Automation World From capital reserves and energy independence to insourcing and rising employment, all factors are aligned to support a long-term upsurge in U.S. manufacturing.

Automation World Though leading indicators are beginning to trend lower, the U.S. economy continues to shine. Develop aggressive strategies for growth, and invest in process, equipment and people to meet increasing demand.

This course focuses the supporting elements of a gearbox that allow gears and bearings to do their jobs most efficiently. Learn about seals, lubrication, lubricants, housings, breathers, and other details that go into designing gearbox systems.

Cleveland.com With a nod toward a Northeast Ohio center that propelled advancements in 3-D printing, President Barack Obama on Wednesday will announce a nationwide competition to build a new kind of high-tech research center – one that merges textiles and fabrics with high technology.

WCHS Radio 58 Students at BridgeValley Community and Technical College in South Charleston are being trained for manufacturing jobs. The college partnered with Toyota Manufacturing to announce the naming of Toyota Hall for BridgeValley's Advanced Technology Center.

Standard Examiner In a few of the manufacturing classes taught at North Layton Junior High, girls are outnumbering the boys, with the teacher having enticed them with the promise of Pinterest projects.

Time Meet Sawyer, a new robot unveiled by Rethink Robotics, a Boston-based robotics company aiming to make factories more efficient, safer and more productive.

Houston Chronicle Houston continues to be a thriving manufacturing area, home to 6,000-plus manufacturers. More than 237,000 Houstonians, or about one in every 11 workers in the region, work in this industry.

Jacksonville Business Journal After investing about $4 million to build a 50,000-square-foot pipe mill in Jacksonville, Nuflo Inc. is helping to supply the latest and most technologically advanced naval aircraft carrier: The Gerald R. Ford class.

Journal Sentinel A bipartisan bill that would designate 25 manufacturing universities across the country and give each one $20 million over four years to step up advanced manufacturing in engineering programs was introduced Wednesday in Congress by lawmakers, including U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.).

Cleveland.com Kent State University hopes to be one of 25 universities to receive $20 million in federal funding to bolster programs related to advanced manufacturing under a bipartisan bill introduced this week in Congress.

The Columbus Dispatch Honda manager Scot McLemore is leading a new initiative that will promote manufacturing careers to students in Ohio middle schools, high schools and colleges.

Daily Local News Pittsburgh may not be the steel town it once was, with the economy of the state’s second largest city these days tied more to hospitals and higher education than smoke stacks. But manufacturing is still a huge part of Pennsylvania’s economy.

My Suburban Life Since the "Great Recession" ended in June of 2009, America’s economy has rebounded slower than desired, but is still doing better than the rest of the world thanks to manufacturing.

Manufacturing.net In West Virginia, a woman who works full-time year-round will make 67.3 cents for every dollar made by her male coworker according to Employment and Earnings, the first report of The Status of Women in the States: 2015 project.

Milwaukee Business Journal After hesitating for a few years, Miro Tool & Manufacturing Inc. has invested $500,000 to buy a new CO2 laser cutting machine, a sign of confidence in a sustained upturn in the contract manufacturing business.

3D Print Apparently, a convergence between robotics and 3D printing may be an emerging trend within the industry this year.

Aerospace Manufacturing and Design When designing custom gears and gearboxes for a dynamic test system application, there are times when a highly engineered solution is required, rather than an off-the-shelf option. To guarantee years of operation and ensure that accurate evaluations of the test subjects are a precise snapshot without any influence from the test machine itself, a rigorous design and build process must be followed.

Gear Solutions This paper discusses how efficient a simple dip-lubricated gearbox is in a thermally coupled lubrication model, which includes elastohydrodynamic (EHL) friction losses in gear teeth contacts as well as bearing, seal, and churning losses.