Although new developments in gear technology such as surface finishing, new materials, new coatings, and others have meaningfully contributed to increases in gear drive system power density improvements, these increases have been relatively small, that is, approximately 1% to 3% annually at best. Convoloid gearing (computer optimized) versus involute (a mechanically based system) creates incremental improvement in gear drive system power density with ranges of the order of 15% to 20% over current design practice. This webinar will detail new design and rating procedures where (2) Convoloid gear box design variants are compared to a well-established industrial gearbox (the baseline) for several critical gear rating and surface condition factor parameters resulting in power density increases of 15% to 20%. The webinar will detail design procedures and rating criteria directly compared to the involute baseline unit. A total of 11 different technical papers authored by Gear Innovations will be offered to further instruct gear design engineers in the specifics of Convoloid Gearing Technology. Bernard Berlinger, Jr. PResident & CEO, Gear Innovations In 1987 Mr. Berlinger founded ASI Technologies Inc., a design and manufacturing company specializing in the production of transaxle systems for battery-powered vehicles. It was in 1997 that Mr. Berlinger founded Gear Innovations LLC and continues to serve as its President and CEO.  The company is solely a gear technology development entity.  Several advancements in gear design, manufacture, and inspection technology have been developed and patented by the company.  Mr. Berlinger is the named inventor, or co-inventor, of several patents all dealing with gear drive technology. Mr. Berlinger joined the American Gear Manufacturers Association in 1962.  He became Treasurer in 1984, Executive Vice President in 1985, and President in 1986.  He also served as a Board Member of the AGMA Foundation. In addition, Mr. Berlinger served on the Board of Trustees of the Gear Research Institute from 1997 to 1999 and served as its Board Chairman from 2000 to 2002.  The GRI, located at the Applied Research Laboratories of Penn State University, does single client and consortium type research projects that support gear technology of the future. Mr. Berlinger’s Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering was from the University of Pennsylvania in 1960. Allen J. Williston, P.E. Certified Convoloid Engineer, Gear Innovations Allen Williston has over 35 years of experience in the gearing industry including 16 years with an industrial gear drive manufacturer.  He has been a member of AGMA since 1991 and actively involved in the Computer Programming and Enclosed Drives committees. In 2005, as Chief Engineer of Gear Innovations, he led a multi-year comprehensive testing program jointly executed by Gear Innovations and the National Renewable Energy Laboratories (NREL) in Golden, Colorado, to test newly designed and manufactured Convoloid gearing for wind turbines with power requirements up to 440 KW (~600 HP). Since 2009 Mr. Williston has consulted with a power transmission and wind power company in developing advanced designs involving CFD, wind tunnel experimentation, gearing, aerodynamics, electromechanical components, power electronics, and program financial feasibility. Mr. Williston obtained his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla and is a Professional Engineer registered in that state. Please fill out the form below to access the webinar. [wpforms id="6838"]

It is well known that distortion has and continues to present a challenge to the heat treater when hardening/carburizing gears.  However, recent advances in quenching technology are improving the opportunity for improved distortion control. 4 Dimension High-Pressure Gas Quenching (4DQ) is a unique gas quenching process that uses both a special quenching chamber design with part rotation to minimize distortion during the quenching process.  4DQ gives one the ability to “engineer” the quenching process by controlling quench pressure, gas velocity, gas manifold design, table rotation, table oscillation, and time-dependent gas flow. The system's flexibility allows users to customize the quenching process for reduced distortion, providing repeatability and precise accuracy in their heat treatment. Tom Hart Product Manager – Vacuum Furnaces, SECO/VACUUM Technologies Tom is a Product Manager specializing in Vacuum Furnaces with SECO/VACUUM Technologies and has been in precision manufacturing and heat treatment industries for 20 years. In his role, Tom collaborates closely with partners, providing support for heat treatment processes, equipment, and infrastructure specific to vacuum furnaces. His experience spans various heat treatment techniques, including hardening, annealing, low-pressure carburizing, tempering, sintering, vacuum brazing, and more. Tom had experience in furnace designs for aerospace, power generation, tool & die, medical, machine building, automotive, and commercial heat treatment markets. He is also an active member in groups such as American Gear and Manufacturing Association, ASM International, Gear Research Institute (Aerospace Bloc) & Material Treating Institute. . Please fill out the form below to access the webinar. [wpforms id="6844"]

