The Atlantic The combination of lower energy prices, innovative information technologies, and advances in robotics and materials science are powering a manufacturing revolution that will reinvigorate the U.S. economy and make many of its industrial sectors the most competitive in the world.

Businessweek Manufacturing will take center stage in the global economic watch this week, with the U.S. projected to fare better than the rest. Orders for American-made capital equipment such as computers and machinery probably climbed in March by the most in four months, economist forecast an April 24 report will show.

In-depth look at everything else in the gearbox that surrounds the gears and bearings. Explore the gearbox system "supporting cast of characters," including seals, lubrication, housings, breathers and other details. The treatment starts with basics - some history of design, the environment in which the gearbox must "live" and the loading to which the system will be subjected. A detailed design layout "bible" will be introduced as the basis for the overall design and analysis. Elemental topics will be discussed, weighing their individual pros and cons.

Manufacturing.net Optimism regarding the direction of the domestic economy rose among U.S. industrial manufacturers during the first quarter of 2014, according to the Q1 2014 Manufacturing Barometer, released Friday by PwC US. The positive sentiment about the prospects of U.S. commerce in the next 12 months reached the highest level since the fourth quarter of 2005.

Upstart Business Journal David Dussault is building in space for startups in his new manufacturing facility and an entrepreneurial attitude among employees in his quest to be the Google of manufacturing. Dussault, 36, is the founder of DHA Holdings, a family of companies with 80 employees who supply major players in the oil and gas industry, as well as power generation, such as turbines.

WHNT News Greater research ties between vehicle manufacturers and The University of Alabama in Huntsville will result from a regional Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for vehicle manufacturing that has received a National Science Foundation grant to support its planning.

Fässler AG The family-run Daetwyler Group is to acquire the operational business of Fässler AG, a world leader in the supply of gear finishing machinery. This solution protects most of the existing jobs, while at the same time enabling the technological expertise of Fässler to be further developed on its Swiss site.

Manufacturing.net "Weather volatility aside, the monthly report on industrial production suggests that U.S. manufacturing is maintaining its path of moderate growth," said Cliff Waldman, senior economist for the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (MAPI). "The Federal Reserve reported that total industrial production (consisting of manufacturing, mining, and utilities) grew 0.7 percent during March."

Area Development Online Brazil-based Torcomp USA, a machinery manufacturer, will invest more than $9 million to establish its first U.S. facility in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. The company will construct a 16,400-square-foot manufacturing plant in Greene Township, with plans to creating at least 73 jobs over the next three years.

Modern Machine Shop Gleason has entered a partnership with Smart Manufacturing Technology of Nottingham, U.K., with the goal of enabling SMT’s full-system transmission design and analysis software (MASTA) and Gleason’s software for bevel and hypoid gear design and manufacture (CAGE) to work as one product.

Aviation Week Much of the $4.5 billion in F-35 procurement cost increases in the past year — part of a $7.8 billion total program increase — to the U.S. portion of the program are due to overly rosy projections on the anticipated decline in the "cost curve," or price to build the stealthy fighter, says U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan, F-35 program executive officer.

Waste Management World GE is set to commission three 1.4 MW Jenbacher gas engines to a 4.2 MW landfill gas-to-energy project in São Paulo, Brazil. According to GE’s Distributed Power business, once the facility begins commercial operation in May, it will be the first energy recovery project at a landfill site operated by Brazilian waste management firm, Estre Ambiental.

Reuters The Supreme Court in India lifted a 19-month old ban on mining in Goa, the top iron ore-exporting state, on Monday, a move that will put more pressure on global prices although it capped annual output in the state at 20 million tonnes.

Automation World Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence (MII) gave Joy Global more visibility into its production process, boosting productivity by 10 percent at its pilot plant. Not only does MII provide business analytics for operations, it also links engineering to manufacturing, giving engineering "the ability to see the heartbeat of manufacturing," says Tim Bartel, global IT director for Joy Global.

Understand the methods for manufacturing and inspecting gears and how they can be applied and interpreted during design.

Reuters The world's first deep sea mining robot sits idle on a British factory floor, waiting to claw up high grade copper and gold from the seabed off Papua New Guinea (PNG) - when a wrangle over terms is solved.

IndustryWeek To meet demand in the world's largest car market, Fiat-Chrysler said on Saturday that it would begin producing the Jeep brand in China from 2015. Fiat-Chrysler -- created by Fiat acquiring Chrysler -- will produce three Jeep sport utility vehicle models in China, including one specifically designed for the Chinese market, the company.

Rolls-Royce Rolls-Royce announced that Virginia Tech and the University of Virginia are joining the global Rolls-Royce University Technology Centers (UTC) network, consisting of research groups in world-class universities identified to develop long-term research and technology programs. Creating a UTC provides each party with mutual benefits through funding of fundamental, collaborative research to advance key aerospace technologies critical to Rolls-Royce.