Chapter: Editorial

Miltenovi, V. Editorial. Balkan Journal of Mechanical Transmissions, Volume 1 (2011), Issue 2, pp. 2, ISSN 20695497.

Balkan Journal of Mechanical Transmissions

Balkan Association of Power Transmissions (BAPT)

Volume 1 (2011), Issue 2, pp. 2

ISSN 20695497 EDITORIAL

Vojislav MILTENOVI - IRMES 2011 president Guest Editor for BJMT, Volume 1, Issue 2

ROmanian Association of MEchanical Transmissions (ROAMET)

Dear readers, As a result of great efforts of Romanian colleagues (especially from Prof. George Dobre, Editor-in-Chief, who worked enormously to edit each paper according to the BJMT template), as well as other colleagues from the Balkans region, in front of you is the second issue of the Balkan Journal of Mechanical Transmissions. This is a special issue devoted to recently organized Seventh International Scientific Conference RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF MECHANICAL ELEMENTS AND SYSTEMS IRMES 2011, held on 27th and 28th of April, 2011 at Zlatibor, Republic of Serbia. New technologies, globalization and individualization of customer demands, as well as high quality of modern products, are forcing industrial enterprises to improve their processes of product development. This implies the support of enterprise processes throughout the product lifecycle, from the product idea through product development, manufacturing, improvement and quality assurance to maintenance during operation. Processes of product development are more than just usual engineering. A product portfolio must be analyzed and product concept must be examined from the aspect of its realization. This requires linking internal domain with external teams. New products must be introduced to market with high quality and low development costs. The prerequisite for development of high quality products and high productivity manufacturing is to master the knowledge, which is a result of research in science and technology. Whether as a standalone product, or as a component and subsystems of other products, power transmitters

are an integral part of majority of industrial products. The trends in development of mechanical transmission in today's conditions are the following: Development and improvement of design solutions and application of modern materials, primarily aimed at the improvement of efficiency, reduced noise and vibrations and weight reduction; Improving the quality of products and processes aimed at higher energy efficiency, better utilization of available resources and transmission cost reduction; Intensive use of electronics and software, in other words mechatronics, in order to provide the transmission functioning in the complex exploitation conditions.

The peer reviewed research results published in this issue of the Journal are mainly focused on the above mentioned areas. I hope that the published papers will meet your expectations and will be used in engineering practice. CORRESPONDENCE Vojislav MILTENOVI, Prof. Dr. Mechanical Engineering Faculty, University of Ni Aleksandra Medvedeva 14 18000 Ni Republic of Serbia milten@masfak.ni.ac.rs