Gear Industry News June 25, 2024

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AGMA Updates

Operator Precision Gear Grinding

July 24–25—Live Online Course

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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Bevel Gear Systems Design

July 30–August 8—Live Online Course

Learn how to design and apply bevel gear systems from the initial concept through manufacturing and quality control and on to assembly, installation, and maintenance. Engage in a practical hands-on guide to the bevel gear design, manufacture, quality control, assembly, installation rating, lubrication, and, most especially, application.
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Gear Heat Treatment Operator & Operations

August 6–8—Hotel Cleveland; Cleveland

This course provides the heat treat operator and operations team, the means to perform the heat treatment of steel gears in a manner that meets the AGMA and customer requirements in a safe and efficient manner. The course identifies the key requirements for proper processing. Sufficient metallurgical background is provided to allow the student to identify how this information relates to the required processing and properties of the gear.
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Reverse Engineering

August 14–15—Live Online Course

Reverse engineering a gear system is a not-too-unusual task and in many, but not all, cases the process goes fairly well, thus it is easy to become complacent. It is important, however, to fully understand the process and the best practice procedure for reverse engineering a gear system.
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Industry News

Gears Have to Engage

Gear Technology

A single gear, by itself, doesn’t do much good. No matter how brilliant its design or how superb its quality, it has to mesh with another gear to achieve anything useful. The transfer of torque, the change of direction and the increase or reduction of rotational speed only occur when two or more gears come together. The same is true of you.
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Crossroads of Creativity and Manufacturing

Gear Technology

AGMA's Mary Ellen Doran is out in Los Angeles this week, leading a curated tour of the RAPID show for gear manufacturers. Her article from the current issue of Gear Technology explains more.
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US manufacturing production surges in May

Reuters

Production at U.S. factories increased more than expected in May, recouping all the declines in the prior two months, but the momentum is unlikely to be sustained amid higher interest rates and softening demand for goods.
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7 Stats that Show How Inflation, AI are Reshaping Employee Expectations

ManufacturingDive

Inflation, artificial intelligence and a five-generation workforce are reshaping employee expectations this year, June 3 research from ADP revealed. Input from 35,000 employees globally indicates these shifts will drive “seismic change,” the organization said in a statement. It recommended employers take the findings to heart and view changes not only as challenges but also as opportunities.
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Why Automotive Manufacturing Fears Cybercrime

IndustryWeek

Some argue the only way fully autonomous driving can succeed at scale is if every car on the road connects to a master control system that knows the speed and position of every vehicle on its grid, making sure unexpected surprises don’t turn into massive traffic jams at best or horrible multi-vehicle collisions at worst.
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2024 Powder Metallurgy (PM) Design Excellence Awards Announced

MPIF

The winners in the 2024 Powder Metallurgy (PM) Design Excellence Awards competition, sponsored by the Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF), demonstrate outstanding examples of PM’s diversity and ability to meet critical requirements. From electric vehicles to medical implants, once again, parts fabricators have demonstrated PM’s versatility and unique ability to challenge competing technologies. These award-winning components use PM’s flexibility to push forward new concepts and process controls to demonstrate the inexhaustible range of PM’s capabilities.
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April 2024 Manufacturing Technology Orders Slow Decline, Remain Above Historical Average

AMT

Orders of manufacturing technology, measured by the U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders Report published by AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology, reached $317.9 million in April 2024.
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Data Mastery: A Key to Industrial Competitiveness

Manufacturing Leadership Council

Now in its third year, the Manufacturing Leadership Council’s “Manufacturing in 2030 Project” continues to focus on its main goal: to enable manufacturers to envision what manufacturing might look like by 2030. Achieving this goal entails thinking broadly about the intersection of the technology, organization and leadership trends shaping Manufacturing 4.0, the stage of industrial evolution based on the digitalization of manufacturing plants and factories. It also requires an intense focus on specific aspects of those trends to understand, at a deep level, the opportunities and challenges.
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Purdue and Accenture Develop Online Smart Manufacturing Program for Employee Upskilling

Purdue University

The Smart Manufacturing Academy curriculum is self-paced and structured asynchronously, meaning employees can engage with course materials at different times and from different locations. It is designed to teach foundational knowledge in digital transformation to machine and line operators, technicians, plant managers, engineers, and employees in other manufacturing roles.
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