The American Gear Manufacturers Association (AGMA) is the trade group of companies involved in gears, couplings and related

power transmission Power transmission is the movement of energy from its place of generation to a location where it is applied to perform useful Mechanical work, work. Power (physics), Power is defined formally as units of energy per unit time. In SI units: :\text ...

components and equipment. AGMA was founded in 1916; as of December 30, 2016, there were 456 member companies listed on the association's

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. AGMA is accredited by the

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(ANSI) to write all U.S. standards on gearing, including

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, nominal dimensions, tolerances, and tools for

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and control. In 1993, AGMA became the Secretariat for Technical Committee 60 (TC 60) of

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. TC 60 is the committee responsible for developing all international gearing standards. In addition to the position of Secretariat, AGMA also chairs one-third of the active ISO Working Groups related to gearing. AGMA hosts the industry's trade show
Gear Expo
every two years. Gear Expo is the only trade show dedicated to the complete gear manufacturing process. The AGMA Fall Technical Meeting provides paper presentations on the latest applied technical research in the gear and power transmission industry. The FTM is held annually at a different location in the

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each year. It is often held in conjunction with the Gear Expo.

References

External links

AGMA website

GEARexpo
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