Gear Industry News February 13, 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!
CMMC 2.0 Proposed Rule: Implications for Defense Contractors
February 29, 1:00–2:00 PM (EST)—Emerging Technology Webinar
Gear up for the CMMC 2.0 program during our upcoming live webinar. The CMMC program validates that defense contractors comply with DFARS 252.2-4-7012 and NIST SP 800-171 cybersecurity requirements. We’ll guide you through what this means for your DoD contracts. All AGMA Emerging Tech webinars are available for FREE.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 the 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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Efficient transmission, Infinite Possibilities - WORM drives
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FVA-Workbench Version 9 Redefines Gearbox Design
With the release of version 9, the FVA-Workbench once again sets new standards in gearbox design, enabling the seamless integration of the latest research results into industrial practice. As a groundbreaking interface between collective research and application, the FVA-Workbench accelerates development and innovation in drive technology.
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Sulzer's EMW Pump Reduces Maintenance Needs
After years of changing new casings and propellers every three months to their process pump, a metal industry operator switched their worn-out pump to one of Sulzer’s EMW slurry pumps at their melt shop. The client considered the change a leap forward in their slurry pumping technology since the maintenance interval grew significantly, pump efficiency improved, and the change reduced power consumption.
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Industry News
Klingelnberg Celebrates 29 Employees for 50, 40, and 25 Years of Company Loyalty
Gear Technology
In keeping with tradition, machine manufacturer Klingelnberg has in 2023 once again honored its long-standing employees with an anniversary celebration. This year’s honorees included four colleagues celebrating 40 years with the company and 22 employees looking back on 25 years of service. Three employees are even marking a full 50 years of service. The corresponding celebrations are planned for early summer 2024.Read More
They Are Trying to Kill the Electric Car Again
Forbes
Anti-EV rhetoric has been on the rise once more. One British newspaper has even blamed Mr Bean actor Rowan Atkinson as the central influence against electrification, at least in the UK. That might be a bit farfetched, but there has been an obvious increase in journalism and social media negativity aimed at EVs. When you step back and look at history you realize that we could have gone electric 25 years ago, but concerted industrial forces killed the trend. Are we seeing another attempt to ruin the latest EV revolution, and will it succeed?Read More
Zambia Set to Negotiate Bigger Stakes in New Mining Projects
Reuters
Zambia is keen to negotiate larger holdings in new mining projects in order to raise its revenue and boost spending by investors on social projects, mines minister Paul Kabuswe said. The push by Lusaka through state-owned ZCCM-IH, would apply to future agreements, but does not include existing mines and should not unnerve investors, Kabuswe told Reuters.Read More
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DN Solutions America Appoints Daniel Medrea as CEO
Gear Technology
DN Solutions is pleased to announce the appointment of Daniel Medrea to CEO of DN Solutions America (DNSA). Medrea brings with him twenty-seven years of experience in both technical and leadership roles in the machine tool industry in North America.Read More
German Tank Gearbox Maker Renk Jumps on Stock Market Debut
Reuters
Renk shares jumped as much as 27% on their Frankfurt stock market debut on Wednesday, as rising geopolitical tensions and steadier equities markets boosted the tank gearbox maker just four months after it postponed a previous attempt to float.Read More
Vale and Hydnum Steel to Develop Iron Ore Briquette Plant
Global Mining Review
Vale and Hydnum Steel have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop low carbon solutions for steelmaking. The agreement includes jointly evaluating the possibility of building a collocated iron ore briquette plant in Hydnum Steel's flagship project for green steel in Puertollano, Spain. The plant will begin producing 1.5 million t of rolled steel in 2026, and it is projected to have an annual capacity of 2.6 million t starting from 2030.Read More
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Siemens Receives Top Score from Carbon Disclosure Project
Power Transmission Engineering
In recognition of its environmental leadership and comprehensive disclosure in the area of climate change, Siemens has been included by the CDP on its annual Climate Change A List, the highest possible performance ranking. CDP is a leading organization evaluating corporate action on climate strategies. The non-profit assessed more than 21,000 companies on the basis of data reported in its 2023 climate change questionnaire. Siemens is one of the few companies to have received an “A” rating.Read More
Automaker EV Charging Network Branded Ionna, Seth Cutler Named CEO
Forbes
It’s no secret that public EV charging in North America is currently a pretty miserable experience for everyone not driving a Tesla. Whatever one may think of Tesla vehicles and the company’s CEO, the Supercharger network is vastly superior to anything currently offered by Electrify America, EVGo or other providers. Automakers have recognized this as a major barrier to their efforts to sell EVs and in summer 2023, seven of them announced a new joint venture to build another network aimed at providing a better experience. That venture is now operational under the name Ionna and has named Seth Cutler as its CEO.Read More
Nidec Machine Tool Develops Polish (Grinding) Method to Process Internal Gears for Mass-Production
Gear Technology
Nidec Machine Tool Corporation has announced that it has developed a high-accuracy polishing (grinding) method to machine internal gears for mass production that are used for automobiles’ drive units and transmissions and robots’ joints. While there is already high-accuracy polish-machining methods for external gears for mass production, no such methods have been available for internal gears. After conducting research focused on this point, the Company has achieved positive results in securing the level of accuracy and production that conventional grinding, honing, or skiving methods could not.Read More
Rio Tinto, BHP Tie Up in Australian “Green Iron”
mining.com
Mining rivals Rio Tinto and BHP Group joined with Australia’s largest steelmaker on Friday to announce a pilot “green iron” project to help cut emissions for steelmakers around the globe who rely on Australian iron ore. Australia’s two largest iron ore producers and BlueScope Steel will study the feasibility of building a pilot ironmaking electric smelting furnace (ESF), the country’s first, with a potential start date of 2027, according to a joint statement last Friday.Read More
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