Ferrium^® C64^® steel is a novel ultra-high-performance gear steel that was designed and commercialized by QuesTek Innovations. C64 steel allows for increases in power density and light weighting of gears, and it has begun displacing AISI 9310 and Alloy X53 steel in demanding applications such as high-performance racing and next generation helicopter gear boxes. QuesTek recently completed a multi-year project to demonstrate C64 steel in additive manufacturing processing. Free for members.

This course provides the heat treat operator and operations team, the means to perform the heat treatment of steel gears in a manner that meets the AGMA and customer requirements in a safe and efficient manner.  The course identifies the key requirements for proper processing.  Sufficient metallurgical background is provided to allow the student to identify how this information relates to the required processing and properties of the gear.

Join us in Rosemont, IL, November 2-3, for our FTM back live and in-person. As with all meetings with international speakers we will have a combination at this event. Hear about the latest innovations in the gear industry with some live, in-person presentations and some pre-recorded presentations from all over the world.

AGMA has partnered with Interact Analysis (IA) to provide AGMA members with a report, the MIO Tracker – Manufacturing Industry Output – Global Industry and Machinery Production Data and Forecasts. This 60-page report is available for free to all AGMA members. Download instructions are below. IA is a leader providing information on Industrial Automation, Robotics & Warehousing, and Commercial Vehicles – three areas that are critical to the gear industry. 

Reuters
Textron Inc. launched two Cessna business jets as it looks to tap the corporate travel demand that has rebounded strongly from pandemic lows. 

Manufacturing Global
At an event celebrating Hon Hai Tech Day, Foxconn unveiled three EV prototypes: an SUV, a sedan and a bus. The company expects its EV portfolio to be worth $35B in five years time.

Press Release
VoloDrone conducted its first public flight at ITS World Congress 2021. Together with the international logistics leader DB Schenker, Volocopter — the pioneer of urban air mobility — demonstrated VoloDrone’s seamless integration into the logistics supply chain with an end-to-end cargo transport demonstration. The partners showed their significant progress together since DB Schenker became a strategic investor of Volocopter in early 2020.

Gear Solutions
This paper serves to confirm the principal possibility of crack detection in green powder metallurgy parts using laser vibrometry regardless of the crack location in the part and using integral vibration spectra on a PM part as a function of vibration intensity.

Manufacturing.net
Nikola announced a collaboration with PGT Trucking, an international multi-service flatbed transportation company, to advance electric drive heavy-duty transport. The collaboration includes a Letter of Intent to lease 100 Nikola Tre heavy-duty fuel cell electric vehicles following the satisfactory completion of a Nikola Tre FCEV demonstration program under terms to be agreed to between the parties.

Forbes
It’s no secret that companies worldwide have seen enormous supply chain disruptions in the last 18 months: microchip shortages, cyberattacks causing delays in meat production and many other everyday items being “currently out of stock,” to name a few. These disruptions have wreaked havoc on our supply chains, leaving consumers and distributors alike both frustrated and eager for solutions. Adding to these disruptions is a national labor shortage that is also affecting the supply chain contributing to bottlenecks in getting products to consumers.

Materials Today
In the past few decades, metal 3D printing has spearheaded efforts to create custom parts with intricate shapes and high functionality. But as additive manufacturers have utilized more metal alloys for their 3D printing needs, so they have faced challenges in creating uniform, defect-free parts.

Government Technology
Amazon’s newest warehouse, with more robots than ever, brings America closer to an automated future when machines do all the work of moving everything from groceries to laptops from makers to users. And do it faster.

Press release
Caterpillar Inc., is creating the position of chief sustainability & strategy officer, enhancing its environmental, social and governance-related disclosures and tying a portion of executive compensation to ESG. These actions reflect stakeholder feedback and illustrate the company’s longstanding commitment to sustainability.

Press release
MAHLE Powertrain, the development service provider of automotive supplier MAHLE, is supporting Liebherr Machines Bulle SA in their research aimed at developing hydrogen-fueled internal combustion engines. Their work involves the use of MAHLE’s prechamber jet ignition system. Engine tests have shown that by using this technology, the mixture of hydrogen and air can be ignited and burned at a high compression ratio, which makes the combustion process very efficient and stable. This paves the way for hydrogen generated in climate-neutral processes to be used in heavy-duty and off-road applications, such as excavators, track vehicles and wheeled loaders.

Federal Reserve press release
Industrial production fell 1.3% in September after moving down 0.1% in August; output was previously reported to have risen 0.4% in August. In September, manufacturing output decreased 0.7%: The production of motor vehicles and parts fell 7.2%, as shortages of semiconductors continued to hobble operations, while factory output elsewhere declined 0.3%. The output of utilities dropped 3.6%, as demand for cooling subsided after a warmer-than-usual August. Mining production fell 2.3%.

Mining.com
ING Economics has published a new report in which its experts predict what the ongoing energy transition might bring for five key metals: copper, aluminum, nickel, cobalt and lithium.

TCT Mag
While not back to pre-Covid levels, shipments grew by +61% for industrial class (machines costing 100K USD+) and by +43% for those in the Design class (20K-100K USD), the two segments which were the most negatively impacted by pandemic-related disruptions last year.

Mining.com
Mining investor Pallinghurst Group will acquire a 19.2% stake in electric-vehicle battery metal miner Talon Metals Corp for about $80.2 million, as it looks to tap the opportunity arising from growing demand for EVs to cut carbon emissions.

Press release
Intellyx, the first and only analyst firm dedicated to digital transformation, has announced that MachineMetrics has won the 2021 Digital Innovator Award.

TCT Mag
Desktop Metal has qualified nickel-chromium superalloy, nickel alloy IN625 for 3D printing on its Production System. Credited for its high strength, resistance to corrosion and oxidation, weldability and ability to withstand extreme temperatures, the material is expected to appeal to industries such as aerospace, marine, power generation and chemical processing for the additive manufacture of hydraulics, turbine blades, internal combustion blocks and valve bodies.

Forbes
The success of any Industry 4.0 or smart manufacturing project is completely dependent on the business benefits it produces. The project can be under budget, ahead of schedule and deploy the newest and most advanced technology, but if it doesn’t provide benefits to the business, then ultimately, it’s a failure.

Engine + Powertrain Technology International
Heavy-duty engine manufacturer Cummins says it has developed a 15-liter natural gas engine for trucks, the introduction of which it sees as an important part of a wider strategy to reduce the emissions of its products.