AGMA has recently announced new memberships from esco, GmbH, Wenzel America, Engineering Drive Solutions, Toyota Material Handling and United Gear & Machine Company.

Check out the whole line up of live gear-industry education at the Motion + Power Technology Expo, September 14-16 in St. Louis, MO. The classes that are being offered include: Why Bearings are damaged; Modern automated gear quality assessment technology; Design basics for spur and helical gears; Forging 101; Basics of Gearing; External spur and helical gear mesh contact analysis; and Materials selection and heat treatment of gears.

The goal of the AGMA Emerging Technology committees is to identify, investigate and inform AGMA members of Emerging Technologies that may disrupt or significantly impact the power transmission industry. As we enter our fourth year of work in this space, join us for an overview of what we have accomplished and a roadmap of where we hope to go next.

Explore gear grinding processes, machine kinematics and set-up, pitfalls, failures and expectations related to finish ground gearing. Learn definitions of gearing component features, process steps from blanking, through heat treatment to finished part ready to ship. Study aspects of quality assurance, inspection documentation and corrective actions for measured non-conformances. Understand pre-heat treat, heat treatment and post-heat treatment operations including the hows and whys to produce finished gears that conform and perform to end user expectations.

Engine + Powertrain Technology International
In February 2021, Daimler Truck and Cummins announced the pair would enter a global strategic partnership for the development and production of medium-duty engines. Following the establishment of the agreement and its framework, both companies have now signed to enter the partnership.

Gear Technology
EMUGE-FRANKEN USA and GROB Systems, Inc. recently announced that the two industry-leading companies have formed a strategic partnership. The synergistic alignment of EMUGE-FRANKEN, a high-performance cutting tools manufacturer, and GROB, a highly-innovative CNC machining centers manufacturer, provides powerful, advanced 5-Axis solutions, expertise and support.

Aerospace Manufacturing
The 215,000 sq ft digitally-enhanced factory located at USAF’s Plant 42 in Palmsdale, California, will incorporate smart manufacturing components like robotics, artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented reality to embrace the Internet of Things.

Press Release
Desktop Metal, Inc. and The ExOne Company announced they have entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which Desktop Metal will acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of ExOne common stock.

Manufacturing.net
Three companies have come together to build a $40 million factory in North Alabama to supply steel parts to auto manufacturers. The factory is the product of Toyota Tsusho America, Inc., Southern Mobility Products and SteelSummit Holdings.

Engine + Powertrain Technology International
Škoda has announced that its new Fabia will launch with five engines from Volkswagen Group’s latest EVO generation. Delivering outputs ranging from 65ps to 150ps, all five units comply with the Euro 6d emissions standard. The most powerful engine to feature in the new Fabia is the 1.5-liter TSI with 150ps. This is mated to a 7-speed DSG.

Forbes
It’s fast. It’s exciting. And it’s all electric. ABB FIA Formula E World Championship is the new motorsport in town. Around only since 2014, this racing event is similar to Formula 1 in many respects. The competition takes place in the city centers of some of the most iconic places in the world. And the cars are single-seat, open-cockpit, open-wheel speed machines.

Mining.com
Re|Source, a solution to trace responsibly produced cobalt from mine to electric vehicle (EV), is moving forward with a pilot project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) jointly developed with EV giant Tesla. The program is being tested in real operating conditions at multiple on-site pilots, including the DRC and Europe, Re|Source said, with further pilots in Asia and the U.S. planned to start later this year.

Markets Insider
New York manufacturing activity saw significantly slower growth in the month of August, according to a report released by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, on Monday. The New York Fed said its general business conditions index plunged to 18.3 in August from 43.0 in July. While a positive reading still indicates growth, economists had expected the index to show a much more modest drop to 30.0.

Industry Week
A meeting of the minds is a good place to start when trying to attract future workers into your company. But that is often harder than it sounds given that many times the desires of the workers aren’t aligned with a company’s culture. And it’s not a matter of ignoring the needs of the other, but more likely a matter of not knowing what is important to the other.

Gear Solutions
By using 3D AI, designers of industrial and gear equipment can see virtual specs of the design and also observe how it will function in the physical world.

Manufacturing Global
The adoption of AI-powered automation is helping businesses liberate employees from routine tasks so they focus on more strategic work. However, new research from IBM shows that its use across Europe isn’t uniform. Those enterprises that hesitate risk losing out to their more agile competitors.

Smart Industry
Deloitte and Wichita State University are helping companies accelerate their digital transformations with their new immersive smart factory experiences, demonstrating how manufacturers can embrace the next level of technological innovation.

Automotive World
The automotive and industrial supplier Schaeffler is presenting innovative components and systems at IAA Mobility 2021 under the motto “On Track to Sustainable Mobility.” In addition to efficient bearing and damper solutions for hybrid transmissions, the company is presenting new releases in the form of an 800-volt power electronics system and a highly integrated thermal management system. 

Industry Week
A report released August 12 by the National Association of Manufacturers and the Ernst & Young consulting firm’s economic group found that proposed changes to a section of the 2017 tax code covering revenue earned abroad could result in up to a million jobs lost and $20 billion in lost economic activity.

Gear Solutions
Pulse plasma nitriding systems can deliver more uniform case-hardening and increase speed of processing when treating high-wear parts. In the gear manufacturing industry, when case-hardening, tempering or nitriding the surface of steel, whether for gears or gearboxes, the options have traditionally included one of three processes: carburizing, salt-bath nitrocarburizing, or gas nitriding.