AGMA Gear Industry News

Manufacturing.net
A memorable Superbowl commercial a few years back depicted a crew of mechanics hastily changing the wings on a passenger plane while the aircraft remained aloft, never veering from its established flight path. It was a metaphor, of course, for the challenge of managing major change within an ongoing enterprise. These are industry issues sure to contribute to the growing buzz surrounding the upcoming International Paris Air Show in June.

Manufacturing Global
Using secondary processes, metal parts will feature improved strength, dimensional accuracy and cosmetic appearance. Such advances are contributing to Protolabs’ efforts to make the additive manufacturing of metal viable beyond just prototyping.

Green Car Congress
National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS), a subsidiary of Evergrande Health, has acquired Protean Electric, a leading developer of in-wheel motor technology. The acquisition is part of Evergrande’s strategy to become a major player in the global electric vehicle (EV) industry, and paves the way for NEVS to deploy Protean Electric in-wheel electric drive technology, ProteamDrive, into its future products.

International Mining
Electric drive technology is at the forefront of innovation in Longview, Texas, where Komatsu Mining has opened a new Electric Drive Innovation Center. Komatsu has decades of experience when it comes to developing SR (switched reluctance) technology. That’s no small feat and it is something that should not go unnoticed. Earthmoving industry pioneer RG LeTourneau Inc, acquired by Komatsu, led the way in development of diesel-electric design.

 Engineering.com
Abbas Daeichin is a German engineer passionate about renewable energy, but quick to point out their current drawbacks. He says that renewable energy power plants have large capital costs, low efficiency, and are dependent on sun or wind. Daeichin and his team have been working for two years on the Marine Acrobat, an underwater robot that generates power from gravity and buoyancy forces. The team has a working prototype and is looking to fund a larger capacity model and eventually create six for a "power plant" through a Kickstarter campaign.

3D Printing Industry
Sigma Labs, a Santa Fe-based developer of in-situ quality assurance systems, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Belgain 3D printing software company Materialise. According to the MoU, the two companies will combine their expertise to develop an integrated in-situ quality assurance (QA) system for metal 3D printing with a view to commercializing the technology.

AGMA
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TCT Magazine
The entry of any well-known – or "2D printing" – company into the additive manufacturing (AM) industry has become the pinnacle of not only a good headline but proof that 3D printing is serious business. HP baited its entry for some time before officially launching its polymer technology back in 2016, Ricoh built its own powder-bed system, and other household brands including Polaroid and Kodak have since introduced smaller desktop products aimed at more commercial and education facing markets. So, when Xerox, another digital print technology giant, tipped 3D printing, namely metals, as one of its key focus areas for its three-year innovation roadmap, our curiosity was once again piqued.