Gear Industry News April 2, 2024
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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 Today
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 Today
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 Today
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 Today
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Efficient transmission, Infinite Possibilities - WORM drives
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Ceratizit Delivers UP2DATE Solutions for Thread Milling, Clamping and Quick Tool Changes
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Industry News
Horsburgh & Scott Launches Industrial Gearbox Facility in Louisiana
Gear Technology
International manufacturer Horsburgh & Scott Company announced that it has established a 32,000-square-foot facility in Slidell, LA, for the repair, service and assembly of industrial gears and gearboxes destined for the defense industry.Read More
Timken Announces CEO Succession Plan
Power Transmission Engineering
The Timken Company board of directors has reached an agreement with Tarak Mehta to become Timken's next president and chief executive officer Sept. 5, 2024. Mehta is currently president of the Motion business and member of the Group Executive Committee at ABB Ltd., a $32 billion leader in electrification and automation. Mehta will be appointed Timken president and CEO after he completes a transition period with ABB.Read More
ASME 2024 Power Transmission and Gearing Conference - Call for Papers
Rochester Institute of Technology
The Power Transmission and Gearing (PTG) Committee of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Design Engineering Division invites you to participate in the ASME 2024 Power Transmission and Gearing Conference. The conference will be held in conjunction with the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conferences (IDETC/CIE) in Washington DC on August 25-28, 2024.Read More
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General Electric Completes Split into Three Public Companies
Axios
General Electric — which was the most valuable public company in the world less than two decades ago — finalizes its split into three independent businesses Tuesday: GE Vernova, GE Aerospace and GE HealthCare. The energy sector's transition away from fossil fuels is one of the global economy's mega-trends. While oil and gas won't be supplanted anytime soon, GE Vernova's debut comes at a critical juncture for alternative and renewable energy.Read More
NASA Awards Promote Science, Technology, Engineering, Math Nationwide
NASA
NASA is awarding approximately $3.7 million to 17 museums, science centers, and other informal education institutions as part of an initiative to ignite STEM excitement. The money will go toward projects that inspire students and their learning support systems to take an active role in the wonder of science, technology, engineering, and math.Read More
Solar Atmospheres of Michigan Successfully Relocated to Chesterfield
Gear Technology
Solar Atmospheres of Michigan has successfully relocated from the old Fraser and Warren facilities to a new, state-of-the-art location in Chesterfield, MI. All ten furnaces (both new and existing) are fully operational at the Chesterfield plant, heralding a new era of efficiency and productivity.Read More
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Operational Efficiency Underpins Manufacturing Trends
SME
For the past few years, much of the manufacturing sector faced an economic bubble where consumer demand outpaced production. But that bubble has passed. Customers’ consumption patterns have returned to more typical patterns, leaving many manufacturers to face an excess of production capacity and costs. In response, they are tabling the produce-at-all-cost manufacturing strategies they previously adopted to meet historically high levels of demand and putting a renewed focus on operational efficiency through 2024.Read More
How automakers can navigate Port of Baltimore disruptions
ManufacturingDive
Companies can look to other East Coast ports for alternative import options, but be prepared for slower deliveries, experts say.Read More
Knowing the Right Fit for Robotic Automation
Automation.com
Once implemented to only complement large-scale production for automotive manufacturing, high-performance robots are now being integrated into job shops and factories across diverse industries, completing an array of dull, dirty, dangerous and disliked tasks. So much so, that robot orders by non-automotive companies nearly equaled those of automotive businesses over the last year.Read More
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