Gear Industry News January 30, 2024
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AGMA Updates
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 for 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. In addition, a detailed primer on bearing technology prefaces the failure scenario discussions. You will gain a better understanding of various types of gears and bearings. Learn about the limitations and capabilities of rolling element bearings and the gears that they support. Grasp an understanding of how to properly apply the best gear-bearing combination to any gearbox from simple to complex.Register Today
Basic Training for Gear Manufacturing—Spring
April 8–12—AGMA National Training Center, Chicago
Learn the fundamentals of gear manufacturing in this hands-on course. Gain an understanding of gearing and nomenclature, principles of inspection, gear manufacturing methods, and hobbing and shaping. Utilizing manual machines, develop a deeper breadth of perspective and understanding of the process and physics of making a gear as well as the ability to apply this knowledge in working with CNC equipment commonly in use.Register Today
Detailed Gear Design
April 16–19—The Westin Arlington, Arlington, VA
There is a distinct difference between “designing” a gear and “optimizing” a gear design. In this course, we will address the optimization process via an understanding of those factors beyond basic banding and pitting ratings. Optimization may focus on load capacity, economy of production or minimization of overall gear system envelope. In this course we will learn how to improve gear designs via optimization and gain new insight into concepts presented through illustrations and demonstrations. Explore all factors that go into good gear design from life cycle, load, torque, tooth, optimization, and evaluating consequences.Register Today
EV Automotive Transmission System Design
April 23–25—The Graduate Hotel; Ann Arbor, MI
This course will cover all aspects of gearbox concept, development, design, and through the initial stages of analysis as related to product requirements. We will review all the most common EV transaxle architectures, power flow and layout and the ‘whys’ of packaging as such. Independent of the architecture and/or layout, there are many similarities in the functional and operational requirements of an EV transaxle gearbox. We will work through all of those and develop a workable set of requirements that will then be used as the design basis. From a high-level point of view the ‘Big’ difference between transaxles for EVs (Electric Vehicles) and transmissions designed for more traditional Manual Transmissions (MTs) and / or Automatic Transmissions (ATs) is the lack of the ‘noisy’ internal combustion engine or ICE motor.Register Today
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GMTA – Systems solution provider for the gear industry
New Profilator S300 machine
- Flexible modular machine platform (skiving, hobbing, pointing, cycloidal milling, chamfering and deburring)
- Single or Twin spindle platforms available
- Optional tool changer turret for maximum machining flexibility
- Siemens One with conversational part programming
- Easy setup and access due to open walk-in work area
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Bosch Rexroth and Modine Bring Thermal Management System to eLION Portfolio
Bosch Rexroth and Modine are collaborating to bring Modine EVantage thermal management systems to the Bosch Rexroth portfolio of eLION products for electrified off-highway machinery worldwide.
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Southern Gear Adds Automation to Gear Blanking Operation
Southern Gear has equipped two Doosan CNC Horizontal Turning Centers with advanced RoboJob Turn-Assist robots, thus reducing workpiece load/unload times by 50 percent and allowing skilled machine operators to perform many other tasks.
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Industry News
Technology Convergence:
E-Mobility, Automotive and Software Capabilities Stand Out at CES 2024
CES 2024 boasted 4,300+ exhibitors, including a record 1,400+ startups from around the globe. The event continued to showcase the innovative trends shaping our future.Register Today
Top 2024 Manufacturing Trends to Watch
The Manufacturer
Change is constant in the manufacturing industry, and the supply disruptions and global shifts of the past few years have highlighted how critical it is for industrial companies to focus on resiliency. Here are the top six manufacturing trends RSM has identified for the manufacturing industry.Read More
Crossing the chasm with additive manufacturing
Fast Company
Here’s what’s happening today as 3D printing finds its place and makes its journey into our manufacturing industries around the world.Read More
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US Auto Industry Rose 8% in 4th Quarter, While EV Industry Grew 29%
CleanTechnica
The US auto industry continues to grow following its long recovery from the COVID-19 epidemic and economic shutdown of 2020–2021. In the 4th quarter of 2023, US auto sales rose 8% compared to the 4th quarter of 2022. Meanwhile, pure electric vehicle (BEV) sales rose by 29%. So, despite the narrative about people not wanting electric vehicles or buying electric vehicles, EV sales growth has been much stronger than normal auto sales growth. Don’t believe all the EV anti-hype.Read More
SA Mine Gets World-First Planetary Gearbox Customization from SEW-EURODRIVE
Cape Business News
When a mining operation in South Africa’s Mpumalanga province found that one of its planetary gearboxes on a high-torque conveyor was failing, it called SEW-EURODRIVE for a solution. Leveraging the latest intelligent technology, the solution is a pioneering innovation providing a cost-effective replacement that will ensure reliable performance. Greg Lewis, Business Development Manager Projects for SEW-EURODRIVE, says the application at the mine demanded a customized and carefully considered approach.Read More
Man Builds Giant Big-Block V8 And Gearbox From Lego
Car Throttle
Cast your mind back to 2020, and what you did to keep yourself occupied during the many weeks of being forced to stay indoors. Maybe you made a lot of banana bread or got really deep into some box sets. American hobbyist Evan Koblentz went down a different route, combining two of his big passions - Lego and big ol’ V8s - to create what he believes to be the biggest Lego V8 engine in the world. And for good measure, he built a four-speed gearbox to go with it, too.Read More
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Airbus Looks Forward to A380 Flight Tests As Fuel-Cell Powertrain Trials Ramp Up
FlightGlobal
Airbus recently announced that it had run an experimental version of the powertrain, what it calls the ‘iron pod’, at its full 1.2MW output during trials in November 2023 at its site in Ottobrunn, near Munich in southern Germany. For the first time, this included electric motors and a gearbox with an electromechanical load taking the place of a propeller.Read More
Agricultural Robotics Market Poised to Kick Growth Into High Gear
Growing Produce
The future of agricultural robotics is looking bright. According to a recently compiled industry forecast from Market.US, the global agricultural robotics market is projected to expand from $13.4 billion (USD) in 2023 to an estimated $86.5 billion (USD) by 2033. If that comes to fruition, it reflects a compound annual growth rate of 20.5% over the forecast period.Read More
How to 3D Print Metal Parts with a Polymer SLS Printer
Wevolver
In the world of additive manufacturing, the development of advanced methods has opened up new horizons for creating complex metal parts with precision and efficiency. Cold Metal Fusion is one such groundbreaking process that utilizes polymer SLS 3D printers by Sintratec to produce metal components. In this article we will walk you through the CMF process chain, from preparation to the final metal parts.Read More
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Copper Is King, But It Is Time for a Metal Meritocracy
NREL
These four teams are building a better copper (or trying to replace it) to supercharge the future of energy. For more than a century, copper has been the key material in electrical devices and wires, transporting electrons from sockets to smartphones and from batteries to electric vehicle motors.Read More
Sim2Real Training
SME
The simple act of picking up a cup of coffee or a bag of chips is something we do without much thought. Our brains process a multitude of information in the background, analyzing an object’s shape, weight, friction and its known position, allowing us to easily grasp it. While this may seem like a trivial task for humans, teaching a robot to do the same is remarkably challenging.Read More
The Case for Nuclear Cargo Ships
IEEE Spectrum
The shipping industry has been trying to cut its carbon emissions for years, and with little to show for it. Nearly all of the world’s ship fleet still runs on diesel fuel, with about a quarter of new ships on order being built to run on somewhat lower-carbon alternatives like liquefied natural gas, methanol, or hybrid propulsion.Read More
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