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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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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Analytical Gear Chart Interpretation

May 20—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.
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Gearbox System Design

June 24–26—Sheraton Sand Key Resort; Clearwater Beach, FL

This course focuses on the supporting elements of a gearbox that allow gears and bearings to do their jobs most efficiently. Learn about seals, lubrication, lubricants, housings, breathers, and other details that go into designing gearbox systems. Gear Engineers, gear designers, application engineers, people who are responsible for interpreting gear designs, technicians and managers that want to better understand all aspects of gear design should attend.
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Mitutoyo America Corporation Releases New SJ-220 Portable Surface Roughness Tester

Mitutoyo America Corporation, a leading manufacturer of precision metrology instruments and solutions, announced the release of the new Surface Roughness Tester SJ-220 Series to its vast line of form-measuring instruments. This product provides compatibility and versatility to meet the diverse needs of manufacturing sites.

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Kollmorgen’s Encoder Offers Multi-Turn Absolute Feedback

Kollmorgen has introduced the new SFD-M (Smart Feedback Device, Multi-Turn). It allows machine builders to achieve high-resolution multi-turn feedback with absolute positioning information available at system startup.

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Power Transmission Engineering

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Service Robot Maker Expands US Reach to Meet Growing Automation Demand

IoT World Today

Service robot maker Pudu Robotics has announced its U.S. expansion as it aims to meet rising automation demands across industries including hospitality, retail, e-commerce, health care and education. Pudu announced a new headquarters in Santa Clara, CA, as well as a fulfillment center in Hamilton, NJ to service East Coast customers.
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Ford has Patented a Fake Manual Gearbox for EVs

Top Gear

The world of patents is a strange one. Some protect concepts that are due for production, some simply stop other folks from pursuing the same idea. We're not sure which this particular effort will turn out to be, but let's hope the former because it suggests that Ford engineers are working on a manual shifter for electric cars.
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Wooden Wind Turbine Towers Reach New Heights

IEEE Spectrum

Wood might seem like a construction material from a bygone era, but Swedish startup Modvion is putting it to a very modern use. The Gothenburg-based company is using engineered wood to build wind turbine towers, and it recently received design certification for the tallest one to date: 119 meters, matching the height of most onshore wind turbines in operation. The company’s tower can support a 6.4-megawatt turbine.
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STLE 2025 Tribology Frontiers Conference Opens Call for Papers

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The Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) — the technical society for individuals in the field of tribology and lubrication engineering — is hosting the 2025 STLE Tribology Frontiers Conference (TFC) on October 14-16 at Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont, IL.
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A3 Releases Vision for a U.S. National Robotics Strategy

A3

The Association for Advancing Automation (A3) released its vision for a National Robotics Strategy and shared key policy recommendations with the U.S. Congress today to ensure the United States maintains its leadership in robotics and automation. As AI continues to dominate policy discussions, A3 emphasizes that true global competitiveness requires advancing physical AI applications — namely, robotics.
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