Gear Industry News March 19, 2024
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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 Now
Integration and Trade-offs in Gear and Bearing Systems
April 23–24—The Graduate Hotel; Ann Arbor, MI
The purpose will be to cover the concurrent design and analyses of gears and bearings in integrated systems like gearboxes, transmissions, and electric motor drives, so as to allow for good integration and faster optimization of the overall system. This will help gear engineers and suppliers better determine the trade-offs with the bearings, help bearing engineers and suppliers similarly with the gears, and system engineers better understand both. The examples covered are generic but should be useful both within and across industries that use these components and systems.Register Now
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 Now
Gear Manufacturing and Inspection
May 7–9—Sheraton Suites Wilmington Downtown, Wilmington
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.Register Now
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Embracing Efficiency: The Power of WORM Drives (CHUN YEH GEAR)
In today's pursuit of efficiency, worm drives combine worm gear and worm for unmatched power transmission. Compact and with high gear reduction, they're necessary for precision applications across industries.
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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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Industry News
Beckhoff Automation Provides Servo Drive Technology for Precision Machining
Power Transmission Engineering
In Watch Valley, a region between Basel and Geneva, an ecosystem has developed over several centuries around the watch industry and the smallest precision components for micromechanical devices. Machine builders such as Esco SA in Les Geneveys-sur-Coffrane and Affolter Group SA in Malleray are an important part of this ecosystem. Their CNC machines are used to manufacture the smallest gears, screws, shafts, and other components at maximum precision, practically laying the foundation for the famous precision of Swiss watch movements.Read More
Imagine It, Build It at MIT
MIT News
MIT class 2.679 (Electronics for Mechanical Systems II) offers a sort of alchemy that transforms students from consumers of knowledge to explorers and innovators and equips them with a range of important new tools at their disposal, students say. “Topics which could otherwise feel intimidating are well-scoped each week so that students come out knowing not only what a concept is, but why it’s useful and how to actually implement it,” says graduating senior Audrey Chen.Read More
Smart Factories, M2M Connections Markets Continue to Grow
Machine Design
The 2024 $2.9 billion machine-to-machine connections market is expected to reach $5.3 billion by 2029, a 12.7% CAGR, according the “Machine-to-machine (M2M) Connections Market” report by Markets and Markets. Add to that the forecast for global smart factory market size to reach $140.9 billion by 2027, according to the same company’s “Smart Factory Market by Component, Solution, Industry and Region” report, and it is no surprise that today’s multidisciplinary design engineers have had to adapt.Read More
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The United States Has its First Large Offshore Wind Farm, With More to Come
MSN/AP Press
America's first commercial-scale offshore wind farm is officially open, a long-awaited moment that helps pave the way for a succession of large wind farms. Danish wind energy developer Ørsted and the utility Eversource built a 12-turbine wind farm called South Fork Wind 35 miles (56 kilometers) east of Montauk Point, New York. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul went to Long Island Thursday to announce that the turbines are delivering clean power to the local electric grid, flipping a massive light switch to “turn on the future.”Read More
Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff Participates in Women in Space Roundtable
NASA
The National Space Council hosted the Women in Space Roundtable on Monday, March 12, and Deputy Center Director Laurie Grindle from NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, was there to welcome Second Gentleman Mr. Douglas Emhoff and moderate a panel discussion. NASA has partnered with the National Space Council, and our private partners, to invest in building a workforce, needed to support the growing private space sector.Read More
Researchers Help Robots Navigate Efficiently in Uncertain Environments
MIT News
If a robot traveling to a destination has just two possible paths, it needs only to compare the routes’ travel time and probability of success. But if the robot is traversing a complex environment with many possible paths, choosing the best route amid so much uncertainty can quickly become an intractable problem.Read More
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Helios Opens Registration for Flagship 2024 Chicago Gear School
Gear Technology
Helios Gear Products has opened registration for their flagship gear school in Chicago, IL, May 14–16. This intensive three-day program covers the basics of gear manufacturing from cutting to finishing, through final inspection, and is designed for entry-level gear manufacturing personnel including manufacturing management, industrial engineers, supervisors, set-up technicians, operators, and quality control.Read More
GE Aerospace Announces Additional Additive Manufacturing Investments as $650m Pumped into Global Manufacturing Sites
TCT Mag
GE Aerospace is to invest 650 million USD into its manufacturing facilities and supply chain this year, with more than 150 million USD to be allocated to facilities running additive manufacturing equipment. The investment comes as GE Aerospace seeks to increase production and strengthen the quality of support it provides to commercial and defence customers.Read More
3DEO Partners with IHI Aerospace Co., Ltd. to Advance Aerospace Manufacturing Through Strategic Investment
Gear Technology
3DEO, a Los Angeles-based leader in design, engineering, and metal additive manufacturing (AM), is proud to announce a strategic partnership and investment with IHI Aerospace Co., Ltd. (IA), a globally recognized brand in aerospace engineering and manufacturing. This multifaceted, multi-phased partnership aims to enhance the adoption and implementation of AM technologies within IA, drawing on 3DEO's expertise and resources in Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM) and technology differentiation to support its mission.Read More
ABB Opens Refitted Robotics Facility in Michigan
Power Transmission Engineering
ABB has opened its refitted US robotics headquarters and manufacturing facility in Auburn Hills, MI, which will support ABB Robotics’ global leadership in developing and manufacturing robotic solutions in the US, for the US and the Americas.Read More
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