June 1 | 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | REGISTER
e-Drive gears differentiate from other gears in two essential ways: higher quality and the need for an excellent noise behavior. This webinar will showcase a totally new approach of gear inspection using Gleason’s newly developed GRSL (Gear Rolling System with Integrated Laser Technology). Due to the very high measuring speed and the high amount of measurement data, it is now possible for the first time to carry out up to 100% in process inspection, including a noise analysis and thus eliminating the traditional statistical process control. In addition, the system can easily be integrated into a cell, the Hard Finishing Cell.

June 21-23 – St. Louis, MO
Explore gear failure analysis in this hands-on seminar where students not only see slides of failed gears but can hold and examine those same field samples close up, with use of a microscope to examine field samples.

June 15 | 9:00 am
While still young, this year has already seen the launch of important new U.S. trade and tariff initiatives that will have a significant impact on U.S.-based bearing and gear manufacturers and consumers.  In this webinar, our panel of trade experts will explain these developments, how they will impact your business, and how you can be prepared to take advantage.

Space.com
AstroForge is young and very ambitious. The California-based startup, which was founded in January 2022, has come out of stealth mode, announcing that it aims to become the first-ever viable asteroid mining company.

Machine Design
Engineers at DOE’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have developed a battery that is well-suited for supporting the electric grid by storing energy for months without losing much to self-discharge.
The battery technology seems ideal for seasonal storage in which energy generated in one season is then used in another. 

Manufacturing.net
In part because e-commerce now helps manufacturers bypass traditional channels to reach consumers, more are adding direct-to-consumer (DTC) sales to their distribution plans. In addition to e-commerce, DTC can come in the form of outlet or factory stores, pop-ups or through a brand’s marquee stores.

Manufacturing.net
The Biden administration has released the lease terms for offshore wind projects that would place hundreds of turbines in California's coastal waters — the first such project off the nation's Pacific coast.
The two projects along the state's northern and central coasts are envisioned to generate up to 4.5 gigawatts of wind energy.

Mining.com
Elon Musk wants to mine it, China is scouring Tibet for it, battery makers are crying out for it. Lithium, the wonder metal at the heart of the global shift to electric cars, is in a full-blown crisis. Demand has outstripped supply, pushing prices up almost 500% in a year and hindering the world’s most successful effort yet to halt global warming.

EU-Startups
STILRIDE is a Stockholm-based startup that has developed a pioneering approach to environmentally-friendly mobility. Today, the company has just announced the launch of a parent company through which its "industrial origami" tech will be made accessible to designers, architects, manufacturers and engineers.

Gear Technology
According to the German DIN 8589 standards, the definition of grinding is “a machining process with geometrically undefined cutting edges.” That definition, while true in principle, would be false in practice if it were to suggest that grinding is an imprecise process. 

Modern Machine Shop
The company, under the leadership of its parent company DN Automotive, will be reborn as a total manufacturing solutions provider through identifying and investing new growth opportunities.

Gear Technology
There’s a complacency some machine operators can contract over time, when presented with a new product or machine tool workaround. These  advancements don’t necessarily frighten, it’s more a case that when an operation works well it’s advantageous to leave well enough alone. While many engineers prefer to keep things simple, safe and risk-free, occasionally a new technology offers a unique opportunity to increase productivity.

Gear Solutions
There are numerous metal cutting technologies available to OEMs, including  everything from oxyfuel cutting and plasma cutting, all the way through to laser cutting, punching, stamping and EDM.  Some of the “less common” metal processing technologies suffer from an inability to process a significant number of materials, or they do not provide the accuracy and precision that is increasingly demanded.

Power Transmission Engineering
The latest trends and emerging technologies in areas like robotics, automation, mechatronics and motion control will be on-hand at Automate 2022 in Detroit. PTE provides a preview of some of the products that will be available on the show floor in June.

Protocol
A major change is coming, one that will be felt from the factory floor to the boardroom. Along with the shift from global outsourcing models to regionalized supply chains, the next milestone for manufacturers is the adoption of intelligent automation solutions that enable greater flexibility, resiliency and higher ROI.

Bloomberg
Toyota Motor Corp. looks poised to repeat as the world’s largest automaker for a third straight year, having outsold Volkswagen AG by more than 1 million vehicles through April.

Automotive Powertrain Technology International
Stellantis and Samsung are set to establish an electric-vehicle battery manufacturing facility in Kokomo, Indiana. Targeted to start production in 2025, the plant aims to have an initial annual production capacity of 23GWh, increasing to 33GWh in the following few years. The total capacity will increase further as demand for Stellantis electric vehicles is expected to rise.

Space News
When space companies began adopting additive manufacturing, the process was deemed high risk and reserved for relatively straightforward parts like satellite brackets. Now, spacecraft developers are more likely to print sophisticated engine nozzles and other complex spacecraft components.

Automotive Powertrain Technology International
Nidec has announced plans to construct a factory for its E-Axle traction motor system in the city of Pinghu, Zhejiang Province, in China. The new factory — which will also produce E-Axle-related components such as inverters and gears — is to be Nidec’s fifth traction motor-related production site, and the fourth E-Axle assembly plant, in China.