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   Gear Industry News       January 24, 2023

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AGMA Updates

AGMA FTM Call for Papers Deadline Extended

January 27—submission deadline

Those who wish to make submissions for the 2023 AGMA Fall Technical Meeting (FTM) now have until January 27, 2023. Visit the 2023 FTM Call for Papers page and follow the directions listed therein to make your submission and learn about the peer-review process.
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Bevel Gear Systems Design

February 7–9, 14–16—online course

Learn how to design and apply bevel gears systems from the initial concept through manufacturing and quality control and on to assembly, installation and maintenance. Engage in a practical hands-on guide to the bevel gear design, manufacture, quality control, assembly, installation rating, lubrication and, most especially, application.
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Gearbox CSI

February 28–March 2—Philadelphia, PA.

A good understanding of individual failure modes and the failure scenarios that led to the actual system failure is an essential skill to designing gear/bearing systems that will operate properly for their full design life. In this course, we will define and explain the nature of many gear and bearing failures and we will also discuss and describe various actual failure scenarios.
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Loaded Tooth Contact Analysis

March 7—online course

Evaluation of loaded tooth contact and development of tooth modifications using commercially available software to improve Khb and optimize power density. Two real-life gearing examples will be presented in the course, one will have a cantilever-mounted pinion, the other a shaft pinion straddled non-symmetrically by bearings. Both examples demonstrate component deflections under load which significantly reduce tooth mesh contact which is then corrected with developed helix and profile modifications.
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Epicyclic Gear Systems

March 28–30—Marriott Clearwater, St. Petersburg, FL

Learn and define the concept of epicyclic gearing is including some basic history and the differences among simple planetary gear systems, compound planetary gear systems and star drive gear systems. Cover concepts on the arrangement of the individual components including the carrier, sun, planet, ring and star gears and the rigid requirements for the system to perform properly. Critical factors such as load sharing among the planet or star gears, sequential loading, equal planet/star spacing, relations among the numbers of teeth on each element, calculation of the maximum and optimum number of planet/star gears for a specific system will be covered. Provides an in-depth discussion of the methodology by which noise and vibration may be optimized for such systems and load sharing guidelines for planet load sharing.
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Industry News

PIE Technology Platform Launches

PIE Technology Platform Launches

Power Transmission Engineering

Bearing Specialists Association (BSA) and the Power Transmission Distributors Association (PTDA) announce the launch of the PIE Technology Platform (PIE), a cloud-based platform giving manufacturers and distributors of industrial products access to the most comprehensive catalog for the exchange of rich content product information.
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10 Breakthrough Technologies 2023

MIT Technology Review

Every year, MIT Technology Review picks the 10 technologies that matter the most right now. You’ll recognize some; others might surprise you. They look for advances that will have a big impact on our lives and then break down why they matter.
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Boston Dynamics' Atlas Robot Grows a Set of Hands, Attempts Construction Work

Boston Dynamics' Atlas Robot Grows a Set of Hands, Attempts Construction Work

ARS Technica

Boston Dynamics' Atlas—the world's most advanced humanoid robot—is learning some new tricks. The company has finally given Atlas some proper hands, and in Boston Dynamics' latest YouTube video, Atlas is attempting to do some actual work. It also released another behind-the-scenes video showing some of the work that goes into Atlas. And when things don't go right, we see some spectacular slams the robot takes in its efforts to advance humanoid robotics.
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AMT and Mesago Messe Frankfurt Expand U.S. Automation Strategy

Gear Technology

Two of the global manufacturing industry’s premier organizations, AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology and Mesago, a subsidiary of Messe Frankfurt Group, recently announced a collaboration to create the Automation Sector at IMTS – The International Manufacturing Technology Show in 2024, and SPS – Smart Production Solutions in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2025.
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Digitalization and Additive Manufacturing

Digitalization and Additive Manufacturing

3Dprint.com

Additive Manufacturing, or industrial 3D printing, has evolved from prototyping with basic materials and equipment to producing low tolerance components with limited use to additive manufacturing as we know it today—that is, a highly complex, high-accuracy production technology which is rapidly impacting a number of industries in which it competes as a viable alternative to traditional chip-cutting or injection molding methods.
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Automation and Artificial Intelligence Advances for IIoT

TechRepublic

On January 17, Samsara — a US-based industrial IoT cloud operations provider with over 15,000 core customers — brought together a group of experts for a virtual panel. The panel discussed 2023 IIoT predictions, C-suite executives’ priorities and tech investments. Experts agreed that AI and automation would be big disruptors, increasing safety, efficiency and sustainability.
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Roundtable: Driving a more sustainable transport industry forward with e-mobility

Intelligent Transport

This E-Mobility Roundtable brought together key industry personnel to discuss how the public transport industry is adapting in order to shift away from polluting diesel vehicles to more sustainably powered ones, as well as the adjustments to operational processes that operators must consider when looking to introduce these new types of vehicles.
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Cars, Electrification and Sustainability at CES 2023

Cars, Electrification and Sustainability at CES 2023

Counterpoint

CES, the most influential tech event in the world, was back with a bang in Las Vegas between January 4 and 8, 2023. With over 3,200 exhibitors, the event saw over 115,000 attendees, which was less than pre-COVID times but still a good turnout. It was great to be back attending an in-person event after three years to experience a wide range of innovations.
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AI-Based Robotics Address Industry 4.0 Pain Points

SME

Machine ascendancy has accelerated thanks to robotics and artificial intelligence (AI). Take Japanese auto parts manufacturer Musashi Seimitsu, which teamed up with SixAI to create visual control robots that catch defects in parts that could put consumers at risk and cause costly recalls for carmakers. The growing success of these robots in Toyota plants, where they fulfill the menial jobs humans previously performed, led to an agreement with a large American automaker.
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