Business Standard
UK-based Rolls-Royce, which is into civil aerospace, defense, power systems and other sectors, is expecting its engine and genset-manufacturing facility in Chakan, Pune to start operations within the next few months. The unit has been set up as a joint venture with Force Motors.

April 13-17 | AGMA National Training Center at Daley College, Chicago, IL
Learn the fundamentals of gear manufacturing in this hands-on course. Gain an understanding of gearing and nomenclature, principles of inspection, gear manufacturing methods, hobbing and shaping. Utilizing manual machines, develop a deeper breadth of perspective and understanding of the process and physics of making a gear as well as the ability to apply this knowledge in working with CNC equipment commonly in use.

Today's Motor Vehicles

Aerospace Manufacturing
The Yamazaki Mazak Corporation is celebrating the far-reaching impact machine tools have on everyday life with the opening of the Yamazaki Mazak Museum of Machine Tools in Minokamo, Japan.

IoT for All
Sensors are the backbone of any IoT deployment. They gather information and provide software with sensory information it needs to achieve its full potential.

Inside EVs
February 2020 was the second straight month of plug-in electric car sales surge in France. The total new plug-in car registrations increased by an amazing 192% year-over-year to 14,055.

Hackaday
Haddington Dynamics, the company behind the Dexter robot arm, has opened its first microfactory to build arms for Australia and Southeast Asia. The fully-articulated robot arm can be motion trained. And it embraces advanced manufacturing to combine 3D printed and glue-up parts with mass produced gears, belts, bearings and motors.

Motor1
This week's podcast 30-minute episode covers all the big new from GM EV Days.

Gear Technology
Precision Cutting Technologies, Inc., has acquired Supermill LLC.  Precision Cutting Technologies holds Alleghany Capital’s investments in the precision automated machine tool and high-performance cutting tool sectors. Headquartered in Berlin, Conn., Supermill is a leading manufacturer of high-performance carbide end mills.

Press release
MTConnect Institute board members Drs. Stephan Biller and Tom Kurfess have both been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) in recognition of professional excellence in engineering. Members of NAE are elected by their peers for outstanding contributions to research, practice, education, new fields of technology, advancing traditional fields of engineering, developing/implementing innovative approaches, and/or exhibiting outstanding leadership. Election to membership is one of the highest honors that can be accorded an engineer.

Industrial Machinery Digest
Corrosion may not be the first word that comes to mind when thinking of preventative maintenance. Yet, it can be a critical part of keeping vital “nerve centers” going at any facility. Electrical or electronic failures mean interrupted operations, downtime, repairs, and extra costs. 

Manufacturing.net
(with video) Agility Prime is the name of the Air Force’s new program exploring the development of a flying car. The USAF sees such a craft as using electronic vertical-takeoff-and-landing technologies (eVTOL) in providing a quicker way to shuttle troops and equipment in and around the battlefield or for search-and-rescue missions.

3D Printing Media Network
Webinar: Jonah Myerberg, CTO, explains the competitive advantages of introducing Desktop Metal’s AM technologies in the supply chain.

Automation World
From legacy retrofitting costs to the effects of environmental factors and varying global standards, ensuring functional machine safety is no simple task. That’s why proper risk assessments, involving all stakeholders, are critical.

Design World
Back in 2000, scientists discovered zircon in rocks that showed life might have started 500 million years earlier than previously thought. This incredible compound has made a huge impact, as has its oxide, zirconia (Zr02), used to make full ceramic bearings. Here, Chris Johnson, managing director of specialist bearing supplier, SMB Bearings, explains the three most overlooked factors concerning full ceramic bearings.

Interesting Engineering
Linear Labs, which started as a father-son project, claims to have reinvented the electric vehicle motor, and their Hunstable Electric Turbine promises three times the torque and twice the power of any other of its kind.

IndustryWeek
Reports from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that January 2020 was a rough one for manufacturers: Despite the overall economy growing by 225,000 jobs, manufacturing as a sector lost 12,000, and productivity fell. Now, the Association for Manufacturing Technology says that hurt hit manufacturing technology as well. 

The Driven
Volvo has promised a “flawless launch” of its Belgium electric car factory at an inauguration event for the facility, saying there are no issues for supply of cells for the factory. The carmaker revealed plans at the event to attending media that it will produce EV batteries 24 hours a day in three shifts for the XC40 Recharge, which the Chinese-Swedish carmaker Volvo intends to start production of in late September.

ZDNet
5G has "some interesting potentials," but whether the hype can become reality will depend on telcos being able to recoup the bandwidth costs, says ICANN's David Conrad.

Basic Gear Inspection for operators
April 21-22 | AGMA National Training Center at Daley College
Learn the common, current and basics of the tools and techniques used to measure and inspect gears. There are four main categories by which a gear evaluated and classified.  Gear design, manufacture and inspection are based on numerical scale that defines gear quality.  The methodology to measure and techniques required to quantify quality of a gear tooth form will be thoroughly investigated and explained.  It is often stated that quality cannot be inspected into the part, however inspection can tell us what to do to correct many issues.