Gear Industry News May 9, 2023
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AGMA Updates
2023 Emerging Technology Webinar Series
May 10—online
In “Vision AI: A New Era of Workplace Safety in Manufacturing” Harsh Murari, CTO, Visonify, will examine the critical role of workplace safety in the gear manufacturing industry. Over the last decade, workplace safety incidents have been stagnant - we will discuss how the implementation of Vision AI can significantly contribute to reducing these numbers and creating a safer working environment.Register Today
Fundamentals of Gear Design and Analysis
June 6–8—Hilton Rosemont, Rosemont, IL
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.Register Today
Gearbox Systems Design
June 20–22—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. This course is intended for gear design engineers; management involved with designing and manufacturing gearing-type components; metallurgists and materials engineers; laboratory technicians; quality assurance technicians; furnace design engineers; and equipment suppliers.Register Today
Design Basics for Spur and Helical Gears—Summer
June 27, 12:00 pm–4:00 pm (EST)—Live Online Virtual Training
Learn how to develop and understand customer gear drive application specifications and target performance expectations. Review, calculate and select basic gear terminology variables and design parameters which define tooth bending and contact rating safety factors on two real-life examples. Learn how to optimize gear fatigue Safety Factors for a given target design life and fit new gear designs and ratios into existing center distance using profile shift. Use commercially available software to develop gear geometry factors and calculate and optimize gear set power density and performance. Review common gear failure modes if the design or final accuracy does not meet application requirements. Discuss the time and cost of more than 20 other gear drive component functions and drive development steps through prototypes to shipment of compliant assembled production drives. There will be an opportunity to discuss gear design challenges that may be unique to participant industries.Register Today
Advanced Concepts of Bearing Technology
June 5–8, 8:00 am–5:00 pm (CT)—Rosemont, IL
This ABMA course builds on the foundations of the essential course and challenges the experienced engineer in areas such as failure modes, friction & wear, fatigue life calculation methods and load distribution. This is an exceptional course for engineers with 2-3 years’ work experience in bearings or past attendees of the Essential Concepts of Bearing Technology. AGMA members can receive a discount. See registration page for details.Register Today
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Industry News
Ametek Acquires Bison Gear & Engineering
Power Transmission Engineering
Ametek, Inc. has announced the acquisition of Bison Gear & Engineering Corp. (Bison), a leading manufacturer of highly engineered motion control solutions serving diverse markets and applications. Bison designs and manufactures custom motion control solutions for use in demanding and high precision applications within the automation, power, food and beverage, and transportation markets. With a strong focus on innovation, quality, and customer service, Bison has established a reputation as a trusted and reliable provider of highly engineered products and solutions.Read More
Drive Modernization by Leveraging Platform-Based Automation
VentureBeat
IT modernization is essential to business continuity; however, many companies don’t know where to begin their modernization journey. According to BCG, only 30% of modernization projects succeeded in achieving their objectives, creating confusion for enterprises. An approach known as “hyperautomation” is becoming increasingly important to address this complexity and quickly identify IT and business intelligent processes. Looking towards the future, it will continue to be a strategic imperative, decreasing overall modernization risk.Read More
Punch Powertrain Stellantis JVs Start Largescale Serial Production of Novel Hybrid eDCT
Gear Technology
Punch Powertrain and Stellantis commence large-scale serial production of the unique and highly anticipated eDCT/DT2 transmission. The manufacturing starts within the scope of the companies' 2 joint ventures: ‘e-Transmissions’ and ‘e-Transmissions Assembly’. Building on 50 years of expertise in transmission systems, Punch Powertrain has achieved a significant transformation, reorienting towards hybrid and electric systems production.Read More
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Denali Announces Partnership with Universal Robots
Automation.com
Denali has announced a partnership with Universal Robots, the leading manufacturer of collaborative robots. Denali will be Universal Robots’ largest global Certified Solution Partner (CSP). Since its first collaborative robot (cobot) was launched in 2008, Universal Robots has grown to be a global market leader in cobots with offices in more than 20 countries worldwide.Read More
Solving the Biggest Problem with Wind Energy
Oilprice.com
Danish researchers at Aarhus University have developed a chemical process that can disassemble the epoxy composite of wind turbine blades – and simultaneously extract intact glass fibers as well as one of the epoxy resin’s original building blocks in a high-quality. The recovered materials could potentially be used in the production of new blades.Read More
An IIoT Roadmap for Driving Productivity and Efficiency in Automotive Assembly Plants
Assembly
With the explosion of smart factories, automotive manufacturers are increasingly looking for new ways to use the data provided by sensors, machine controllers and other devices to improve productivity and efficiency. When unlocked properly, the insights embedded in the data paint a detailed picture of the factory floor, including the health of each machine, providing manufacturers with greater process visibility.Read More
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ABB Completes Acquisition of Siemens Low Voltage NEMA Motor Business
Power Transmission Engineering
BB recently announced it has completed its acquisition of the Siemens low voltage NEMA motor business. The transaction was originally announced August 11, 2022, and financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The business employs around 600 people and generated revenues of approximately $63 million in 2021.Read More
The United States Needs More than Mining Engineers to Solve its Critical Mineral Challenges
CSIS
Critical minerals are the building blocks of U.S. economic and national security. These unique materials possess physical and chemical traits which allow them to be deployed in a variety of advanced technologies, many of which are fundamental to the energy transition, climate change mitigation, and U.S. military development. However, despite continued government interventions and investment of capital in domestic and allied mining projects, a major workforce gap and talent crunch threatens the ability for these nations to successfully achieve their critical mineral ambitions.Read More
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