By using inert argon gas to continuously spray metal powder from a nozzle, the laser melts and solidifies the powder with base materials to manufacture an intended shape. DED metal 3D printers are used for multi-layer materials and components composed of multiple different materials. With an optional second hopper providing powdered metal, LAMDA systems can switch materials during a manufacturing process producing functional gradient materials, which are printed by changing the blend of materials during the manufacturing process. Powder directed energy deposition offers a higher deposition rate than powder bed fusion, and, with the introduction of new technology, the process is ideal for printing very large structures as well as adding features to existing components and for repair. Dwight Smith Vice President additive manufacturing & marketing NIDEC Dwight has over 30 years’ experience in the gear manufacturing industry, including metrology, analysis, and project management. Smith also serves as a committee chairman for AGMA, and is an instructor for the AGMA Basic Gear School. He has recently been appointed to lead NIDEC Machine Tool America’s additive manufacturing activities. Tobias Dornai Application engineer NIDEC Tobias is an Aerospace Engineer/Mechanical Engineer with his BA degree from the University of Texas. He gained insightful experience at a California-based additive manufacturing startup developing large-scale DED additive applications. Please fill out the form below to access the webinar. [wpforms id="6865"]

Gear rating methods such as ISO 6336 output calculations for gear life, implying that it can predict gear reliability, or how many gears will fail in any set of loading conditions. The real situation is not so simple. This webinar investigates the reasons why, and makes recommendations on what can be done, both now and in the future. It goes on to discuss an initiative by Hexagon where cloud-based Digital Twins are being used to harvest data from in-service vehicles to obtain duty cycles on a vehicle-by-vehicle basis. It will be shown how the abundance of data can be used to derive greater accuracy in gear life calculations, whilst still being based on ISO 6336. Articles related to this webinar: Delivering on the Promises of Digital Twins and Big Data | Gear Technology Magazine FTM 2023 paper: Use of Gear Reliability Data in a Cloud-Based Gearbox Digital Twin Using Telematics Data | Power Transmission Engineering Magazine Barry James Senior Technical Leader for Design and Engineering Barry James has worked in gearbox engineering for over 30 years. He first joined Romax Technology in 1995 and has had many roles, delivering training, support, consultancy, research, bespoke design services and patent writing. He has been involved in many of Romax's innovations during that time, including housing stiffness, NVH, e-NVH, efficiency and thermal calculations. In 2020, Romax was acquired by Hexagon, which has allowed Barry's technical knowledge to be applied to the broader subjects of gear metrology and acquisition of in-service data from vehicle fleets, hence the current work on Digital Twins.  Please fill out the form below to access the webinar. [wpforms id="6877"]

Nonmetallic inclusions are particles inherent to the steelmaking process that are known to reduce the fatigue life on parts exposed to continuous stresses. Steel producers are challenged to minimize inclusions and ultimately reduce detrimental effects on the final product. The need for high-strength steel parts with lightweight design and increased fatigue life and better performance is more important than ever. Bearing steels used in safety-critical parts – including wheel hubs, constant-velocity joints (CVJs), transmission and differential gears, pinions, and others – are clear examples. Join Gerdau and AGMA/ABMA for this webinar, where we will better understand what clean steels are and how emerging technologies within the automotive industry are calling for the support of clean steels in bearing and gear applications. Gerdau will also be introducing their new clean steels brand during this event. Denise Correa de Oliveira Research & Development Manager, Gerdau Special Steel Denise is the Research & Development Manager for Gerdau Special Steel North America. Denise’s main challenges include developing new grades for the automotive market, optimizing internal processes to make Gerdau steel even better, and leading the development of clean steel technology. Denise graduated as a Materials Engineer and has a Master’s degree and a PhD degree in Metallurgical Engineering and an MBA. Denise is also a member of the Metallurgy & Materials and Electric Vehicle Technology committees at the AGMA. Please fill out the form below to access the webinar. [wpforms id="6853"]

Gear up for the CMMC 2.0 program during our upcoming live webinar. The CMMC program validates that defense contractors are in compliance with DFARS 252.2-4-7012 and NIST SP 800-171 cybersecurity requirements. We'll guide you through what this means for your DoD contracts.

