Gear Industry News December 24, 2024
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AGMA Updates
A Discussion with LIFT’s CTO on Aligning with DoD Priorities
January 8, 2025—Free Emerging Technology Webinar
The AGMA Emerging Technology webinar series will begin in 2025 with Noel Mack, Chief Technology Officer at LIFT. LIFT, one of the U.S. Manufacturing Institutes, is an accelerator connecting advanced materials, manufacturing processes, systems engineering, and talent development, enhancing America’s manufacturing competitiveness, national economy, and security.Register Now
Analytical Gear Chart Interpretation
January 29, 2025—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
Design Basics of Spur and Helical Gears
January 28, 2025—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 that define tooth bending and contact rating safety factors on two real-life examples. There will be an opportunity to discuss gear design challenges that may be unique to participant industries.Register Now
Loaded Tooth Contact Analysis
January 30, 2025—Live Online Course
Evaluation of loaded tooth contact and development of tooth modifications using commercially available software to improve and apply a realistic load distribution factor Km in gear rating calculations and reduce transmission error. Two real-life gearing examples will be reviewed in the course, one will have a cantilever mounted pinion, the other a shaft pinion straddled non-symmetrically by bearings.Register Now
Steels for Gear Applications
February 11–13, 2025—Live Online Course
Gain a basic understanding of steel and its properties. Learn to make use of steel properties in an application and understand the potential that different steel and heat treatment options can offer. Explore how the performance of the material depends on how the steel is produced.Register Now
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Industry News
Happy Holidays
Gear Technology
As the year draws to a close, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Randy Stott takes a moment to express his heartfelt gratitude for the continued support of Gear Technology’s readers, advertisers and authors: “Thank you for being an integral part of the gear community. This holiday season, as I reflect on the challenges, triumphs, and growth of the past year, I am reminded of the shared passion we all have for advancing the field of gear manufacturing.”Read More
Ospreys Cleared to Fly Again, But Problematic Gearbox Gets More Scrutiny
Military.com
The Navy office that oversees the military's use of the V-22 Osprey is allowing the services to resume flying the aircraft while ordering yet another key component—one that has led to at least one deadly crash—to undergo further scrutiny.Read More
Experimental and Analytical Study of the Effect of Shot Peening on Gear Micropitting and Contact Fatigue Failure
Gear Technology
This study aims to investigate the effect of this identified type of shot peening on the micropitting resistance of the gear tooth flanks and the macropitting resistance and to compare the experimental results with the calculation results based on standard methods.Read More
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Electric Vehicle Charging Is Going to Get Political
Wired
The incoming Trump administration has signaled its hostility toward EVs. Will the red-state/blue-state divide come for public charging?Read More
LIFT Announces Advanced Metallic Production and Processing Center Coming to Detroit in 2025
Power Transmission Engineering
LIFT, the Department of Defense-supported national advanced materials manufacturing innovation institute, operated by the American Lightweight Materials Manufacturing Innovation Institute (ALMMII), today announced that it will introduce its new state-of-the-art Advanced Metallic Production and Processing Center (AMPP) in the new year solving a critical gap in addressing advanced materials challenges across the U.S. industrial base.Read More
Atomic-Scale Insights into Degradation Mechanisms of Lithium-Based Grease at High Temperatures
Surfaces and Interfaces
Lithium-based grease is extensively used as a lubricant for various mechanical components such as bearings and gears in offshore wind turbines. Despite its widespread use, under high-temperature friction conditions, these greases can decompose, adversely affecting their lubrication performance.Read More
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Helios Welcomes Engineer Caeden Keith
Gear Technology
Helios Gear Products (South Elgin, IL) proudly welcomes engineer, Caeden Keith. Caeden earned his degree in Mechatronics Engineering from Northern Illinois University (NIU). During his time at NIU, he demonstrated his passion for innovation and mentorship by mentoring his high school’s FIRST Robotics Competition Team 5934 and leading NIU’s team in NASA’s BIG Idea Challenge.Read More
1980 Dodge Omni Electrica 007: A Forgotten Electric Pioneer
Mopar Insiders
In the early 1980s, the push for electric vehicles (EVs) was in its infancy, but the concept had already captured the imagination of some innovators. Amid the energy crises of the era, the U.S. Department of Energy backed several companies in their quest to make electric cars a reality. One such venture led to the creation of the 1980 Dodge Omni Electrica 007, a forgotten experiment that aimed to bring the future of electric mobility into the mainstream.Read More