Join our IHS Markit economists as they take us through the latest industry numbers and discuss important trend lines. This will be a significant presentation as we examine where manufacturing is rebounding. The economists will walk AGMA members through the macro and industry outlook. We have asked our experts to also spend some time on the materials handling sector as that sector expanded as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. And we want to make sure that members understand the numbers in this important end-user market space.

With the support of a unique and powerful consortium of technology companies, the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) investigated the state of Industry X in automotive. They have recently released the report State of Industry X in Automotive. Brett Smith, Director of Technology at CAR, and the lead author of the paper, will join us to provide an in-depth information session on what they discovered. This is relevant to not only those in auto but anyone who wants to learn more about how technology is being used to transform industries.

A good understanding of individual failure modes and the failure scenarios that led to the actual system failure is an essential skill to designing gear/bearing systems that will operate properly for their full design life. In this course, we will define and explain the nature of many gear and bearing failures and we will also discuss and describe various actual failure scenarios. In addition, a detailed primer on bearing technology prefaces the failure scenario discussions. You will gain a better understanding of various types of gears and bearings. Learn about the limitation and capabilities of rolling element bearings and the gears that they support. Grasp an understanding of how to properly apply the best gear-bearing combination to any gearbox from simple to complex.

Designed for engineers and scientists in the rolling element bearing and bower transmission industries who desire a more fundamental knowledge of the lubrication, friction and wear sciences.

Manufacturing.net
Consider: It takes one to four weeks for a supplier to process a PO from a customer. That is the same amount of time it typically takes to ship goods from China to the U.S. Our global data handling is so poor that data which should move at the speed of light instead looks like a container ship crossing the largest ocean on the planet. Poor data handling is restricting the flexibility of our supply chains.

Power Transmission Engineering
An e-Mobility conversation with Jeff Hemphill, Vice President and CTO at Schaeffler Group North America. 

Power Transmission Engineering
Fretting is a type of wear that occurs in the presence of a small movement between machine components. The small movement could be observed in parts that are not intended to move, and also parts where limited movement is allowed by design. Bolted joints, hollow-bore-shaft mating area, keyways, turbine blade roots, bearing races, shrink fitted and press fitted parts are examples of where unintended movement occurs. And flexible coupling, splines, cams, leaf springs are components that are allowed to have limited internal movement. 

Press release
Ultium Cells, LLC, a joint venture of LG Energy Solution and General Motors, today announced a more than $2.3 billion investment to build its second battery cell manufacturing plant in the United States. The facility will be located in Spring Hill, Tennessee.

New Jersey Magazine
Ocean Wind, a joint venture between Ørsted and PSEG, the developers of New Jersey’s first offshore wind project, and steel pipe manufacturer EEW, are one step closer to opening New Jersey’s first offshore wind manufacturing facility, breaking ground on the EEW monopile manufacturing facility at the Port of Paulsboro Marine Terminal in Gloucester County. The start of construction marks a significant milestone in delivering the largest industrial offshore wind manufacturing facility in the U.S. to date.

Gear Technology
The AGMA Technical Division recently announced the following publications: ANSI/AGMA 6000-C20, Specification for Measurement of Linear Vibration on Gear Units. (Replaces ANSI/AGMA 6000-96) This standard presents a method for the measurement of linear vibrations on a gear unit. Instrumentation, measuring methods, test procedures and discrete frequency vibration limits are recommended for acceptance testing to confirm integrity. An annex which lists system effects on gear unit vibration and responsibility is also provided.

Gear Technology
GWJ Technology GmbH has added another CAD functionality to the web-based calculation software eAssistant and the software application TBK for gear manufacturing and mechanical engineering. The new feature supports the export of gears as 3D STEP or IGES files directly from the calculation.

Modern Machine Shop
Mergers, acquisitions and other ownership changes are an effect of Boomer-age shop owners retiring, but only in part. Also important: The way we think about machining has changed.

New Equipment Digest
Global logistics provider GEODIS recently partnered with Phantom Auto to develop a forklift truck that can be controlled from a distance. This innovative program is aimed at improving comfort and safety while also creating job opportunities for people with physical disabilities and others that are historically underrepresented in the logistics industry.

Manufacturing.net
Volkswagen, Ford and Chinese brands unveiled new SUVs for China on Monday at the Shanghai auto show, the industry’s biggest marketing event in a year overshadowed by the coronavirus pandemic. Automakers are looking to China, the biggest auto market by sales volume and the first major economy to rebound from the pandemic, to propel a revival in demand and reverse multibillion-dollar losses.

Manufacturing.net
The rankings only include companies with global revenues above $2B and holding minimum market shares in the top 15 global markets. 

Mining.com
Australian lithium miners Galaxy Resources and Orocobre have agreed to a merger that would create a $3.1 billion company, set to be the world’s fifth largest producer of lithium chemicals, the refined form of the raw material used to make electric vehicle (EV) batteries.

MIT Technology Review
Later this decade, NASA astronauts are expected to touch down on the lunar surface for the first time in decades. When they do, according to an announcement made by the agency, they’ll be riding inside SpaceX’s Starship vehicle. 

ThomasNet
Although TMX numbers continue to climb, the pace is slowing. In February, TMX was up 20%, and in March it continued upward at about half that pace at 9.5%. Now this month, the pace is not even half of what it was last month.

ThomasNet
As factories continue to become “smarter” through utilizing the Internet of Things, automation, and general interconnectivity, the role of cybersecurity has likewise grown. And according to a new report examining cyber threats to manufacturers, related incidents are actually the norm. Cybersecurity software firm Trend Micro released a new whitepaper on March 29 based upon the results of a survey of 500 information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) departments at large manufacturing companies, conducted throughout November 2020.

New Atlas
Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky Aircraft’s S-97 Raider advanced prototype helicopter has shown off its agility in two demonstration flights for the US Army at the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. With Sikorsky pilots, the Raider carried out low-level maneuvers and high-speed runs on April 13 and 15.