Want to learn more about 3D metal printing? Join us as we walk on the RAPID show floor and talk with those in the industry. We had great success doing this in 2019 and are excited to do it again. AGMA is actively engaging with exhibitors to have 12-15 stops on our tour where you will learn about many different types of printers and materials currently in use in metal 3D printing. Exhibitors will speak directly to the gear industry audience with targeted information. SME is providing AGMA attendees with discounts on other parts of the show. Attendees will also get lunch during a post-tour debrief. There is a very limited number of slots available!
To learn more, email doran@agma.org.

AGMA announced the incoming members of the Board of Directors at their 2022 Annual Meeting. The incoming Board will serve from 2022 to 2025.

AGMA is in the early planning stages for a comprehensive review, and possible revision, of the widely popular high-speed gearing standard, ANSI/AGMA 6011: Specification for High-Speed Helical Gear Units. ANSI/AGMA 6011 covers the special requirements in design, rating and application of enclosed helical gear drives where pitch line velocity exceeds 35 meters per second or rotational speeds exceed 4,500 rpm. If you manufacture or purchase gearboxes at those high speeds, you are a stakeholder in the industrial high-speed gearing industry. To help with this undertaking, and to maximize consensus throughout the industry, AGMA is inviting participation from all stakeholders in the industry.
Contact tech@agma.org

AGMA will host its annual Gear Market Report webinar bringing S&P (formerly IHS Markit) economists to this industry forum. This is free for AGMA members.

In this webinar, we’ll cover a few case studies on how machine shops and high-mix-low-volume manufacturers started their Industry 4.0 journey, as well as potential pitfalls to avoid and best practices for success. 

May 17-19 | St. Augustine, FL | REGISTER
Course Description:
While function and rating are important factors in a successful gear design, to be truly optimal and successful, the gear designer must also design the gears to be manufactured and inspected. In the Gear Manufacturing and Inspection course, we will address key factors in a wide variety of manufacturing and inspection processes to enable the gear designer to better design optimal gears considering both rating and the necessary manufacturing and inspection processes to produce the gears as designed.
This course includes a tour of Riley Gear in St. Augustine, FL. It is also IACET Accredited and worth 2.0 CEUs.

Gear Technology
In order to maintain a leading position in the development and manufacture of transmission for high-performance vehicles, Tremec – founded in 1954 – began the development of a dual-clutch transmission (DCT) for the North American and European automobile market.

Press Release
Forest City Gear, an industry-leading manufacturer of fine and medium pitch custom gears, is proud to announce the appointment of Kika Young as President of the company. Kika Young looks forward to building upon the legacy of her parents, Fred and Wendy Young.

Dronelife
Safety avionics technology company Iris Automation has received a waiver for Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) autonomous operations on behalf of the City of Reno, a participant in the FAA’s BEYOND program, for the use of its Casia G ground-based solution. This is the second waiver Iris Automation has been granted on behalf of the City of Reno’s Fire Department, having obtained another just last month for autonomous flight with its Casia X.

Engine Technology International
Mercedes-Benz has launched the third generation of tis OM 471 heavy-duty engine, which is available to order and will be available from late 2022. According to the manufacturer, the engine has been comprehensively revised, to reduce both emissions and running costs.

Press Release
BorgWarner Inc. announced that it has completed its acquisition of Santroll Automotive Components, a carve-out of Santroll’s eMotor business. The acquisition is expected to strengthen BorgWarner’s vertical integration, scale, and portfolio breadth in light vehicle e-motors while allowing for increased speed to market.

Today’s eMobility
Tata Elxsi, a design and technology services provider, and Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced their collaboration on a design center in Bangalore that will develop targeted solutions for electric vehicles (EV). The new Next Generation EV Innovation Center (NEVIC) was opened in January of this year.

Bloomberg
The U.S. automaker walked away from India last year after racking up billions in losses. Now its plants may get a new lease of life.

Supply Chain Brain
If there’s one thing we’ve learned over the past two years, it’s not to take our supply chains for granted. The pressures on manufacturers are significant and growing: a shrinking labor pool, higher turnover, severe material shortages, increased global competition and more. Whether you manufacture food, pharmaceuticals or automobiles, the long tail of the supply chain is becoming increasingly complex, with the potential to introduce significant risk to the organization. This is especially true with a large base of suppliers. Supply chain executives are increasingly investing in resilience measures, although many manufacturers report that balancing operational efficiency, costs and resilience is like walking a tight rope.

Modern Machine Shop
The Gardner Business Index: Metalworking saw expanding activity in new orders, production and backlog a slightly increased rates in March.

Mining.com
Is zinc going to be the next nickel? Even as the London Metal Exchange (LME) tries to reassemble to pieces of its broken nickel contract, there are signs that zinc could be the next metal market to find itself in turmoil.

Press Release
Fives North American Combustion, Inc. has released its flagship Industry 4.0 product for the forging and heat treatment markets. The North American CertiFire® is a first-of-its-kind IIoT device for automatic combustion system tuning.

Manufacturing Business Technology
Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin successfully performed the final full-scale ground test of the abort motor for NASA’s Orion spacecraft Launch Abort System (LAS) at Northrop Grumman’s Promontory test facility on March 31, 2022.

New Atlas
NASA has signed up to test SpinLaunch’s extraordinary whirl ‘n hurl space launch technology, which accelerates a launch vehicle to hypersonic speeds using an electric centrifuge arm instead of a rocket, hurling it skyward like a space discus.

Today’s eMobility
Juice Technology AG, producer of electric charging stations and software and the market leader in mobile charging stations for electric vehicles, released insights into the top trends influencing electric vehicle (EV) adoption in the U.S. market during 2022.

Press Release
General Motors and Honda today announced plans to expand the two companies’ relationship to a new chapter by codeveloping a series of affordable electric vehicles based on a new global architecture using next-generation Ultium battery technology.

Press Release
GM Canada announced it will start production at Canada’s first full-scale electric-vehicle manufacturing plant in Ingersoll, Ontario, later this year. In addition, at Oshawa Assembly, GM Canada will add light-duty pickup production and a third shift, creating more than 2,600 new jobs since operations resumed at the plant.