Gearbox CSI: Forensic Analysis of Gear & Bearing Failures—Useful Tools for Optimizing Gear Design

February 25–27—Kimpton Hotel Monaco; Philadelphia

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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A Practical Approach to Managing Gear Noise

March 4—Live Online Course

This course combines light theory with a heathy dose of practical testing and simulation techniques used to manage gear noise. Topics focus on insights into the mechanisms for both whine and rattle, the two most common categories of gear “noise.”
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Epicyclic Gear Systems Design

March 18–20 & March 25–27—Live Online Course

Learn and define the concept of epicyclic gearing, including some basic history and the differences among simple planetary gear systems, compound planetary gear systems and star drive gear systems. 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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Basic Training for Gear Manufacturing

April 7-11—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.
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SICK and Endress+Hauser Start Strategic Partnership for Process Automation

SICK, an international provider of sensor-based automation solutions headquartered in Germany, and the Swiss measurement technology specialist Endress+Hauser are starting their strategic partnership for process automation.

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Over 27,000 Stock Metric Gears

KHK USA offers the broadest range of stock metric gears in North America. With over 27,000 configurations of spur gears, helical gears, internal ring gears, gear racks, bevel gears, worms & wormwheels and other related gearing products, KHK’s selection contains the gear you need.

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Industry News

Manufacturing Technology Orders Fall for 3rd Year; Beat Expectations

AMT

Orders of manufacturing technology, measured by the USMTO report published by AMT, totaled $513.8 million in December 2024, the highest level since March 2023. This showed an increase of 15% from November 2024 and was 5.4% behind December 2023.
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AGMA Foundation Scholarship Application Submission Period is Open!

Gear Technology

Open to students interested in a career in the gear industry, and/or power transmission as it relates to the gear industry. Applicants must be enrolled or recently accepted as full- or part-time students in a nationally accredited program. Annual scholarships are available for those enrolled at technical/associate, undergraduate, and graduate schools.
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Honda prepares to start ‘flexible’ vehicle production at Ohio EV hub

ManufacturingDive

A fully electric Acura RSX SUV will be the first model produced at American Honda Motor Co.’s retooled flexible vehicle manufacturing assembly lines in Ohio later this year, the automaker announced last week.
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Forest City Gear Engineer Invited as Panelist for Harlem Engineering Students

Gear Technology

Forest City Gear, an industry-leading manufacturer of fine- and medium-pitch custom gears, is proud to share that Manufacturing Engineer Mark Javurek was invited to serve as a guest panelist for Harlem High School’s engineering capstone class, taught by Chris Noble.
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Trump raises tariffs on aluminum, steel imports in latest trade war salvo

Reuters

President Donald Trump substantially raised tariffs on steel and aluminum imports on Monday to a flat 25% "without exceptions or exemptions" in a move he hopes will aid the struggling industries in the United States but which also risks sparking a multi-front trade war. Trump signed proclamations raising the U.S. tariff rate on aluminum to 25% from his previous 10% rate and eliminating country exceptions and quota deals as well as hundreds of thousands of product-specific tariff exclusions for both metals. A White House official confirmed the measures would take effect on March 4.
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US Military Working on Slate of Safety Fixes for V-22 Osprey

Air & Space Forces Magazine

The U.S. military’s V-22 fleet will receive a slate of improvements aimed at safety as the fallout from a deadly U.S. Air Force Osprey crash off the coast of Japan in late 2023 continues to reverberate across the fleet. The primary focus of the confirmed changes are improvements to the gearbox, which had a catastrophic failure during an Air Force Special Operations Command flight in November 2023. That failure caused the Osprey to crash into the ocean, killing eight Airmen.
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