AGMA Marketing Webinar Series – FREE for AGMA members
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.

AGMA Trade Webinar Series – FREE for AGMA members
From Section 232 and Section 301 tariffs to implementation of the U.S.-Canada-Mexico Agreement and new trade agreements, the list of trade issues facing Washington policymakers is long and challenging. This webinar will examine likely policy initiatives and responses of the new administration and Congress and what lies ahead for the rest of 2021 and beyond.

Executives meet, network, and learn
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. 
 

AGMA Live, Virtual Learning
Learn how to develop and understand customer gear drive application specifications and target performance expectations. Review, calculate and select basic gear terminology variable and design parameters which define tooth bending and contact rating safety factors on two real life examples. Learn how to fit new gear designs and ratios into existing center distance. Use commercially available software to calculate and optimize gear set power density. Discuss time and cost of more than 20 other gear drive component functions and drive development steps through prototypes to shipment of compliant assembled production drives. There will be an opportunity to discuss gear design challenges which may be unique to participant industries. 

AGMA Live, Virtual Learning
Evaluation of loaded tooth contact and development of tooth modifications using commercially available software to improve Khb and optimize power density. Two real like gearing examples will be presented in the course, one will have a cantilever mounted pinion, the other a shaft pinion straddled non-symmetrically by bearings. Both examples demonstrate component deflections under load which significantly reduce tooth mesh contact which is then corrected with developed helix and profile modifications.

Aerospace Manufacturing and Design
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Co., and Boeing have released details of an advanced helicopter for the U.S. Army's Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) competition. The aircraft, named DEFIANT X, is designed to meet Army threats in 2035 and beyond. A complete weapon system, DEFIANT X builds on the handling qualities and capabilities proven by the team's technology demonstrator, SB>1 DEFIANT.

3D Printing Industry
The US Department of Defense (DoD) has released its first-ever comprehensive additive manufacturing strategy which aims to establish a common vision for the use of 3D printing within the nation’s defense program.

New Equipment Digest
There’s a misconception that industrial robots are reserved for manufacturing giants. But, according to the Robotics Industries Association (RIA), more enterprises with fewer than 100 employees now own up to ten robots — a growing trend. Here, Claudia Jarrett, US country manager at automation parts supplier EU Automation, explains why robots are more than affordable for small and mid-sized enterprises.

Manufacturing Business Technology
The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA) recently unveiled its list of top purchasing trends for 2021. The association anticipates more than $1.8 trillion will be spent on business-related goods this year.

Gear Solutions
The nonlinear dynamic characteristic of a DLC-coated gear transmission system is analyzed by using a numerical integration approach, and the effect of the coating elastic modulus on the dynamic response is investigated. 

Metal AM
Xerox has announced the installation of its first ElemX Liquid Metal Additive Manufacturing machine at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), Monterey, California. As part of a collaboration research and development agreement, NPS aims to explore new ways the technology can deliver on-demand metal parts and equipment, with the potential to dramatically transform the way the military supplies its forces.

Engineering.com
New combinations for AI driven monitoring and control systems and cloud connectivity promise to change the way manufacturers design, produce and service the things they make. We know what works for multinationals. But will it benefit SMEs?

Metrology News
Success for many manufacturers hinges on a handful of monumental periods in their history. For Iwasa Tech, a leading Japanese manufacturer of large cylindrical gears and straight and spiral bevel gears, that time was 2009. That year the company celebrated its 90th anniversary at a brand new facility in the port city of Chiba just outside Tokyo.

Modern Machine Shop
A sudden surge in orders for a part used in COVID diagnostic equipment forced CBM Industries to quickly adapt to its first horizontal machining center, including the challenges of fixturing and lights-out machining. 

Gear Technology
Schaeffler Vice President and Chief Technical Officer Jeff Hemphill is the new president of SAE International for 2021. Hemphill, whose one-year term officially began on January 20, was elected by the SAE International general membership.

Industrial Machinery Digest
Improved resiliency is a common goal for most manufacturers. Disruptive events can happen at any time, but the most resilient companies can recover from them faster. There are many ways to strengthen an organization, but manufacturers often rely on automation. Here are some of the benefits they frequently see while doing so.

Manufacturing Global
Breaking down BCG’s report, we identify what the automotive factory of the future will look like and what enables these smarter manufacturing processes.

Manufacturing.net
Metal shark. Loitering munitions. Collaborative swarming behaviors. That’s who and what this episode will cover, thanks to a recent agreement between the Marine Corps and Louisiana-based boat builder Metal Shark for a new type of long-distance, autonomous warship.

Forbes
As we move into a new decade, business leaders will look to leverage technology-enabled business transformations to make their operations more resilient against disruptions. Part of this effort includes looking at advances technologies and Industry 4.0 initiatives to enable future long-term success.