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   Gear Industry News       March 25, 2025

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AGMA Updates

Making Sense of the Current Automotive Landscape

April 3, 1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. (EST); FREE Emerging Technology Webinar

We are bringing back our favorite auto market forecaster for his insights on all things automobile. Joe McCabe has more than 25 years of experience in the automotive industry. With his company, AutoForecast Solutions, he is working to bring global production forecasting through 2037. He will discuss the electric vehicle market, new technologies, new market trends and more.
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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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Advanced Concepts of Bearing Technology

May 12–15—The Royal Sonesta; Minneapolis

This course builds on the foundations of the essential course and challenges the experienced engineer in areas such as failure modes, friction and wear, fatigue life calculation methods and load distribution. This course is exceptional for engineers with 2–3 years of work experience in bearings or past attendees of the Essential Concepts of Bearing Technology.
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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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Unlock Industry Insights at the 2025 AGMA/ABMA Annual Meeting

Unlock Industry Insights at the 2025 AGMA/ABMA Annual Meeting

Join industry leaders and professionals at the 2025 AGMA/ABMA Annual Meeting to explore the latest trends, innovations, and best practices in the power transmission and mechanical drive industries. Don’t miss out—registration prices increase on April 1!

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SmartSights Helps Industrial Teams Improve Response Times

SmartSights Helps Industrial Teams Improve Response Times

SmartSights, a provider of operational intelligence software that helps industrial teams improve response times, is integrating WIN-911 autonomous alerts notification software with PEER," an issue management and resolution accelerator.

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Industry News

Forest City Gear Celebrates Three Work Anniversaries

Forest City Gear Celebrates Three Work Anniversaries

Gear Technology

Forest City Gear, a manufacturer of fine and medium pitch custom gears, proudly recognizes several employees for their long-term dedication to the company, including Roger McMullin (10 years), Paul Cristoph (5 years), and Mark Javurek (5 years).
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Manufacturing slows as tariffs, policy shifts dim expectations: S&P

CFO Dive

Inflation in both goods and services prices accelerated in March to the fastest pace in 23 months, hitting a 31-month high in manufacturing, S&P Global said.
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Hyundai Steel Expands into US With Electric Arc Furnace Mill

Manufacturing Digital

Hyundai Steel has unveiled plans for a $5.8 billion electric arc furnace (EAF)-based integrated steel mill in Louisiana. The facility will focus on producing high-grade automotive steel while significantly reducing carbon emissions compared to traditional blast furnace operations.
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How AI is Fueling the Robotics Revolution?

How AI is Fueling the Robotics Revolution?

Analytics Insight

The Artificial Intelligence(AI) revolution in robotics makes robots smarter, faster, and more efficient. Industries worldwide are using AI-driven robots to increase efficiency and cut expenses.
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Making the AI-Connected Worker a Reality

Advanced Manufacturing

The advent of generative AI (Gen AI) puts a spotlight on the benefits technology can bring to manufacturing. A type of artificial intelligence that enables the creation of content, ideas and data, Gen AI comes at the right time as a tool for improving productivity, training and making blue collar work cool again.
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Tariff uncertainty sparks manufacturing anxiety, especially among small firms

ManufacturingDive

Shifting foreign suppliers could become more difficult as the Trump administration continues to enact new widespread tariff policies.
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