AGMA Gear Industry News

Between 2016 and 2017, the global sales of industrial robots rose by 29 percent from 294,300 unites to 380,550. The rise in sales were driven by China, which saw a growth in industrial robot sales of 58 percent.

Harley-Davidson says it plans to move production of motorcycles it sells in Europe overseas in response to growing trade friction between the United States and Europe. European officials last week imposed stiff tariffs on a wide range of U.S.-made goods sold within the European Union.

What are digital twins and why are they important to your facility? Here’s a primer to get you up to speed.

With unemployment low and wages creeping up, companies have an incentive to become more efficient — an exercise that tends to drive economic progress.

The research goals of this new study from Capgemini include examining how manufacturers are balancing the two priorities of using digital technologies to get legacy products to market quicker while investing in new smart products to enable them to drive revenues from services. Capgemini estimates the size of the connected products market globally will range between $519B to $685B by 2020.

These are strange times for U.S. manufacturing. On one hand, it’s possible that the sector is in absolutely fantastic shape. The numbers certainly suggest as much — we’re currently at 21 straight months of growth in the industry, with U.S. manufacturing vacancy rates at just about a third of the 10-year average. At the same time, new manufacturing plants are suddenly sprouting up seemingly everywhere, while the regulations that many in the industry have long-argued stunt growth are being slowly peeled away.

General Electric Co. agreed to sell its industrial gas-engine business to advent International for $3.25 billion, bolstering Chief Executive Officer John Flannery’s plan to shed assets and reshape the beleaguered manufacturer.

A nuclear technology company says it will start developing products in Alabama which include a propulsion system that could send rockets to Mars. News outlets report BWX Technologies Inc., opened an office Thursday in Huntsville.

Additive manufacturing, also known as 3D-printing, is set to grow exponentially in the coming years as its use spreads across sectors and costs come down.  Industry commentators expect the market to triple from $5 billion in 2015 to $14 billion by 2020.2 The overall impact could be even greater if we could overcome the shortcomings across the additive manufacturing value chain.

It is no longer a secret that adopting IoT technologies is critical to maintaining and optimizing industrial equipment and performance. How do manufacturers begin the journey of connecting brownfield equipment to industrial IoT offerings? Plant managers and their teams would weigh all their options, do their homework and make sure they find the best fit for their needs now and in the future.

Toward the end of last year, global adhesives manufacturer Henkel announced that it would be expanding its facility in Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland, to include a new additive manufacturing operation. Today, Henkel officially announced the opening of the new facility, called the Innovation and Interaction Centre for Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing). The center will become Henkel’s European regional hub for technology presentations and demonstrations, training, testing and customer service.

Join us for this course that provides an introduction and emphasizes the differences between parallel (the experience base) axis and worm and crossed axis helical gears. Describe the basics of worm and crossed axis helical gears, their fundamental design principles, application guidelines and recommendations, lubrication requirement, a discussion of accuracy and quality, and summarize with a brief review of common failure modes.

Back in February, Electric GT Holdings Inc. confirmed that its Electric Production Car Series (EPCS) racing series had been sanctioned by the world motorsport governing body, the FIA. Now the first stripped down, race-ready Tesla P100DL has been delivered to a team in Barcelona, Spain.