How to Read and Interpret a Gear Inspection Chart

July 16—Live Online Course

This half-day online seminar is intended to provide you with a thorough understanding of the information contained within a typical gear inspection report. Specifically, we will look at the contents and meaning of the information contained within the gear charts, as well as the techniques used by the gear measurement system to assess gear quality. An explanation of basic gear measurement techniques, how measurement equipment and test machines implement these techniques, and how to interpret the results from these basic measurements will be covered. We will also discuss how to interpret the results and what corrective actions may be considered if the quality of a particular gear is unsatisfactory.
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Loaded Tooth Contact Analysis

August 5—Live online Course

This course explores using commercially available software to evaluate loaded tooth contact and develop tooth modifications that improve load distribution and reduce transmission error in gear systems. Through two real-life examples and supporting optimization techniques—including LTCA, material and heat treatment selection, profile shift, isotropic finishing, shot peening, and precision improvements—participants will learn how to enhance gear design reliability and calculated safety factors.
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Design Basics of Spur and Helical Gears

August 7—Live Online Course

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, calculate and optimize gear set power density and performance.
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EV Automotive Transmission Development

August 19–21—DoubleTree by Hilton O’Hare; Rosemont, IL

This course explores the complete process of EV transaxle gearbox development—from concept and design to early-stage analysis—focusing on common architectures, power flow, and functional requirements. A key emphasis will be on how the absence of an internal combustion engine in electric vehicles changes NVH (noise, vibration, and harshness) dynamics, necessitating quieter, more precisely designed gearboxes to accommodate the unique frequency and vibration profiles of electric motors.
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MPT Expo Offers Programming for Everyone at Your Company

Motion & Power Technology Expo, taking place October 21-23 at Huntington Place in Detroit, MI, is a tradeshow that has something for all employees at your company. For decades, this show has offered a way for power transmission professionals to connect, showcase their innovations and simply put, buy or sell solutions all under one roof.

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Simulation, Signals and Soundwaves

There was a moment early at Automate 2025 when the back of the exhibition hall sounded almost “techno-symphonic.” The low-fi hums of robots, linear guides and AMRs treated the attendees to a 9:00 am orchestra of beeps, bleeps, whirs and clicks—a steady, impressive beat if you listened carefully.

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Industry News

Allison Transmission Announces Acquisition of Dana’s Off-Highway Business

Gear Technology

Allison Transmission Holdings Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Off-Highway business of Dana Incorporated, a leading provider of drivetrain and propulsion solutions, for approximately $2.7 billion.
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Star SU Announces Sales Director for Cutting Tools

Gear Technology

Star SU, the marketing, sales, and service affiliate of Star Cutter Company, has announced the hiring of Scott Lukomski as sales director for cutting tools. Lukomski will report to Star SU president, Andreas Blind.
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US manufacturing output barely rises in May

Reuters

U.S. factory production barely rose in May as a surge in motor vehicle and aircraft output was partially offset by weakness elsewhere, and the outlook for manufacturing remains clouded by tariffs. Manufacturing output edged up 0.1% last month after a downwardly revised 0.5% decline in April, the Federal Reserve said on Tuesday.
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Hyundai’s Metaplant Seeks Hard-Working Robots

IEEE Spectrum

Less than three years ago, these were bare fields in humble Ellabell, Georgia. Today, the vast Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant is exactly what people imagine when they talk about the future of EV and automobile manufacturing in America.
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Project aims to develop recyclable gear oils and processes

Drives & Controls

Eight German industrial companies and research institutes are collaborating on a government-funded project aiming to develop techniques for recycling the high-performance oils used to lubricate industrial equipment such as gearboxes and bearings.
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Startup JetZero to build $4.7B factory in North Carolina

ManufacturingDive

Aerospace startup JetZero unveiled plans on Thursday to build its first manufacturing and assembly facility in Greensboro, North Carolina as it looks to break into commercial aerospace production. The $4.7 billion plant is expected to create 14,500 jobs
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