White paper is free and downloadable after filing out the webinar access form. According to the International Federation of Robotics, in 2023, the industrial robot market is expected to grow by 7% to more than 590,000 units worldwide. The industry is looking at exponential growth in the future with some talking about annual production rates reaching 10 to 30 million robots per year. How will we get there? We are looking carefully at this from a gear-centered perspective. The AGMA Robotics Committee has published a white paper, Gear Backlash in Robotic Applications: The search for flexibility, performance, and economical systems. This white paper will be released in tandem with a panel discussion with experts who contributed to the white paper. Join us for a lively discussion and walk away with a technical document. Moderator: Jacques Lemire, Principal at Lemire PBD Consulting - Author of the AGMA White paper Panelists: Thibaud Verschoor, Co-founder and Head of Product - Innovative Mechatronics Systems B.V. Kel Guerin, Co-founder, READY Robotics Please fill out the form below to access the webinar. [wpforms id="6826"] Download the White Paper

The September Emerging Tech webinar will cover: Overview on superfinishing technologies on a gear grinding machine. Classification of the technologies into different process chains. Process and machine requirements for different tool geometries Presenter Patrick Duhre, Team Leader Test Grinding / Contract Grinding, KAPP NILES Patick Duhre is responsible for Research and Development grinding at KAPP NILES in Coburg, Germany. Prior to this role he was an application engineer in the Technology Development Department. Patrick has been with KAPP NILES for 15 years and received his Mechantronics degree from the University of Applied Science in Berlin, Germany. Please fill out the form below to access the webinar. [wpforms id="6850"]

Liebherr offers a modular system of data profiles, interfaces and the various apps of the LHWebPlatform. These building stones create the basis for tailor-made digitization solutions - perfectly fitted to the needs of the different types of end-users (from small machine shops looking to extract specific data, all the way up to automotive factories with hundreds of linked machines). The spectrum of applications ranges from simple monitoring tasks to far-reaching industry 4.0 scenarios – such as process logging, manufacturing analysis and production optimization. We can already aggregate a lot of data and visualize it for our customers in ready-made, data-based reports, for example, in LHReportInfo.  We will dig deeper into the analysis of the data to add the most value to the data for our customers.  In the future, in addition to the gear machines, our Liebherr automation system and the gear measuring machines will also be connected to our dashboards. With the host of digital products available, the result will not be a set of "closed" machines. We offer a box full of connectivity with smart products, and a connectivity service! PRESENTER Florian Schuon, Head of Digital Solutions, Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH Florian Schuon is the Head of Digital Solutions at Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH, which includes several business units – gear machine tools and measuring technology, gear cutting tools, and automation systems.  He began his professional career as an electrical apprentice at Liebherr in Kempten in 1999.  Afterwards he received his degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Applied Sciences in Kempten (Hochschule Kempten) in 2009.  Since that time, Florian has worked in various electrical design roles at Leibherr including Software Development, Control Technology Product Management, Advanced Development of Industry 4.0, until he became the Head of the Digital Solutions Department in the year 2021. Please fill out the form below to access the webinar. [wpforms id="6856"]

Industrial X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) is the gold standard for quality assurance in manufacturing. Unfortunately, the complexity and cost of legacy systems have kept this vital inspection tool out of reach for most companies. Easy to use and an order of magnitude less expensive than competitors, the Lumafield Neptune industrial CT scanner and Voyager analysis software make it possible to not only add CT to your frontline toolkit for the first time but also generate and share data with unprecedented ease.