Gear Industry News March 26, 2024
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AGMA Updates
How Clean Steels Support Emerging Automotive Gear & Bearing Technologies
April 3, 1:00 PM–2:00 PM ET—Free Webinar
Nonmetallic inclusions are particles inherent to the steelmaking process that are known to reduce the fatigue life on parts exposed to continuous stresses. Steel producers are challenged to minimize inclusions and ultimately reduce detrimental effects on the final product. The need for high-strength steel parts with lightweight design and increased fatigue life and better performance is more important than ever. Bearing steels used in safety-critical parts – including wheel hubs, constant-velocity joints (CVJs), transmission and differential gears, pinions, and others – are clear examples. Join Gerdau and AGMA/ABMA for this webinar, where we will better understand what clean steels are and how emerging technologies within the automotive industry are calling for the support of clean steels in bearing and gear applications. Gerdau will also be introducing its new clean steel brand during this event.Register Now
EV Automotive Transmission System Design
April 23–25—The Graduate Hotel; Ann Arbor, MI
This course will cover all aspects of the gearbox concept, development, design, and the initial stages of analysis as related to product requirements. We will review all the most common EV transaxle architectures, power flow, 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
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, 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
Gear Manufacturing and Inspection
May 7–9—Sheraton Suites; Wilmington, DE
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
Analytical Gear Chart Interpretation
May 16, 2024—Live Online Course
This course is an introduction to the methodology of analytical gear inspection and the evaluation and interpretation of the resulting data. The application of this information to identify and correct manufacturing errors will begin to be explored. Additionally, it reviews chart interpretation and applies inspection data to understand the causes and cures of manufacturing errors. Many chart examples are used to understand cause and effect.Register Now
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With the WORM drives, everything is high efficiency
Worm drives, the most compact gear system; provide high-ratio speed reduction and greatly increase torque. To be effective, it’s crucial that they are manufactured with high-quality standards to ensure all requirements are precisely met. CHUN YEH GEAR can manufacture - Max. Module: M10, Accuracy Capability: DIN 1, AGMA 14, JIS 0.
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STLE Launches New “Women in Tribology” Publication and Panel
STLE’s new digital publication, STLE Women in Tribology and Lubrication: Perspectives From Leaders in the Field, is a free publication sharing the stories and insights of 10 senior-level women with over 25 years of experience. Each woman answers personal questions about their experiences up to the stage where they are now, ups and downs in their career, work-life balance and more.
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Industry News
STLE Launches New “Women in Tribology” Publication and Panel
Gear Technology
The Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) is pleased to announce a new publication and panel dedicated to women and future women in the tribology and lubrication engineering field. STLE’s new digital publication, STLE Women in Tribology and Lubrication: Perspectives From Leaders in the Field, is a free publication sharing the stories and insights of 10 senior-level women with over 25 years of experience. Each woman answers personal questions about their experiences up to the stage where they are now, ups and downs in their career, work-life balance, and more.Read More
Siemens to Acquire Industrial Drive Technology Business of Ebm-Papst
Power Transmission Engineering
Siemens AG has signed an agreement to acquire the industrial drive technology (IDT) business of ebm-papst. The business, which employs around 650 people, includes intelligent, integrated mechatronic systems in the protective extra-low voltage range and innovative motion control systems. These systems are used in free-range driverless transport systems. The planned acquisition will complement the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio and strengthen Siemens’ position as a leading solutions provider for flexible production automation.Read More
Tan Delta Systems Launches Global Coal Mining Sector Offering
World Coal
Tan Delta Systems, the leading global manufacturer of real-time oil condition monitoring sensors and systems, has announced the launch of its coal mining sector offering. Each vehicle and asset unit is easily retrofitted with a SENSE-3 kit, transmitting real-time data on oil condition. Tan Delta’s sensors can individually track the engine, gearbox, and hydraulic oil systems, with the data sent via Wi-Fi or 4G to be monitored by the maintenance team. They are informed when to undertake servicing based on actual equipment need instead of operating arbitrary schedules.Read More
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Rishi Sunak Visits Gearbox Manufacturer to See Success in Exports and Skills
Production Engineering Solutions
Automotive transmission specialist Xtrac welcomed Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to its Thatcham headquarters in Berkshire last week, including a tour of the company's design and manufacturing facilities. The company creates advanced gearboxes used by motorsport teams worldwide and in high-performance road cars. It exports around 70% of its manufacturing output globally.Read More
SKF Joins Research Project to Eliminate Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Power Transmission Engineering
SKF has decided to join and co-fund Mission 0 to contribute to the development of groundbreaking technologies and deliver solutions to eliminate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in materials, production and end-of-life of passenger cars. In an initial pilot project, SKF will collaborate with academia and industry experts in a research arena to solve GHG emissions in materials and processes that require new knowledge or disruptive technologies.Read More
Efficient Gearbox Fault Diagnosis: A Leap in Precision
AZoAi.com
In this study, researchers proposed a gearbox fault diagnosis method based on transfer learning (TL) and a lightweight channel attention mechanism. The objective was to solve the existing fault diagnosis challenges and accurately classify limited gearbox samples under cross-component and varying working conditions.Read More
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Behind the Blades: Amy Robertson Takes on the Complexities of Floating Offshore Wind
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory
As a kid growing up in Clear Lake City, TX, home of the Johnson Space Center, Amy Robertson was immersed in what was happening at NASA. Just about everybody she knew—including her dad—either worked at NASA or had parents who did. So it made perfect sense that, as a kid, she dreamed of joining the space industry. Robertson did pursue her space dreams, though, ultimately earning a Ph.D. in aerospace engineering. But the best use of her skills and education seems to be right here on Earth, as offshore wind energy group manager at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).Read More
Manufacturer To Receive EB Furnace For Large-Ingot Casting
Heat Treat Today
A North America-based company is set to receive a four-gun electron beam hearth melting furnace from their industry partner of 3 years. Retech, a division of SECO/WARWICK Group, received this third contract in as many years from the returning partner after the successful planning, installation, commissioning, and subsequent operation and progress of the last two EB hearth melters.Read More
Star Cutter Names Andrew Epstein Vice President of Human Resources
Gear Technology
Star Cutter Company has appointed Andrew Epstein as Vice President of Human Resources (HR). Epstein oversees all HR functions for the Star Cutter family of companies, guiding HR resources across global locations and analyzing HR strategies. As a member of the Executive Leadership Team, he reports to the Chief Financial Officer, Becky Grech.Read More
The Robot Renaissance: How Human-Like Machines Are Reshaping Business
McKinsey & Company
Most of today’s robots don’t look, act, or think much like people. Programmable robots have been used in industrial applications since the 1950s and an estimated 3.5 million units are in operation today, with 550,000 more deployed every year. So far, robots haven’t had a big impact on the human workforce either. The global economy employs roughly 1,000 people for every robot. The Republic of Korea, which has the world’s highest robot density, still employs 100 times as many humans as robots. As humanoid robot hardware becomes cheaper, and the software more user friendly, could robots fill critical automation gaps and transform the economics of labor-intensive and labor-constrained sectors?Read More
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