AGMA
The new Motion + Power Technology Expo (MPT Expo), formerly Gear Expo, has announced its inaugural event in October 2019. This unique trade show and conference will bring 4,000 professionals looking for technical solutions from across the Mechanical Power Transmission, Fluid Power and Electrical Drive industries for three days of educational sessions, networking and a full exhibit hall featuring industry leading companies. Motion + Power Technology Expo will take place at the Cobo Center in Detroit, MI, October 15-17, 2019 and is owned and operated by The American Gear Manufacturers Association (AGMA).

Mining Technology
Technological advances in the areas of artificial intelligence, automation and blockchain are beginning to permeate the age-old profession. Mining Technology asks industry experts to give their insight into how such developments will shape the future of mining.

AGMA
Register for next month’s SRN event in Detroit, October 17-18. The event will have a full day of presentations and discussion of next generation products - with AGMA member Meritor, workforce issues and innovation. On day two, join us for the morning at FANUC, with a tour of their facility and presentations by key staff, and spend the afternoon with us at LIFT’s new High Bay facility downtown. Complete details are available on the AGMA website.

Manufacturing.net
Asset maintenance managers are often forced to fill multiple roles, from supervising repairs and preventive maintenance to inventorying assets and projecting their lifespans. As digitalization sweeps through industries, balancing the multiple pressures of the job can be difficult. Fortunately, technology can help streamline processes, providing the insights needed to make well-informed decisions about asset investments.

Manufacturing.net
After less than two years and a precipitous decline at General Electric, John Flannery has been ousted as chairman and CEO at the century-old company. Flannery took over for longtime CEO Jeff Immelt in June 2017 with the company trying to re-establish its industrial roots, albeit a high-tech version of itself.

Manufacturing Global
August proved particularly fruitful with 118 aircrafts, most of which consisted of Airbus A320s and Boeing 737s, delivered in what was the most successful month this year so far. It has meant that expectations have increased that British aircraft deliveries could achieve a new annual production record.

Forbes
Fascinating insights from an article McKinsey published this month, exploring how the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is redefining industrial equipment and machinery manufacturing. The study shows how smart machines are the future of manufacturing, exploring how IIoT platforms are enabling greater machine-level autonomy and intelligence.

Today’s Motor Vehicles
As part of a partnership between the Volvo Group, California’s South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD), and industry leaders in transportation and electrical charging infrastructure, Volvo Trucks will introduce all-electric truck demonstrators in California next year and commercialize them in North America in 2020.

MarketWatch
The Institute for Supply Management said Monday that its manufacturing index fell to a reading of 59.8 percent in September from 61.3 percent. Economists polled by MarketWatch expected a reading of 60.7 percent. Any reading above 50 percent indicates improving conditions.

Bloomberg
U.S. and global manufacturing are trending in opposite directions. The J.P. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI posted a 22-month low in September, declining for the eighth out of nine months this year, while manufacturing in the U.S. rose to a four-month high, according to IHS Market survey data.

Popular Mechanics
One thing about airplanes — especially ones that fly from aircraft carriers, where they’re battered by saltwater and tough deck landings — is that they need lots of spare parts that are not always on hand. Instead of flying in new parts, though, future Navy ships may be able to make new ones to order.

Machine Design
Looking back a couple of decades, it was really only the big aerospace and automotive companies that got the most value out of simulation, or even attempted it. Now, every organization — and the design engineers in those organizations — can get value and should be using it. 

Engineering.com
Everyone seems to be talking about digital these days, from Industry 4.0 to the Internet of Things (IoT) and how all of this is going to affect our collective future. Cloud computing, semi-autonomous AI and connected devices are already with us and this trend will only continue, but for some reason, manufacturers seem to be lagging. The term ‘digital manufacturing’ refers both to a suite of interconnected devices and systems – the technical backbone – as well as the organizational procedures that make use of these systems to improve performance and profitability.

AGMA
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. As 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
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin has received a contract for the United Launch Alliance, Lockheed Martin and Boeing’s joint rocket project, Blue Origin announced Sept. 27. This places them ahead of rival Aerojet Rocketdyne, which was also in the running for the Vulcan project.

Aero-mag
In a significant investment for the future, Metalex Manufacturing, located in Cincinnati, OH, has selected Starrag to supply a large-capacity, multi-axis Droop+Rein portal-type machining center for its new ‘Center for Advanced Large Manufacturing.'

Automotive Logistics
Blockchain has built its reputation as a distributed ledger platform, which provides a framework for securely using and trading cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin. However, its potential extends far beyond financial services. One example is automotive manufacturing, where it could speed up and improve the accuracy of processes, as well as enable users on a macro and micro level to access and edit relevant information related to vehicles and their parts. 

Bloomberg
Osaka based manufacturer Aspark will show its Owl car at the Paris Motor Show this week.

IndustryWeek
Ford has a grand plan that involves up to 100,000 self-driving cars — with no steering wheel, accelerator or brake pedal — operating in multiple U.S. cities, delivering people and packages around the clock.