AGMA Blog
AGMA President Matt Croson reflects on his recent attendance at the National Council of Manufacturing Association (NAM) Council of Manufacturing Association’s (CMA) Winter Conference.
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Fortune (Video) Just two months after its official unveiling, the Tesla Semi is here. A UPS worker in California captured the first known footage of a Semi in action, rolling through Sunnyvale, California. The clip is brief, but revealing. Tesla is said to start full production of their trucks in 2019.
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AGMA This course addresses the various types of materials used for gears and the advantages and disadvantages of specific material choices. Heat treatment processes and their relation to gear performance, cost, reliability and load characteristics are examined as well as best practice for engineer drawings related to the materials selection process. Learn the roles of the gear design engineer and the gear metallurgist from two instructors (who have worked together for 40 years) and how collaborative efforts can provide better outcomes. Discover how both the gear design engineer and the gear metallurgist can better grasp their related, critical roles in the exciting world of gear processing, heat treatment and inspection.
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Modern Machine Shop Here, Rob Caron, founder and president of Caron Engineering, begins a rundown of the challenges a machinist confronts in hogging out an aerospace part. For instance, when it comes to engine components, the material might by any number of hard, difficult-to-machine alloys: titanium, Monel, Hastelloy or Inconel.
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AGMA The 2018 Annual Meeting combines the expert knowledge of the gear and bearing industries with the latest emerging technologies that influence manufacturers and suppliers. More than 300 executives will gather in Naples, Florida this April, to experience the information-packed week full of top-tier speakers. Members will be connected to innovation and opportunities in the industry with potential to strengthen business connections and relationships. Register today!
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Design News Advanced manufacturing requires skilled workers, and they are in short supply across the U.S. Even China, with its cheap labor, is modernizing its plants and seeking greater numbers of skilled workers. While we often hear about the coming plant that has so much automation it needs few workers, in reality, plants are seeing a shift to skilled workers rather than a significant drawdown on the workforce.
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Harvard SEAS press release A team of researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) has demonstrated a novel 3D printing method that yields unprecedented control of the arrangement of short fibers embedded in polymer matrices. They used this additive manufacturing technique to program fiber orientation within epoxy composites in specified locations, enabling the creation of structural materials that are optimized for strength, stiffness and damage tolerance.
Visit https://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2018/01/novel-3d-printing-technique-yields-high-performance-composites to view the full article online.
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Phys.org Hadrian the bricklaying robot is about to make construction of houses safer, faster and cheaper. Fastbrick Robotics is responding to the increased demand for housing and a shortage in skilled construction labor with a bricklaying robot.
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AGMA Gain a better understanding of various types of gears and bearings. Learn about the limitations and capabilities of rolling element bearings and the gears that they support. Grasp and understand how to properly apply the best gear-bearing combination to any gearbox from simple to complex.
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Manufacturing Business Technology In today’s highly competitive manufacturing environment where customers have lots of choices, only the operationally exceptional manufacturer will thrive. Most manufacturers today recognize the need for digital transformation and the need to connect machines, processes and systems on the shop floor — a.k.a "the connected factory," but there’s another side to digital transformation that manufacturers must embrace.
Visit https://www.mbtmag.com/article/2018/01/highly-effective-habits-digital-thrivers-vs-digital-survivors to view the full article online.
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