AGMA member David Hegenbarth, President of Federal Gear has recently implemented MachineMetrics onto his shop floor. Join us as we have a discussion with him and Graham Immerman, VP of Marketing at MachineMetrics on how IIoT is working in practice in our industry. If you ever thought about bringing in IIoT – this is a much watch. And its FREE!

 

This webinar will survey recent developments in trade secrets protection and enforcement and issues impacting the bearing and gear industries.

We will discuss the basic types of reverse engineering projects (e.g. upgrading an existing system to increase power or extend operating life or improve noise level; replacing gear that has simply reached the end of its otherwise successful useful life; emergency, short term, interim gear replacement resulting from an unexpected failure; responding to a system that is not providing acceptable performance, etc.). The need for understanding the operation of the system in which the gears will be used, the conditions that led to the need for the project and especially, the specific nature of the failure that occurred, if that is the reason for the project, are key, often ignored, elements of the process.

This presentation will review the basics of grease selection from an end user's perspective. Starting with a review of the application's parameters (speed, load, temperature, environment and bearing type), the module will cover choosing base oil viscosity and type, choosing a thickener, and other application considerations. The dangers of grease incompatibility will be discussed, along with the pros and cons of compatibility charts and lab testing. The new NLGI High-Performance multiuse(HPM) grease specifications will also be covered. 

SME
Manufacturing added 15,000 jobs in June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said. But the manufacturing employment picture was mixed. Durable goods industries added 18,000 jobs, according to a breakdown by industry issued by the bureau. Non-durable goods industries cut 3,000 jobs.

Institute for Supply Management
Economic activity in the manufacturing sector grew in June, with the overall economy notching a 13th consecutive month of growth, say the nation’s supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business^®.

Reuters
Canadian factory activity grew at the slowest pace in four months in June as materials shortages persisted and inflation pressures rose, but the rate of expansion remained vigorous. 

 

Manufacturing Business Technology
According to the Department of Justice, auto parts supplier Tupy agreed to restructure its acquisition of Teksid after DOJ raised concerns that the merger would result in higher prices and reduced quality and timeliness of production for crucial components used in heavy-duty engines.

IoT for All
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is most commonly applied in manufacturing to improve overall equipment efficiency (OEE) and first-pass yield in production. Over time, manufacturers can use AI to increase uptime and improve quality and consistency, allowing for better forecasting. As with many components of digitation, AI implementation can seem overwhelming. Concerns about how to effectively use and manage billions of data points generated by intuitive computing power and their connected machines are common amongst manufacturers.

Manufacturing Business Technology
Tesla says it delivered 201,250 electric vehicles in the second quarter as it overcame a global computer chip shortage that has hit nearly every automaker. The sales figures fell a bit short of Wall Street estimates of 207,000 vehicles, according to data provider FactSet. But it was better than first-quarter sales of 185,000 and put the company on a path to double last year’s annual deliveries of just under 500,000.

TCT Magazine
New Zealand-based track car manufacturer Rodin Cars is using 3D Systems’ metal additive manufacturing technology to produce hundreds of bespoke parts for its soon-to-be-released hypercar, the Rodin FZero, including a first-of-its kind 8-speed sequential gearbox.

Tech Xplore
Additive manufacturing has the potential to create parts or products on demand in manufacturing, automotive engineering and even in outer space. However, it’s a challenge to know in advance how a 3D printed object will perform, now and in the future. A group is trying to address this challenge using machine learning. They are using deep learning and neural networks to predict the outcomes of complex processes involved in additive manufacturing.

Press release
Optomec, an established leader in additive manufacturing solutions for 3D Metal Printing and 3D Printed Electronics, has received new patents covering the use of Aerosol Jet for producing 3D micro-structures. This novel capability enables the production of miniature elements with a resolution down to 15 micron features. The capability has been demonstrated for a range of materials, including polymers, metals and composite structures.

Bloomberg
California-based Turntide Technologies, which makes electric motors, raised $225 million and acquired three companies to speed up its route to market. The latest cash injection comes just months after Turtide closed an $80 million round. 

 

 

Manufacturing Today
In a recently held webinar, experts spoke abut a $7 trillion addition to the U.S. GDP, $700 billion addition to the German GDP and a $1.8 trillion addition to the Chinese GDP by the year 2030, through the Indian adoption of IIoT.

The Verge
General Motors has struck a deal with a mining company to source lithium from geothermal deposits in the U.S. The automaker is making a “multi-million dollar” investment in Australia’s Controlled Thermal Resources (CTR) to bolster the mining firm’s efforts to extract lithium from California’s Salton Sea Geothermal Field.

Metal Powder Industries Federation press release
The winners in the 2021 Powder Metallurgy (PM) Design Excellence Awards competition, sponsored by the Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF), demonstrate outstanding examples of PM’s diversity. From electric vehicles to golf putters, these components use PM’s flexibility to push forward new concepts and process controls to demonstrate the inexhaustible well of capabilities PM can marshal in the service of component design. Designers continue to choose PM for complex and critical applications such as automotive, medical devices, consumer products, hardware and more.

Automation World
As prices come down and business landscape changes, automation is becoming increasingly popular for small manufacturers in the high-mix, low-volume space. This video discusses this in more detail.

 

 

Manufacturing Global
Designed by digital engineers at the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC), Factory+ provides manufacturers with an open framework to standardize and simplify the way data is extracted, transported, stored, processed, consumed and protected.