Emerging Tech
Developing materials for additive: QuesTek Innovations’ Ferrium C64
November 10, 1:00pm Eastern

IIoT: Predictive Maintenance – from issue observation to resolution with Nikola Labs
December 1, 1:00pm

Trade
Proposed EU carbon border tax measures and China’s Emission Trading Program
November 17, 1:00 pm

Technology is fundamentally changing the way manufacturing is done. The gear industry is faced with emerging trends and innovation that is challenging engineers to stay on course with cutting-edge technology to keep design, quality, materials and analysis efficient. It is imperative that researchers and gear engineers communicate ideas with fellow experts in the field. AGMA’s Annual Fall Technical Meeting (FTM) is the perfect forum in which to share research and to disperse knowledge for the benefit of the industry at a global level. Deadline for submission is Jan 14, 2022.

January 18-20, 2022 | Clearwater Beach, FL
Gain a solid and fundamental understanding of gear geometry, types and arrangements, and design principles. Starting with the basic definitions of gears, conjugate motion, and the Laws of Gearing, learn the tools needed to understand the inter-relation and coordinated motion operating within gear pairs and multi-gear trains. Basic gear system design process and gear measurement and inspection techniques will also be explained. In addition, the fundamentals of understanding the step-wise process of working through the iterative design process required to generate a gear pair will be reviewed. Learn the steps and issues involved in design refinement and some manufacturing considerations. An explanation of basic gear measurement techniques, how measurement equipment and test machines implement these techniques, and how to interpret the results from these basic measurements will also be covered.

Manufacturing.net
Velo3D teamed with IMI Critical Engineering to provide a major operator with additively manufactured components for field service.

Engine Technology + Powertrain
U.S.-based NI, a developer of automated test and measurement systems, has announced two new offerings it says will enhance testing environments and workflows for electric vehicle (EV) traction inverter validation: a new inverter test system (ITS) and a collaboration agreement with D&V Electronics for power-level inverter tests.

Press Release
SME, a non-profit professional association dedicated to advancing manufacturing and CESMII – the Smart Manufacturing Institute, are partnering to drive smart manufacturing further and faster by aligning their resources and educating the industry, helping companies boost productivity, build a strong talent pipeline and reduce manufacturers’ carbon footprint.

 

Today’s Motor Vehicles
Polish company, Fanar, a manufacturer of solid round tools, will become part of the offering from Seco, enhancing their solid threading products.

Electrek
Hyundai Motor Group recently shared plans to begin manufacturing its Genesis GV70 EV in the U.S., beginning in 2022.

 

 

National Association of Manufacturers
Following the U.S. House of Representatives’ passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, National Association of Manufacturers President and CEO Jay Timmons released a statement.

Gear Technology
Festo SE & Co. KG has presented its gearbox supplier Neugart with the “Festo Supplier Elite Award 2021.” For the virtual event, the jury particularly emphasized the importance of quality and delivery reliability “even in times of unrest and multiple challenges.”

Supply Chain Brain
Among the explanations cited for the country’s incredible shrinking labor force this year was the extension of federal unemployment benefits, which supposedly served as a disincentive for going back to work. When that generous assistance ran out in September, the thinking went, the resumes would come flowing in.

 

 

 

 

Engine Technology International
ClearFlame Engine Technologies announced that it has secured $17 million in Series A financing, enabling commercialization of the company’s engine technology for the long-haul trucking, agriculture, and power generation sectors. The company’s technology enables low-carbon, renewable fuels such as ethanol to be integrated into diesel engine platforms, offering a solution that the company claims offers lower emissions than diesel fuel at a lower cost.

Supply Chain Management Review
As robotics become more widely deployed and some operations begin to use fleets from multiple vendors, more of the talk is about software-related issues like integration and less on the workings of the robot hardware itself.

 

 

 

America Makes
America Makes and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) announced today the availability of a Gaps Progress Report, tracking efforts by standards developing organizations and others to address the gaps identified in the Standardization Roadmap for Additive Manufacturing (version 2.0, June 2018), published by the America Makes and ANSI Additive Manufacturing Standardization Collaborative (AMSC).

Press release
Siemens Gamesa has been named Nominated Preferred Supplier by Vattenfall for the 3.6 GW Norfolk offshore wind power projects in the U.K. The agreement includes the potential deployment of the new SG 14-236 DD offshore wind turbines and a multi-year service agreement. Located between 47-72 km off the English east coast, the agreement encompasses Vattenfall’s Norfolk Vanguard and Norfolk Boreas projects. Each park has a capacity of 1.8 GW.

Reuters
The U.S. Transportation Department is planning to offer an additional $184 million in payroll assistance to 158 more aviation manufacturing businesses.

New Atlas
U.S.-based Wright Electric has announced a 100-seat, electric short-hop aircraft slated to go into service by 2026. It will either be powered by hydrogen, or will use recyclable metal in what the company calls an “aluminum fuel cell.”

Modern Machine Shop
For Major Tool & Machine in its 75th anniversary year, confronting the skills gap involves a systemized approach focused on automation, and developing and retaining talent.