AGMA will provide 16 thought leader presentations this year at the Motion + Power Technology Expo. Presenters will provide talks on blockchain, cybersecurity, market info, supply chain, workforce, 3D metal printing, electric drive technology, IIoT and robotics with an emphasis on an audience of gear manufacturers suppliers and customers. We have made this accessible to all with a registration fee of only $295. Reserve your spot today.

Engineering.com
As the world struggles to reduce carbon emissions, air traffic is increasing by 5% each year. Ultimately, fully electric civil aircraft are planned, but hybrid-electric propulsion is expected to enter service first. Hybrid-electric distributed propulsion could give massive reductions in fuel consumption and emissions, but would require greatly improved electric motors with much higher power-to-weight ratio and efficiency. 

SME
The “R” word – recession – is being uttered a lot lately, as the stock market swooned after an “inverted yield curve” in the bond market. That’s considered an indicator that a recession is on the way. The U.S. government is paying more to buyers of its 2-year-bond than its 10-year notes. Essentially, it’s a sign of concern about the economy’s short-term prospects.

3D Printing Industry
Farsoon Technologies, a Chinese metal and polymer 3D printer manufacturer, has devised a method to produce H13 tool steel parts by laser sintering. After parameter optimization tests, the company has managed to 3D print H13 with properties comparable to those made by forging.

Reuters
The Federal Reserve said manufacturing production shrank 0.4% last month, a steeper drop than the 0.1% decline expected by analysts in a Reuters poll.

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.

Windpower
Carrie Cullen Hitt was named Executive Director of the Consortium, having previously served as president of New Hampshire Transmission and Senior Director for NextEra Energy Resources, where she managed transmission assets in New York with gross revenue of $15 million per year and oversaw the development of new business, partnerships, and building relationships with policymakers and leaders in the United States.

IndustryWeek
An investigation of the changes in employment and establishments in 38 manufacturing North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) industries from 2002 to 2018 shows some inconvenient truths —that 37 out of the 38 manufacturing industries are declining in terms of both number of plants and employees.

Plant Engineering
The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) offers manufacturing organizations almost unimaginable potential to change the way managers and operators do their jobs by connecting production equipment to the cloud. In fact, Accenture has forecast that IIoT could add as much as $14.2 trillion to the global economy by 2030.

Modern Machine Shop
A distributor agreement between Universal Robots and Phillips Corp. is expected to further the rapid deployment of cobots with Haas CNC machines. Phillips is said to be the largest Haas Factory Outlet.

Gear Solutions
The technology used in production of plastic gears, as well as powder-metal technology, imposes certain constraints on the design parameters of a worm and of a mating gear.

Forbes
Blockchain has the potential to be just as transformative for the manufacturing industry as it could be for financial services. Far from something "coming down the line," its distributed ledger technology already offers companies a genuine way in which to drive connectedness and streamline operations like never before.

Gear Technology
Depending on who you ask, the Industrial Internet of Things is growing more slowly than anyone predicted. Why is that, and what does that mean for the gear manufacturing industry?

Today’s Motor Vehicles
Shipping giant UPS’ venture capital arm has purchased a stake in TruSimple, an autonomous driving technology company. The companies are testing self-driving tractor trailers on a route in Arizona to determine whether the vehicles can improve service and efficiency in the UPS network.

Aerospace Manufacturing
In an effort to make aviation sustainable and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, ZeroAvia has announced its advancements in developing z zero-emission, hydrogen-fueled electric powertrain.

Technology Record
The global process industry is becoming more connected, networked and integrated. As a result, there has been a consistent surge in the volume of data generated across the manufacturing value chain. 

Energy.gov
Research will focus on developing a predictive understanding of materials and chemical properties and processes. It is expected to lead to the development of new catalysts, alloys, superconductors and methods of chemical separation and materials synthesis, among other advances, with important impact on energy production, delivery and use.

This meeting brings together top researchers from across the globe who will provide the latest information on their peer-reviewed gear industry research. Network with the industry experts, academics, and engineers; ask your burning questions; and see what is in the future of this industry.