Gear Industry News January 9, 2024
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AGMA Updates
AGMA Launches Redesigned Website, New Mobile App
www.agma.org
The American Gear Manufacturers Association (AGMA) released a new pair of digital assets for its members and power transmission industry professionals last week. These tools include a new version of AGMA’s website (www.agma.org) and the AGMA Mobile app, which is also available in a desktop version. The site and the app are open to both Members and non-members and can be accessed on Android phones, iPhones and computers.Read More
Analytical Gear Chart Interpretation—Winter
January 23, 2024—Live Online Course
This course is an introduction to the methodology of analytical gear inspection and the evaluation and interpretation of the resulting data. The application of this information to identify and correct manufacturing errors will begin to be explored. Additionally, it reviews chart interpretation and applies inspection data to understand the causes and cures of manufacturing errors. Many chart examples are used to understand cause and effect.Register Today
Gear Materials
January 30–February 1 & February 6–8, 2024—Live Online Course
Learn what is required for the design of an optimum gear set and the importance of the coordinated effort of the gear design engineer, the gear metallurgist, and the bearing system engineer. Investigate gear-related problems, failures and improved processing procedures.Register Today
Design Basics for Spur and Helical Gears—Winter
February 13, 2024—Live Online Course
Learn how to develop and understand customer gear drive application specifications and target performance expectations. Review, calculate, and select basic gear terminology variables and design parameters that define tooth bending and contact rating safety factors on two real-life examples. Learn how to optimize gear fatigue Safety Factors for a given target design life and fit new gear designs and ratios into existing center distance using profile shift. Use commercially available software to develop gear geometry factors, calculate, and optimize gear set power density and performance. Review common gear failure modes if the design or final accuracy does not meet application requirements. Discuss the time and cost of more than 20 other gear drive component functions and drive development steps through prototypes to shipment of compliant assembled production drives. There will be an opportunity to discuss gear design challenges that may be unique to participant industries.Register Today
Gearbox CSI
February 27-29—Live Online Course
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.Register Today
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Industry News
Forest City Gear Director of Operations Jared Lyford Joins Rock River Valley Tooling & Machining Association Board Of Directors
Gear Technology
Forest City Gear, an industry-leading manufacturer of fine and medium pitch custom gears, is proud to announce that Director of Operations Jared Lyford has been elected to the Rock River Valley Tooling & Machining Association (RRVTMA) Board of Directors.Read More
PTDA 2024 Industry Immersion Conference Offers Knowledge Building and Networking
Power Transmission Engineering
The Power Transmission Distributors Association (PTDA) will host a new talent development event, the PTDA 2024 Industry Immersion Conference in Hollywood, Fla. on February 29, 2024. This intensive program is designed to help those who are new to the power transmission and motion control (PT/MC) industry grow the interpersonal skills, networking capabilities and industry essentials for building successful relationships with coworkers, executives and customers.Read More
Avers Machine & Gear Has Acquired Fox Tool & Manufacturing
Gear Technology
Avers Machine & Gear has acquired Fox Tool & Manufacturing located in Woodstock, Illinois. Fox Tool & Manufacturing is an Aerospace Machine shop that is AS9100D Certified, ISO 9001/2015 Certified, and ITAR Registered and has been operating for close to 40 years.Read More
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Siemens CEO to Delivery Keynote at CES 2024
Consumer Technology Association
Siemens CEO Dr. Roland Busch will showcase technology that is enabling leading brands to improve the way we live, work, move, and make.Read More
How to Out-Strategize the Competition in 2024
IndustryWeek
Last year’s predictions for 2023 generally overlooked or underestimated dynamics in areas like geopolitical events and environmental changes. So, in 2024, instead of making predictions, let’s look at the useful information already out there to see how it might help strategy in the coming year.Read More
Cyber Risk Is an Organizational Risk, Not Just an IT Problem
Manufacturing.net
The Travelers Companies, a leading provider of property casualty insurance, recently updated their 2023 Travelers Risk Index, and the findings help demonstrate some of the ongoing cybersecurity challenges facing the manufacturing sector. The index found that 25 percent of manufacturing companies admitted to having been the victim of a data breach or cyber event. However, despite the ongoing risk, cyber threats did not rank as a top five concern, with only 56 percent of respondents reporting that they worry a great deal, or some, about these risks.Read More
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Sustainability Measures That Drive ROI
SME
Instead of yet another expense, a necessity to avoid fines or a way to lower taxes, sustainability measures actually drive return on investment (ROI), according to some industry leaders.Read More
Embracing the Potential of AI in Additive
3DPrint.com
In recent years, there has been a significant buzz around the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in transforming various industries. From healthcare to finance, AI has proven its ability to streamline processes, increase efficiencies and improve overall quality. However, one area of impact that remains overlooked seems to be manufacturing.Read More
Resiliency is the Next Manufacturing Frontier
AutomationWorld
How companies engineer, source and produce goods is dangerously vulnerable to disruptive events. A recent Accenture research report analyzes how geopolitical shifts, extreme weather events, technology breakthroughs and material and talent shortages affected companies’ engineering, supply and production capabilities in 2021 and 2022.Read More
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Geared Products Market Contracted in 2023, Won't Return to Growth Until 2025
Interact Analysis
The geared motors and industrial gears market experienced a decline in 2023 following strong growth in 2022. According to global market intelligence firm Interact Analysis, further market contraction is expected in 2024 before recovering in 2025.Read More
Manufacturing PMI at 47.4% in December 2023
Institute for Supply Management
Economic activity in the manufacturing sector contracted in December for the 14th consecutive month following a 28-month period of growth, say the nation's supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business®.Read More
Multiple AI models help robots execute complex plans more transparently
MIT News
A multimodal system uses models trained on language, vision, and action data to help robots develop and execute plans for household, construction, and manufacturing tasks.Read More
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