Epicyclic Gear Systems Design

March 18 – 27, 2025 | Live Online Course – Anywhere

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. Cover concepts on the arrangement of the individual components including the carrier, sun, planet, ring and star gears and the rigid requirements for the system to perform properly.
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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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Gear Manufacturing & Inspection

May 6–8—Kimpton Hotel Monaco; Philadelphia

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 design optimal gears better considering both rating and the necessary manufacturing and inspection processes to produce the gears as designed.
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Fundamentals of Parallel Axis Gearing

May 13–15—The Royal Sonesta; Minneapolis

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.
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Industry News

The State of the Gear Industry

Gear Technology

Every year, Gear Technology’s State-of-the-Gear-Industry survey takes the pulse of the gear manufacturing world, revealing the latest trends, challenges, and outlooks shaping the industry. Conducted anonymously, the survey gathers insights from subscribers, AGMA members, gear manufacturers, suppliers, and industry experts—primarily from North America but with voices from around the globe. This year, nearly 200 professionals shared their perspectives, offering a real-time snapshot of the industry’s health and direction.
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Bill Shepard and Sara Zimmerman to Lead PTDA in 2025

Power Transmission Engineering

The 2025 Board of Directors and Manufacturer Council of the Power Transmission Distributors Association (PTDA) have officially begun their leadership terms. Bill Shepard, vice president, BDI (Cleveland, Ohio) steps into the role of president of the Association. Sara Zimmerman, vice president Customer Experience and Product, Sumitomo Machinery Corp. of America (Chesapeake, Va.), will serve as manufacturer council chair.
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Take this with a Grain of Chaos

Gear Technology

Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Randy Stott comments on the 2025 State-of-the-Gear-Industry report.
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Manufacturing PMI at 50.3% - Second Consecutive Month of Expansion

PR Newswire

Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded for the second month in a row in February after 26 consecutive months of contraction, say the nation's supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM Report On Business.
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Tariffs have businesses bracing for change in Trump country

NPR

President Trump's tariff policy is creating uncertainty for places like Tupelo, Miss. with a manufacturing-dependent economy. It's in a conservative county, best known as the birth place of Elvis, where Trump got nearly 70% of the vote.
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Outlook 2025

Gear Technology

The ever-volatile election cycle has ended. Gear companies—and metalworking organizations in general—must now shift their focus toward customers. Can they meet orders in a timely fashion? Is it time to strengthen the talent pool? How is their equipment stacking up against the competition? Overall, there is a feeling business will turn the corner in the 3rd and 4th quarters of 2025. Gear Technology spoke with representatives from Atlanta Gear Works (AGW), Croix Gear and Forest City Gear (FCG) on the state of gear manufacturing in 2025.
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