The American Gear Manufacturers Association (AGMA) has redeveloped its on-demand Workforce Training Series. The redeveloped courses have been modernized to make them more accessible with updated materials to incorporate new and emerging technological advances.
Forest City Gear is pleased to share that President Kika Young has been appointed as Chair of the AGMA Annual Meeting Committee. The Committee develops programming, curates networking opportunities, and selects future destinations for the AGMA/ABMA Annual Meeting.
The American Gear Manufacturers Association (AGMA) was presented with the Trade Show Executive’s Fastest 50 Grand Award in the “Fastest-Growing Show by Percentage Growth in Total Attendance in 2023” category on May 9 at the Fastest 50 Awards & Summit in Las Vegas.
The American Gear Manufacturers Association (AGMA) honored gear industry professional, Michael Weas, at its 2024 Strategic Networking & Leadership Forum in Milwaukee, WI, on Thursday, May 2.
The AGMA Foundation awards scholarships to outstanding engineering students at the Associate/Technical, Undergraduate, and Graduate levels. The scholarship program was created to help fill the need for skilled employees in the gear industry.
The American Gear Manufacturers Association’s (AGMA) Motion + Power Technology Expo (MPT Expo) hosted 2,268 attendees and 163 exhibitors last week at the Huntington Place Convention Center in Detroit, Michigan. AGMA also hosted its annual Fall Technical Meeting (FTM) and was co-located with ASM International’s Heat Treat and IMAT conference. Together, the events attracted 4,482 attendees.
AGMA’s Motion + Power Technology (MPT) Expo is a biennial trade show—running this year from October 17–19 at Huntington Place in Detroit—designed to serve the gear and power transmission industry, representing the full spectrum of professionals involved in the life of a gear, gearbox, or other power transmission device—from design to manufacturing, testing, heat treating, and more. You will find equipment and materials suppliers to make gears; gear and gear drive manufacturers; and every imaginable industry-adjacent supplier from software to tooling, lubrication to bearings, and much more.
The AGMA Technical Division informs of the publication of new documents by ISO Central: ISO 10300-1:2023, Calculation of load capacity of bevel gears — Part 1: Introduction and general influence factors; ISO 10300-2:2023, Calculation of load capacity of bevel gears — Part 2: Calculation of surface durability (macropitting); ISO 10300-3:2023, Calculation of load capacity of bevel gears — Part 3: Calculation of tooth root strength.
The American Gear Manufacturers Association (AGMA) Technical Division Executive Committee, TDEC, announces a minor restructuring of AGMA technical committees to better serve the industry. The new structure will replace existing topic-specific committees with project-specific working groups that will be formed to develop the deliverable of each project.
The American Gear Manufacturers Association (AGMA) Board of Directors elected two new members to serve a three-year term, from 2023 to 2026. This vote occurred at the most recent board of directors meeting in Ann Arbor, Michigan in August.