Join us for the latest research in the gear and power transmission sectors as well as special presentations on standards related to flexible couplings, spur and helical gear tooth accuracy, and a new project within AGMA Helical Gear Rating Committee to revise AGMA 925 – Effect of Lubrication on Gear Surface Distress.
Visit http://www.agma.org/events-training/detail/2014-fall-technical-meeting to view the full article online.
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NPRRochester, N.Y., was once the imaging capital of the world, home to Kodak, Xerox and the eye care company, Bausch + Lomb. Led by these companies, the manufacturing sector once employed 60 percent of Rochester's workforce. Now, that's less than 10 percent. And so, like many cities in this country, Rochester is trying to build something new from its manufacturing heritage.
Visit http://www.npr.org/2014/09/29/351522788/rochester-focuses-on-a-new-picture-of-american-manufacturing to view the full article online.
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Cleveland.comWith employees in Northeast Ohio who make everything from food products to cars, furniture and medical machines, it's no surprise that several events in the area are scheduled to mark the nation's third-annual manufacturing day on Friday. Manufacturers plan to tout the field - all in efforts to dispel myths and attract new recruits.
Visit http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2014/09/manufacturers_make_a_play_for.html to view the full article online.
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Aviation ProsGE Aviation will soon call Butler County home of its Additive Development Center, where the jet engine maker will conduct cutting-edge research into advanced manufacturing technologies. Evendale-based GE Aviation is consolidating all research and development activities into 3-D manufacturing, also known as additive, into a single West Chester Twp. site.
Visit http://www.aviationpros.com/news/11701439/ge-aviation-to-research-3-d-manufacturing-in-west-chester to view the full article online.
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Caixin OnlineState-backed aircraft manufacturer Aviation Industry Corp. of China (AVIC) will set up an independent company to focus on designing and making airplane engines, sources with knowledge of the matter say. The company will consist of the AVIC's engine design and manufacturing companies, one of the sources said. Its name will be Aero Engine Corp. of China, and it will be formed by the end of the year.
Visit http://english.caixin.com/2014-09-26/100733724.html to view the full article online.
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Express & StarAround 300 people are currently working at the plant and JLR says that will hit 600 early next year as the site starts to churn out its new, ultra-efficient, Ingenium 2.0-litre turbo diesel engines. They will first be used to power the latest Jaguar XE saloon. When it goes on sale early next year the Ingenium diesels will be key to its success, figures suggest.
Visit http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2014/09/28/jaguar-praises-its-most-efficient-engine-ever/ to view the full article online.
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Manufacturing.netWith sales of the Ram 1500 on a 52-month sales streak, Chrysler Group's Warren Truck Assembly Plant is increasing production. The plant that built back-to-back Motor Trend Truck of the Year winners in 2013 and 2014 will be building an average of an additional 100 vehicles a day or 38,565 more trucks a year to keep up with demand.
Visit http://www.manufacturing.net/news/2014/09/chrysler-redesigns-assembly-line to view the full article online.
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Aerospace Manufacturing and DesignThe first A320neo to fly has successfully completed its first flight which lasted around two and a half hours. The aircraft – carrying the registration F-WNEO – was flown by Airbus Experimental Test Pilots Philippe Pellerin and Etienne Miche de Malleray. Accompanying them in the cockpit was Test-Flight Engineer Jean-Paul Lambert. Monitoring the progress of the flight profile were the Flight-Test Engineers Manfred Birnfeld and Sandra Bour-Schaeffer.
Visit http://www.onlineamd.com/first-airbus-a320neo-takes-flight-092614.aspx#.VCloWfldWCk to view the full article online.
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IndustryWeekImagine walking through a business and discovering that all of the employee communication boards are six months out of date. Imagine that the red, yellow, green production status lights were all set to green and then overhearing an employee say that he could not remember the last time someone used the yellow or red status lights even though the production line goes down frequently.
Visit http://www.industryweek.com/lean-six-sigma/are-we-just-going-through-motions-role-culture-plays-improvement to view the full article online.
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