Reverse Engineering

April 25–26—Live Online Course

Reverse engineering a gear system is a not too unusual task and in many, but not all, cases the process goes fairly well, thus it is easy to become complacent. It is important, however, to fully understand the process and the best practice procedure for reverse engineering a gear system. Failure to fully follow best practice can result, at best, in an unhappy gear user, but in the worst case it can lead to very expensive, time consuming and reputation damaging litigation.
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Gear Manufacturing and Inspection

May 2–4—Marriott Cincinnati North, Cincinnati

While function and rating are important factors in a successful gear design, to be truly optimal and successful, the gear designer must also design the gears to be manufactured and inspected. In this course, therefore, we will address key factors in a wide variety of manufacturing and inspection processes to enable the gear designer to better design optimal gears considering both rating and the necessary manufacturing and inspection processes to produce the gears as designed.
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Gear Failure Analysis – Spring

May 16–18—AGMA National Training Center, Chicago

Explore gear failure analysis in this hands-on seminar where students not only see slides of failed gears but can hold and examine over 130 specimens with the same failure modes covered in the seminar. Approximately half of the course time consists of students in groups identifying failure modes on failed gears and working on a case study. Microscopes are available to examine failed specimens.
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Fundamentals of Gear Design and Analysis

June 6-8, 2023 | Hilton Rosemont, Rosemont, IL

Gain a solid and fundamental understanding of gear geometry, types and arrangements, and basic design principles. Starting with the basic definitions of gears, conjugate motion, and the Laws of Gearing, learn the tools needed to understand the inter-relation and coordinated motion operating within gear pairs and multi-gear trains. Basic gear system design process, gear measurement and inspection techniques will also be explained. In addition, the fundamentals of understanding the stepwise process of working through the iterative design process required to generate a gear pair will be reviewed.
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Klingelnberg to Present Precision Metrology at Control

Now in its 35th year, Control International Trade Fair for Quality Assurance—the world’s premier professional event for all things industrial quality assurance—will open its doors in Stuttgart, Germany from 9–12 May 2023.

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Industry News

Hansen Industrial Transmissions NV Celebrates its 100th Anniversary

Gear Technology

What started as a small workshop in Antwerp in 1923 has developed into a world-leading industrial gear unit manufacturer. For 100 years, Hansen Industrial Transmissions NV (HIT) has operated at the forefront of power transmission technology and shaped the industry with its industrial gearbox solutions. Since 2011, the company, headquartered at a state-of-the-art facility in Edegem with 260 employees, has been part of Sumitomo Drive Technologies. HIT supplies industrial gearboxes to a wide range of industries such as extraction material handling, energy, environment, and specialist applications in key industries.
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The Future of Construction Looks Promising

Power Transmission Engineering

After five jam-packed days of innovative product launches and major company announcements, enlightening education sessions and countless networking opportunities, CONEXPO-CON/AGG & IFPE 2023 have come to a close, but not before taking the construction industry to the next level.
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Foxconn Wants To Manufacture Half Of All Electric Cars

CleanTechnica

Foxconn is charting a course toward becoming a key assembler for the world’s major manufacturers. Most customers really don’t much care where their new cars are built; they just want them to take them where they want to go reliably and safely. In fact, there is a whole industry largely unknown to the public that assembles cars for name-brand companies.
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GE Developing 18-MW Offshore Wind Turbine

Power

The global competition to build ever-larger offshore wind turbines continues to ramp up, with General Electric (GE) announcing the company’s renewable energy arm is developing a 17- to 18-MW model that could rival those currently being launched by Chinese groups.
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Honda Announces Next Steps in Preparation for U.S. EV Production

Honda

Honda announced key next steps in the establishment of its EV Hub in Ohio that will lead the company’s journey to an electrified future in North America. In October 2022, Honda announced that it would invest $700 million to retool several of its existing auto and powertrain plants to establish the new EV Hub in Ohio, to prepare for the production (using domestic and globally sourced parts) of battery electric vehicles in 2026. The Marysville Auto Plant (MAP), where Honda began auto production in America in 1982, will be Honda’s first auto plant in the U.S. to transition to making EVs.
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Industry 4.0 Technology and Manual Assembly

Assembly

In today’s manufacturing environment, which is characterized by change and unpredictable demand, the traditional assembly line is no longer convenient. New, flexible assembly systems are needed to deal with high production variety. This article explores a model for automating an automotive gearbox production line.
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Gear Manufacturing Trade Organization AGMA Is Helping Its Members Look Toward The Future

Forbes

AGMA Staff and members featured in this high-profile article discussing the association's history, its recently held annual meeting and its efforts to stay one of the most relevant, progressive industries in the world. Includes comments from Forest City Gear, Bonfiglioli USA and more!
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Industry's First Topology-Optimized 3D Printed Gearbox

3D Printing Industry

California based motor company Czinger Vehicles is working with Motorsport & High Performance Automotive (HPA) gearbox production specialists Xtrac, to produce a topology-optimized and additively manufactured gearbox.
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