Gear Industry News September 10, 2024
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AGMA Updates
Lubrication & Wear: Advanced Concepts
October 1–3—University of Notre Dame; South Bend, IN
Designed for engineers and scientists in the rolling element bearing, gear, and power transmission industries who desire a more fundamental knowledge of component-relevant topics in the field of tribology. The purpose of this course is to bridge the gap between component design and component failure, as a result of relative motion between surfaces in contact.Register Now
What Don’t You Know? An AGMA Emerging Tech Update
October 2—Free Online Webinar
AGMA’s Emerging Tech Committees have been busy in 2024. We have had joint technology events, curated tour on the RAPID show floor, live emerging tech event at LIFT, guest speakers at committee meetings, and a stellar line-up for our webinar series. Hear about the technological advances you may have missed. Mary Ellen Doran will cover the latest and give you a preview of the 2025 calendar.Register Now
Condition Monitoring
October 16–17—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 a variety of ways we can collect the data required to estimate remaining operational time and risk of premature failure. Even more importantly, however, our discussion of the “how” will address the relation of the function of the gearbox and the risks associated with parameters evaluated.Register Now
Analytical Gear Chart Interpretation
November 7—Live Online Course
This course is an introduction to the methodology of analytical gear inspection and the evaluation and interpretation of the resulting data. The application of this information to identify and correct manufacturing errors will begin to be explored. Additionally, it reviews chart interpretation and applies inspection data to understand the causes and cures of manufacturing errors. Many chart examples are used to understand cause and effect.Register Now
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Freudenberg Sealing Technologies Launches Product Lines for Prismatic Battery
High reliability, extended cycle life and greater design flexibility – these are the benefits of the innovative prismatic battery cell solutions from Freudenberg Sealing Technologies. Both the cell caps and the nonwoven cell stack envelopes provide manufacturers with significant technical advantages and support the global shift to battery-powered electromobility.
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Industry News
3DEO Announces Scott Dennis as New Chief Executive Officer
Gear Technology
3DEO, a Los Angeles-based leader in design, engineering, and metal additive manufacturing (AM) solutions, is proud to announce the appointment of Scott Dennis as the company’s new chief executive officer (CEO), succeeding Matt Petros, the company’s co-founder and former CEO. This leadership transition marks an exciting new chapter for 3DEO as the company continues its trajectory of rapid growth and innovation in the additive manufacturing industry.Read More
Lubricants that Sustain: Enhancing Wind Turbine Reliability
Windpower Monthly
In an industry where reliability and efficiency are paramount, ExxonMobil's advanced lubricants are crucial in addressing the ever-changing challenges of wind power. Mike Blumenfeld, an industrial lubricant development and wind industry specialist at ExxonMobil, is leading efforts to ensure these lubricants enhance the performance and longevity of wind turbines.Read More
Call for Papers: 79th STLE Annual Meeting and Exhibition
Gear Technology
The Gears and Gear Lubrication Technical Committee is soliciting papers and presentations for the 79th Annual STLE Meeting and Exhibition to be held May 18–22, 2025, in Atlanta. Submit abstracts to the Gears sessions for work related to a variety of areas.Read More
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A Gear Shift in Technology
Aerospace Manufacturing
Magnetic motor technology, which is significantly more energy efficient than traditional systems, offers aerospace projects an effective solution to these challenges. Using advanced production techniques, magnetic motors are engineered to mimic the characteristics of a direct drive. Known as Pseudo Direct Drives (PDD), they utilize a combination of electric motor and magnetic gear systems to increase efficiency while reducing weight and packaging requirements. The result is a motor system that delivers high torque at low speeds, and which exceeds the torque generation provided by a standard direct drive motor.Read More
KISSsoft System Module: Operating Modes and Load Spectra
Power Transmission Engineering
Calculating the strength of a transmission requires handle various load levels in a load spectrum. The load spectrum includes all system boundaries, namely all power inputs and power outputs. Additionally, a transmission includes synchronizers, clutches, and brakes to manage different operating modes.Read More
Electric Vehicles: Ford Shifts Gears
National Review
Ford has been signaling for a while now that demand for electric vehicles (EVs) is not increasing at the pace that it had expected, so the news that it is delaying production of a next-generation all-electric pickup truck and canceling plans for a three-row electric SUV is not a huge surprise.Read More
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Mission to Mars
Gear Technology
If all goes as planned, NASA will launch its Sample Retrieval Lander (SRL) Mars mission from Florida’s Space Coast in June 2028, the start of its latest, and greatest, mission to Mars. Just a few hours south of where this mission will launch in 2028, on the factory floors of Miami-based Southern Gear & Machine, work is underway to help make this mission a success. Southern Gear is playing a small but important role, by helping to design, develop, and perfect the critically important gears and shafts used for the actuation of the legs and Sample Transfer Arm on the SRL.Read More
Reaching New Levels of Take-Up Efficiency
Design World
RD10 reels are “rim driven,” allowing quick change out and loading of large wire and cable spools. The machine uses a geared motor to drive a roller, which rotates the cable reel as it coils. The geared motor’s output shaft is coupled, via chain and sprocket, to the drive roller. A smaller motor/gearbox drives two threaded rods, which then move the ejection roller up and down the frame. Maintaining a consistent winding torque through all speed ranges is critical to ensure proper spooling.Read More
First Upgraded Engine for Taiwanese M60 Tanks Completed
Asian Military Review
Renk America has completed the first AVDS-1790 diesel engine ordered by Taiwan to upgrade the Republic of China Army’s (RoCA’s) M60A3 Patton main battle tanks (MBTs), the company revealed on its social media page. Renk America—which was formerly the Combat Propulsion Systems division of L3Harris Technologies before its acquisition by Renk Group in 2021 – first announced the deal, which is valued at around US$241 million, in March 2023.Read More
Why Lithium Mining Has Serbians up in Arms
The Week
The Balkan nation has reinstated a controversial license to extract “white gold” as the race for the crucial EV mineral intensifies. Lithium has become “increasingly coveted” by industry supply chains, said Politico. Last month, the EU signed deals with Serbia that granted European car makers exclusive access to its lithium, hailing the pact as a “historic day for Serbia, as well as for Europe.”Read More