At the American Gear Manufacturers Association’s (AGMA) annual Fall Technical Meeting (FTM) October, an awards luncheon was held to recognize many individuals who have contributed to the technical community through standards development, education, and leadership in AGMA.
More than 130 people gathered from Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Slovenia, Sweden, and across the United States for three days of networking and presentations in the categories of Materials and Heat Treatment, Applications, Design and Rating, Efficiency, Lubrication, and NVH, and Manufacturing, Inspection, and Quality Control.
The following awards were presented:
- AGMA Chairperson’s Award: Allen Bird, retired, instructor for AGMA.
- Next Generation Award: Caleb Gurd, Eaton Corporation.
- TDEC Award: Todd Praneis, vice president, Technical Division, AGMA.
Also recognized were AGMA technical committee members who have published a document within the last year:
- ANSI/AGMA 2116-B24, Evaluation of Double Flank Testers for Radial Composite Measurement of Gears
- Committee chair, Steve Lindley, Regal Rexnord Corporation.
- Committee vice chair, John Rinaldo, Atlas Copco Comptec LLC.
- Mark Cowan, Gleason Metrology Systems Corporation.
- Frank Uherek, Regal Rexnord Corporation.
- Roger Layland, Precision Gage Company.
- Ernie Reiter, Web Gear Services Ltd.
- Kris Terry and Brandon Terry, Triumph Gear Systems.
- Christopher Wanasek, Caterpillar Global Mining LLC.
- Timothy Woodruff, Jet Avion Corporation.
- ANSI/AGMA 6008-B24, Specifications for Powder Metallurgy Gears
- Committee chair, Paul Crawford, PT Tech, LLC.
- Committee vice chair, Ernie Reiter, Web Gear Services Ltd.
- Ian Donaldson, GKN Sinter Metals.
- Jose Martinez Escanaverino, Atlantic Bearing Services.
- Fred Eberle, Strattec Power Access.
- Robert Errichello, Geartech.
- Anders Flodin, during his time working at Höganäs AB.
- Jacob Fritschle, Strattec Power Access.
- Ray Rupprecht, Metco Industries.
- ISO TC 60 Working Group
- Terry Klaves, ISO TC 60 chair
- Robin Olson, Regal Rexnord Corporation – Gear Calculations, WG 6.
- John Cross, ASI Drives – Worm Gears, WG 7.
- Michael Blumenfeld, ExxonMobil Research & Engineering – Lubrication, WG 12.
- Claus Weyand, Regal Rexnord Corporation, WG 13.
- Carl Ribaudo, Emeritus – Strength & Quality of Materials, WG 14.
- Brent Reardon, consultant, Wind Turbine Gearboxes, joint working group with IEC TC 88.
- John Rinaldo, Atlas Copco Comptec LLC (retired) – Accuracy of Gears, WG 2 and Terminology and Notation of Gears, WG 4.
At the end of the meeting, the Best Presentation Award was presented to Dr. Franco Concli, Prof.-Ing., Free University of Bozen-Bolzano.
“We are so fortunate to have such a long list of volunteers that help AGMA in all of its technical efforts and serve the gear industry,” said Matt Croson, president, AGMA. “Our standards have been the foundation of what we do for more than 100 years, and it is through our committees that we are able to continue this expert-led work and form the tip of the spear for our industry in emerging technologies.”
The 2025 FTM will be held in conjunction with the Motion & Power Technology Expo in Detroit, Michigan. If you are interested in presenting your research, make sure to submit an abstract today.
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