This webinar will detail what you need to know to be prepared for the many changes coming later this year under USMCA, the replacement for the NAFTA trade agreement between the United States, Mexico and Canada.

Dry Cargo International
Zero-emission operation dry cargo ship enabled by hybrid and electric solutions — distant dream or commercially viable proposition? Electric, digital and connected solutions provide a direction of travel for dry cargo vessels towards greater efficiency and lower emissions using proven technology. In this, it is the ship’s electrical propulsion system that acts as the key enabler for the integrated automation and control systems that can deliver transformative operations.

Clean Technica
Recently published patent filings in Japan are pointing to the return of Mazda’s rotary engine. What’s more, the drawings seem to indicate that the Wankel-derived engine is set to make its return in a form that green-car enthusiasts have been dreaming for years: as a hybrid range-extender.

Aerospace Manufacturing
Aeralis aims to build innovative aircraft using a modular design that will motivate a new generation of young people to train in aerospace engineering, manufacturing and STEM subjects, as well as follow careers in aviation.

Gear Technology
Everybody’s working with carbide tools these days, but carbide materials are expensive. However, these cutting tool companies think they might have some solutions to extend tool life and reduce costs. 

Boeing press release
Boeing successfully completed the first flight of the F-15QA fighter, the most advanced version of the jet ever manufactured. Developed for the Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF), the jet demonstrated its next-generation capabilities during its 90-minute mission. The flight took off and landed from Lambert International Airport in St. Louis.

GE Press Release
GE has signed a contract with Phuong Mai Wind Power JSC, a special purpose vehicle entity jointly invested by Truong Thanh Development and Construction Investment Joint Stock Company and Hanoi Construction to provide 112.4MW-116 turbines and technical advisory service for Phuong Mai 1 wind farm.

Some of AGMA’s most popular face-to-face courses are offered online. Gear Industry professionals don’t need to worry about traveling to get the highest-quality gear education. Some offerings include: Gear Failure Analysis, Hobbing, Detailed Gear Inspection, Gearbox CSI and more.

General Motors Press Release
General Motors Co. has begun mass production of the Ventec Life System V+Pro critical care ventilator under contract to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Liebherr press release
The 600 Ha Freight Village Vorsino, was established in 2012 and is strategically located outside Moscow. As part of the Vorsino Industrial Park, the Freight Village boasts unrivalled access to road, rail and air infrastructure, and includes a high performance intermodal terminal.

Industry Week
A survey shows growth potential as manufacturers become increasingly dependent on consistent connectivity. 

MHI Press release
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd (MHI) has launched full-scale operations at a newly established subsidiary in Jakarta, Indonesia. Named “PT Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Indonesia, the new entity takes over the role of MHI’s Jakarta Liaison Office as the representative of MHI Group in the country, with functions now enhanced significantly. Establishment of the subsidiary was undertaken to boost MHI’s participation in social infrastructure projects in Indonesia and strengthen sales and service operations for MHI Group products and technologies.
 

Rolls-Royce press release
Rolls-Royce has invited a group of leading companies to collaborate on Emer2gent, a new alliance of data analytics experts challenged with finding new, faster ways of supporting businesses and governments globally as they recover from the economic impacts of COVID-19.

Shell press release
Shell Australia has taken a final investment decision to develop the first phase of Arrow Energy’s Surat Gas project in Queensland, Australia. This decision will bring up to 90 billion cubic feet per year of new gas to market at peak production, which will flow to Shell-operated QGC to be sold locally and exported through it plant on Curtis Island.

SKF press release
By collaborating with wireless specialist LumenRadio, SKF has developed a new wireless sensor as part of a condition monitoring system for improving rotating equipment performance programs on a scale previously considered uneconomic.

Forbes
The internet of things (IoT) is transforming how we live and work in the 21st century. Nearly everyone has a connected device in their home, such as smart thermostats, lightbulbs, speakers and the virtual assistants we talk to on our phones. Many manufacturers began investing in IoT many years ago, with the goal of becoming more efficient, productive and competitive.

Today’s Motor Vehicles
With Ford making powered air-purifying respirators (PAPRs) for 3M and 3M boosting its own production, demand for filters for the devices could rise dramatically as more emergency workers use the devices to protect themselves during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Gear Solutions
While searching for a material that meets all of the general and branch-specific lubrication requirements, water is a visionary, yet obvious, raw material available worldwide that’s non-toxic and non-combustible.

Texas A&M Today
For millennia, metallurgists have been meticulously tweaking the ingredients of steel to enhance its properties. As a result, several variants of steel exist today; but one type, called martensitic steel, stands out from its steel cousins as stronger and more cost-effective to produce. Researchers from Texas A&M University, in collaboration with scientists in the Air Force Research Laboratory, have now developed guidelines that allow 3D printing of martensitic steels into very sturdy, defect-free objects of nearly any shape. 

May 20, 2020 | 1:00 pm ET 
Sponsored by McInnes Rolled Rings
The crisis triggered by the expanding footprint of the coronavirus globally and within North America has few precedents.  Cross checks to prior recessions in 2008-09, 1981-82, and even the depression triggered by the Spanish flu of 1918-1919 serves to give some guidance, but crude.  The economy and the outlook for key machinery and capital goods markets are fluid and changing daily.  Jim Meil will give call participants an update on the current situation and scenarios for what may lie ahead for 2020 and beyond.