Gear Industry News June 4, 2024

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AGMA Updates

Fundamentals of Gear Design and Analysis

June 25–27—Embassy Suites O’Hare; 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.
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Advanced Concepts of Bearing Technology

June 24–27—Embassy Suites O’Hare; Rosemont, IL

This 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.
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Operator Precision Gear Grinding

Live Online Virtual Training | July 24-25

Explore precision gear grinding processes, machine input variables, kinematics, machine alignment, setup errors, pitfalls, common gear fatigue failures and expectations related to finish ground gearing. Learn definitions of gearing component features, application loads and process steps from blanking, through heat treatment to finished part ready to ship. Study aspects of Quality Assurance, Inspection Documentation and corrective actions for measured non-conformances. Understand pre-heat treat, heat treatment distortion and post heat treatment operations including the how's and why's to produce finished gears that conform and perform to end user expectations. Calculate gear form grinding cycle times for real life examples for various accuracy levels on commercially available software.
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Essentials Concepts of Bearing Technology

August 6-8, 2024 | Cleveland, OH

This course will give you an overview of the bearing industry as well as basic bearing types and applications. Knowledge of the key players, bearing types and terminology will ensure that everyone has a basic knowledge of the industry upon arrival. This course is specially designed for engineers and others with technical backgrounds that have limited exposure to bearings and need to adapt their technical training to bearings or seek an upgrade to their technical knowledge. The Essentials Course focuses on understanding basic tribology, bearing attributes and applications and explores the basic concepts around manufacturing methods, loads, lubrication and failure.
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4D High Pressure Gas Quenching vs. Press Quenching

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Industry News

Automation Nation

Power Transmission Engineering

Almost 43,000 registrants came together in Chicago to seek out the latest and greatest automation and robotic technologies during Automate 2024 in May. As always, A3 did not disappoint with a comprehensive conference paired with new automation technologies on the exhibition floor.
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Avoiding Failure and Downtime: Imperatives to Specify Gear Drives

Power Transmission Engineering

Gear drives are fundamental in most processing operations, connecting the prime mover to the driven equipment and ensuring that the system has enough torque to effectively move product. Correctly specifying and selecting the proper gear drives for critical applications leads to reliability, greater uptime, and profitability.
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US Factory Activity, Construction Spending Both Fall

Reuters

U.S. manufacturing activity slowed for a second straight month in May as new goods orders dropped by the most in nearly two years, and spending on construction projects slipped unexpectedly the month before, the latest indications that a gradual slowdown in the economy is taking hold.
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Aero Gear Hosts UConn Students

UConn Today

Faculty, staff, and students from UConn's Connecticut Manufacturing Simulation Center (CMSC) visited engineers at Aero Gear, Inc. on May 29 to provide UConn students with an opportunity to observe various manufacturing processes at the company. CMSC offers small Connecticut manufacturing businesses with free technical support and specialized machining processes and simulations.
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How manufacturers are reskilling factory workers for AI adoption

ManufacturingDive

Companies are leveraging the metaverse and augmented reality to train workers to use artificial intelligence for assembly and maintenance tasks.
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The Future of Additive Manufacturing

SME

Additive manufacturing (AM) will develop on multiple paths in coming years. It will penetrate new and existing markets, such as aerospace, automotive, healthcare, energy and consumer products. Asia will play an increasingly important role, both in the development and adoption of AM. As the technology grows in popularity, we will see an increase in the significance of industry standards, safety and requirements associated with qualification, certification and regulations. Meanwhile, applications, materials and special solutions to new opportunities will drive AM to a much higher level of maturity.
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Manufacturing Executives Confident But Careful Heading Into Summer

IndustryWeek

In February and March, the country’s largest manufacturing companies believed (maybe hoped?) that the second half of 2024 would bring healthier and more balanced growth. Three months later, that belief is maturing into a confidence about what’s ahead this summer and fall.
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Steps for Creating a Positive Workplace Culture in Manufacturing

Digital Journal

Businesses in the manufacturing sector should take a more empathetic approach to employee wellbeing and culture, according to an industry insider.
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AI Is Making Economists Rethink the Story of Automation

Harvard Business Review

Will artificial intelligence take our jobs? As AI raises new fears about a jobless future, it’s helpful to consider how economists’ understanding of technology and labor has evolved. For decades, economists were relatively optimistic, and pointed out that previous waves of technology had not led to mass unemployment. But as income inequality rose in much of the world, they began to revise their theories. Newer models of technology’s affects on the labor market account for the fact that it absolutely can displace workers and lower wages. In the long run, technology does tend to raise living standards. But how soon and how broadly? That depends on two factors: Whether technologies create new jobs for people to do and whether workers have a voice in technology’s deployment.
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