AGMA
Learn how to develop and understand gear drive application specifications and target performance expectations. Review, select and calculate basic gear terminology variables and design parameters which define tooth bending and contact rating safety factors.

The most common way for people to find your company is through an internet search — this will lead them to your website. Are you nervous about the first impression that your website gives them? Then it is time to hear it from design experts at TGD to learn about how to spruce up your website to make sure that your branding really shines. From using photographs, videos, smart navigation, attendees will be able to start working that same day on improving their website for easy customer use.

Join us for the Annual Meeting Online, March 18-19, 2021. Attendees at the Annual Meeting Online will experience an exciting program featuring cutting-edge educational content along with engaging and memorable networking opportunities — all from the comfort of your home or office!

Manufacturing Business Technology
Coming off of a historically tumultuous year, we recently sat down with Bill Burutti, CEO of Plex Systems, to get his thoughts on what could be ahead for U.S. manufacturing.

WIRED
Lithium-Ion batteries have shaped the modern world. These power pouches are at the heart of most rechargeable electronics, from cell phones and laptops to vapes and electric cars. But while they’re great at holding a charge and have a high energy density, lithium-ion batteries aren’t without their problems. Their reliance on toxic, flammable materials means the smallest defect can result in exploding gadgets.

The World Economic Forum
After years of hopeful signs, 2020 may well have been the year we reached a tipping point in the adoption of electric vehicles, according to new research. The number of electric cars, buses and even trucks on the world’s roads hit a new high last year and analysts at JP Morgan believe we have passed the point of no return on the global journey to zero-emission motoring.

Automation.com
The Industrial Internet Consortium^® (IIC™) and CESMII – The Smart Manufacturing Institute have agreed to a liaison to accelerate the development, adoption and monetization of Industrial IoT (IIoT) technologies, infrastructure and solutions to deliver transformative business value for manufacturers through digital transformation. This will help accelerate the democratization of Smart Manufacturing across all industries, including small and medium enterprises.

Green Biz
To electrify many of the world's vehicles in the coming years, the EV industry will need to procure a massive amount of lithium-ion batteries. And that will require brand-new sources and technologies to find, extract and process battery materials such as lithium, cobalt and nickel.

Manufacturing Global
Manufacturing has a bad attitude, at least when it comes to implementing new technologies. In all fairness, perhaps that’s a little harsh. Yet, for anyone who has tried implementing changes to the manufacturing floor, not too far from reality. When it comes to automation, FANUC is one to listen to, and their “lights-out” plant where robots make robots is an industry benchmark.

Axios
The U.S. auto industry is spreading west, with electric vehicle companies opening factories far from Detroit, in places like California, Arizona and Texas. 

Gear Solutions
When designing and manufacturing gears, the materials used will depend on what type of gear is being made and how and where it will be used. 

Gear Solutions
Electric vehicles are set to disrupt automotive industry trends over the years ahead, which will have an effect on gear manufacturing. 

Manufacturing Business Technology
Automakers are focused on more advanced infotainment systems and the continued evolution of electric vehicles.

New Atlas
German multinational Thysenkrupp has won the contract to build and operate a huge hydro-electrolysis facility in Quebec, which will use one of the world's most powerful electrolyzers to produce some 11,100 metric tons of green hydrogen annually.

Gear Technology
TCI Precision Metals has expanded its offering of Standard Machine-ready blanks and added a new, easy to use, online store.

3D Printing Industry
Metal 3D printer manufacturing Desktop Metal has signed a $300 million definitive agreement to acquire DLP system and material producer EnvisionTEC.

Manufacturing Global
Manufacturing Global looks at Accenture’s report on the value case for cloud adoption, and why it’s imperative for organizations to adopt the tech now.

Green Car Congress
Over the last five years, Rolls-Royce has been pioneering world-first technology that will contribute to the UK’s next-generation Tempest program, which is developing a sixth-generation jet fighter for the British Royal Air Force and the Italian Aeronautical Militare (AMI).