Gear Industry News August 13, 2024
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AGMA Updates
Intelligent Manufacturing Augmentation: The Copilot Model for Generative AI
September 4, 2024—Free Emerging Tech Webinar
This AI webinar—presented by Softura—is tailored specifically for AGMA industry professionals. Discover how these advanced technologies can enhance precision, efficiency, and innovation in your manufacturing processes AND your front & back office. Learn about real-world applications, success stories, and practical strategies to stay ahead of the competition. Don’t miss this opportunity to transform your operations and lead the industry with the power of AI-driven automation.Register Now
Design Basics for Spur and Helical Gears
September 10—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 that define tooth bending and contact rating safety factors on two real-life examples. Use commercially available software to develop gear geometry factors and calculate and optimize gear set power density and performance.Register Now
Basic Training for Gear Manufacturing
September 16–20, 2024—AGMA National Training Center; Chicago
Learn the fundamentals of gear manufacturing in this hands-on course. Gain an understanding of gearing and nomenclature, principles of inspection, gear manufacturing methods, and hobbing and shaping. Utilizing manual machines, develop a deeper breadth of perspective and understanding of the process and physics of making a gear as well as the ability to apply this knowledge in working with CNC equipment commonly in use.Register Now
Condition Monitoring
Oct–16–17, 2024—Live Online Course
In this course we will examine each of these questions and the interrelation of each with a primary focus on how this information can be used to define the actions required to keep the gearbox running properly and to allow maintenance planning. There are many parameters that provide information about the condition of an operating gearbox, some are lubrication centric while others are operationally centric. Each parameter, individually and in combination, can provide insight into the condition of the gearbox and its individual components.Register Now
Gearbox CSI: Forensic Analysis of Gear & Bearing Failures – Useful Tools for Optimizing Gear Design
Oct–22–31, 2024—Live Online Course
A good understanding of individual failure modes and the failure scenarios that led to the actual system failure is an essential skill to designing gear/bearing systems that will operate properly for their full design life. In this course, we will define and explain the nature of many gear and bearing failures and we will also discuss and describe various actual failure scenarios. In addition, a detailed primer on bearing technology prefaces the failure scenario discussions. You will gain a better understanding of various types of gears and bearings.Register Now
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AGMA Launches Redeveloped On-Demand Workforce Training Series Courses
The American Gear Manufacturers Association (AGMA) has redeveloped its on-demand Workforce Training Series. The redeveloped courses have been modernized to make them more accessible with updated materials to incorporate new and emerging technological advances.
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Industry News
Holistic Assessment of Drive Systems with Gears, Shafts and Bearings Using Measured Torque-Speed Data
Power Transmission Engineering
Verification of a drive system should include all main elements of the system, which are gears, bearings, shafts, and depending on the application other parts such as screws, couplings, and connections. Gears are clearly the most complicated parts for verification, but in many cases, a gearbox failure has its origin in a shaft or bearing failure.Read More
Role of Forging in Supply Chain Resilience
Gear Technology
The success of manufacturing critical components, such as ship shafts, gears, artillery or adaptor plates/rings, depends on their design and how well that design can be translated into a tangible, cost-effective, high-quality product. This is where Design for Manufacturability (DFM) comes into play. The significance of DFM rests in the forging process's role in creating a robust and resilient supply chain.Read More
Embracing Electric Actuators for Mining Equipment
Canadian Mining Journal
In dynamic fields like mining, construction, and other heavy industries, the relentless pursuit of efficiency and sustainability has driven significant technological shifts, with mobile equipment electrification being one of the most notable. While mining equipment manufacturers have excelled in developing and deploying electric powertrains, one key area that remains to be decarbonized is hydraulics.Read More
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Space-Based Solar Power Gets Practical
IEEE Spectrum
The idea has always been, well, out there. What if we put giant arrays of solar panels in space, where the sun never sets and clouds never form, to collect limitless electricity to beam to Earth? For a world badly in need of clean, continuous energy, space-based solar power seems perfect, pure, ideal—until you begin to consider the cost, complexity and risk of assembling city-sized arrays high in Earth orbit.Read More
Pratt & Whitney Advances the use of Metal Additive Manufacturing with its F135 and TJ150 Engines
Metal AM
US defense contractor Pratt & Whitney, a Raytheon Technologies business, headquartered in East Hartford, Connecticut, informed Breaking Defense that it intends to use Additive Manufacturing (AM) for the F135 engine, which powers Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.Read More
Timken Agrees to Acquire CGI Inc.
Power Transmission Engineering
The Timken Company has agreed to acquire CGI Inc., a Nevada-based manufacturer of precision drive systems serving a broad range of automation markets with a concentration in medical robotics. The deal is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approval, and is expected to close in the third quarter.Read More
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Understanding Bevel Gear Grinding
Gear Technology
The world of bevel gear grinding is a complex topic. How do you determine which grinding and dressing parameters to select for a desired surface finish? What type of grinding wheel should be used? What type of dresser should be used? How do all these factors affect the gear noise and quality levels? These are some questions that will be addressed in this article.Read More
Why Emerging Companies Shouldn’t Be Intimidated by Warehouse Automation Solutions
Inc.
While larger companies regularly utilize robots in retail and e-commerce order fulfillment--and some even have fully robotic warehouse solutions--investing in large-scale warehouse automation can often be cost-prohibitive for smaller businesses. But as many of these technologies grow more commonplace throughout the supply chain, certain automation solutions have emerged as attractive, economic solutions that can boost efficiency and productivity for growing companies.Read More
The Rise of Robotics in the Energy Sector
Oilprice.com
Innovations in robotics have greatly supported energy operations in recent years, with robots now aiding both fossil fuel and renewable energy production. The use of robotics in oil and natural gas operations has made the sector significantly safer, reducing the need for personnel to work in dangerous situations.Read More
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