General Motors will invest $1.5 billion to make what it calls the “next generation” of mid-sized pickup trucks at its plant near St. Louis, the company’s president said.

Although it may not be obvious, there’s a close link between manufacturing technology and innovation. Elon Musk often talks of the “machines that build the machines” as being the real enabler in both his space and automotive businesses.

The aviation boom has been good for Columbia Manufacturing Inc. as the aerospace manufacturer in the eastern Connecticut town of Columbia has added more workers and plans to expand its payroll in the next several years.

Join more than 300 of your industry peers at the Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa at Lake Buena Vista, Fla., March 19-21. Come to the one meeting where you can gather resources to grow every aspect of your company while staying up to date on the latest happening in the gear and bearing industries. 

Xpeng Motors revealed details of the electric drive system for its upcoming P7 sedan, providing more information and technical specifications.

World Economic Forum
Emerging and advanced economies alike are experiencing a decline of their manufacturing sectors, which are becoming less and less important for national incomes. In the 1980s, industrial production made up a quarter or more of national GDPs around the world, but that share has been declining.

Discover key factors in the inspection process that lead to better design of gears. Develop a broad understanding of the methods used to manufacture and inspect gears. Interpret how the resultant information can be applied and interpreted in the design process.

Renishaw has announced the launch of its InfiniAM Sonic acoustic process monitoring software to enable engineers to detect and record acoustic events in additive manufacturing build chambers.

While there are around 139,000 women in manufacturing in Wisconsin, it is easy to see how stereotypes could develop. Women make up about 29% of the industry, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates, while they make up about 50% of the workforce overall. 

The year 2019 has witnessed a continued proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) software platforms, and no doubt 2020 will see further use cases of the IoT as it cements itself even more deeply within business operations.

EnVue Telematics, which provides vehicle technology, recently partnered with industrial Internet of Things (IoT) company Samsara to offer products that help increase the efficiency, safety and sustainability of operations.

Tetsuo “Ted” Ogawa will replace Jim Lentz as CEO of Toyota Motor North America on April 1, 2020. Ogawa is currently the COO of the regional unit.

Tesla Inc. aims to produce as many as 500,000 of its Model 3 and Model Y electric cars annually at its planned factory close to Berlin, Bild Zeitung reported. The carmaker will employ about 10,000 people at the site, which will occupy an area equivalent to 420 soccer fields, the newspaper said, citing initial plans for the factory, which shows a complete production line as well as testing facilities. Construction is set to start next year.

Airbus, the European planemaker and Boeing rival, has acquired a robotics company, MTM Robotics

This virtual design approach uses real-world cutting tool geometry, automatically generated gear blanks, and known process kinematics to simulate the cutting process. 

Chemicals company Henkel has signed a development agreement in cooperation with Boston-based 3D printing startup Fortify. Through the partnership, the companies will combine their expertise – materials development and Digital Composite Manufacturing (DCM), respectively – to advanced resin-based additive manufacturing.

In a partnership with the Indian Institution of Science (IISc), Wipro 3D, the additive manufacturing business of India’s tech giant Wipro, has developed an industrial-grade metal additive 3D printing machine. The 3D printing machine works on selective electron beam melting technology. Benchmarking for the machine is underway, likely to be completed in the near future. 

Automotive Testing Technology International
Engineering consultancy Drive System Design (DSD), which specializes in developing and testing conventional and electric driveline systems, and the UK’s National Composites Centre (NCC) are to jointly develop high-power dense integrated electric-drive performance units. 

Whether you drive a gas guzzler or a compact car, we don’t always love the price we pay at the pump. Now, more than 1 million electric cars are hitting roads across the U.S. The number of people driving electric cars is projected to reach 18 million by the year 2030. There’s one gas-to-electric refueling station in Maryland getting a head-start, and it’s the country’s first station to convert to all-electric charging.

Industry Week
No matter what type of manufacturing your company does, gaining real-time access to data and keen insight into what’s happening on your shop floor can help you achieve goals you once considered unattainable. It’s called connected manufacturing, and it’s having a ripple effect on the entire industry.

AGMA
This course provides an introduction and emphasizes the difference between parallel (the experience base) axis and worm and crossed axis helical gears. Describe the basics of worm and crossed axis helical gears, their fundamental design principles, application guidelines and recommendations, lubrication requirement, a discussion of accuracy and quality and summarize with a brief review of common failure modes.