and simulation, soft cutting and hard finishing processes, chamfer rolling and cutting, metrology, tools, workholding, services, software and 4.0 Closed Loop Systems. Home Trainer Webinars are moderated live by gear technology experts, in separate, English and German language events. Technology is explained with a mix of different media including graphical presentations, video, live demonstrations and the direct interaction between host, the presenter and the audience. In order to keep topics focused and comprehensive, Home Trainer Webinars last 30 minutes with a 15-minute Q&A session, providing the opportunity to address questions to the experts directly.

The webinar series will continue until further notice, at least as long as COVID-19 regulations are in place on a major scale. To participate in the upcoming Home Trainer Sessions log on to www.gleason.com/hometrainer