General Motors (GM) has announced a plan to hire 3,000 new tech workers before the end of the first quarter of 2021 to help it develop new products and services as it pushes towards a future in which all its vehicles are electric ones.

AGMA
Reverse engineering a gear system is a not too unusual task and in many, but not all, cases the process goes fairly well, thus it is easy to become complacent. It is important, however, to fully understand the process and the best practice procedure for reverse engineering a gear system. Failure to fully follow best practice can result, at best, in an unhappy gear user, but in the worst case it can lead to very expensive, time consuming and reputation damaging litigation. Check out more about this course on the AGMA website. 

NAM
How are supply chains holding up under the stresses of COVID-19? How are companies preparing their supply chains for the future? As manufacturing endures a difficult year, these are key questions for all of us. Fortunately, the new 2020 Digital Supply Chain Survey, a research initiative from Grant Thornton, The Manufacturing Leadership Council and the NAM, is here to tell us what we need to know. 

Todays eMobility
As the market for electric vans and pickups gets more crowded with startups such as Rivian, Lordstown Motors and Workhorse, Ford Motor Co. says it plans to protect its dominance in commercial vans by offering what the startups can’t — decades of experience and resources.

Wired Magazine
Lucid Motors found a trick of moving electrons around more efficiently, but that’s no guarantee of market success. 

Manufacturing.net
Orlando, Florida is soon to be the home of the United States’ first flying taxi regional hub, courtesy of German-based Lilium. Lilium, an aviation company focused on zero-emissions regional air mobility service announced November 11, that it is launching its first U.S. hub for the company’s all-electric, vertical take-off and landing jet aircraft, to be set in the Aerotropolis of Orlando innovation community Lake Nona.

Manufacturing.net
It has a 4-meter main rotor and a pair of wings with propellers on both sides instead of a tail rotor.

Manufacturing.net
General Dynamics Electric Boat, a business unit of General Dynamics, recently received a $9.4 billion contract modification option from the U.S. Navy for construction and test of the lead and second ships of the Columbia class, as well as associated design and engineering support.

Aerospace Manufacturing and Design
Stavatti Aerospace Ltd. completed the purchase of the former U.S. Army Reserve Center located near Niagara Falls, New York. Stavatti formally took over the site adjacent to the Niagara Falls International Airport on Oct. 31, 2020. The 19.8-acre site will serve as Stavatti’s prototype development, production, and aircraft low-rate initial production center, employing nearly 600 aerospace engineering, development,and manufacturing professionals at the site within the next 5 years.

The Manufacturer
Internet of Things (IoT) specialists PTC^® have signed a deal with the Materials Processing Institute to play a crucial role in a £10m project that will explore how digital technologies can be implemented in brownfield manufacturing sites.

PM Review
Mimete has released two new iron-based powders, Duplex MARS F51 and Superduplex F53. The company, a division of Italy’s Fomas Group, established a new powder production plant in May 2019 utilizing a customized VIGA (vacuum inert gas atomization) system. While the company initially focused on the production of standard powder grades, with some experimentation on customized alloys, research was undertaken on which alloys could guarantee the easiest entrance into the market for metal Additive Manufacturing powders used in highly demanding industries such as oil & gas, power generation and aerospace. 

New Equipment Digest
It has long been said that adversity drives innovation, and 2020 has seen more than its fair share of challenges, specifically in manufacturing. One of the greatest obstacles faced in manufacturing and other businesses is the sudden need to work remotely; a need that isn’t going away anytime soon. But this doesn’t have to be a hinderance; rather, it’s an opportunity to rebuild the way people work and collaborate, utilizing the tools and techniques of virtualization. 

3D Printing Industry
This article outlines the history of Metal 3D, including its joint research with Hyundai Heavy Industry. But check out the photograph of a differential gear case that is included in the article. 

Forbes
Ever driven along the freeway and envied those guys sitting in the driver’s seat of a Tesla, not driving? Imagine if that kind of autonomy was possible in the world of hardware manufacturing. Launchpad believes it is, creating the first autonomous, or self-driving hardware product manufacturing ecosystem. Simply upload your CAD package for a complete product, and the system will plan production, procure parts and services, produce detailed work instructions and offer instant pricing. 

Transport Topics
Eaton Corp. is evaluating 3D printing technology that could broaden the power management company's application of it to include production parts. That comes as others in the commercial vehicle industry agree that the additive manufacturing process is changing fast.

Manufacturing Global
ABI Research’s most recent whitepaper highlights the 36 transformative technology statistics that every business owner should know in 2021. 

ZDNet
A combination of the critical nature of manufacturing plants and security vulnerabilities mean hackers are eying up easy pay days — and attacks are on the rise.

3D Printing Media Network
Edison Gold Award-winning powder delivers cost-effective, lightweight, high-performance solution. 

Each Friday, AGMA sends out a Video of the Week email to our readership providing a glimpse into an emerging technology, a new trend in manufacturing, an effective move by one of our members, or just something cool. From flying vehicles to IIoT solutions, come check out the list. These videos are archived on the AGMA website beside the Tech Deck – the week’s top articles in emerging technology. One location – lots of great news.

Deadline extended by two weeks! You now have until December 3, 202, to present your work. Submit your paper today and join us. The 9th International Conference on Gears 2021 will be held in Garching, Munich at the Gear Research Centre (FZG) of the Technical University of Munich from September 15-17, 2021.