Shape the gear standards of tomorrow, today!
Committees:
- Accuracy and Nomenclature Committee
- Subtopics: accuracy, nomenclature, fine pitch
- Aerospace Gearing Committee
- Bevel Gearing Committee
- Cutting Tools Committee
- Cylindrical Gear Rating Committee
- Flexible Couplings Committee
- Gear Applications
- Subtopics: Enclosed drives, epicyclic, marine, mill gearing, vehicle, electric vehicle (EV), gearbox repair
- High-Speed Units Committee
- Lubrication Committee
- Metallurgy and Materials Committee
- Subtopics: plastics, powdered metal
- Sound and Vibration Committee
- Spline Committee
- Wind Turbine Gear Committee
- Wormgearing Committee
Help develop standards for the future gear industry by joining one of AGMA’s technical committees. AGMA technical committees and working groups hold over 100 meetings each year to develop the standards in our industry. You could make an impact both in the United States and around the world. Many of our technical committees act as a Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to their ISO counterpart Working Groups (WG) for the development of ISO standards as well.
To join a standards project, all you need to do is be a member of AGMA and email us your interest at tech@agma.org. Click here to see current standards projects.
The benefits:
- Having a direct hand in developing the standards used industry-wide.
- Growing a personal network with technically focused peer group (we have members who have worked together on committees for more than three decades).
- You get to represent your company as a subject matter expert or learn from others to bring that knowledge back to your company – either way, you grow your skills and help showcase the technical side of what your company does.
- You get incredible hands-on professional development that does not cost any money. It is included with your membership and is actually a members-only benefit.
- Each participant helps to ensure the ongoing development of gearing standards for years to come!
What does it take?
- Be a member of AGMA or ABMA.
- 2-3 hours a month.
- 95% of the meetings are held virtually (2-hour meeting). Others are in-person.
- No experience necessary, but have a willingness to learn and contribute as one is comfortable.
- You do not need to share your company’s intellectual property – bring whatever data that can be shared. Standards are a base level of information that is agreed upon by the members.
Want to learn more about joining a committee or working group?
- How to Participate Presentation
- ISO Intro Presentation
- Operating Instructions for MPMA Technical Division
Already a committee or working group member? Project documents can be found on the AGMA Govenda Document Portal.
Details
- The technical committee structure has two levels: Committee and Working Group.
- Committee: a permanent, overarching committee that manages ISO TAG responses, project Working Groups, and document reaffirmations; also responds to requests for interpretation (RFIs).
- Working Group: a temporary group formed within a committee that creates a new document or works on a revision. The name of the Working Group consists of the document number designation). This group only works on one project at a time, and the Working Group is dissolved at completion of the project.
- A Working Group member is a representative of a member company that regularly attends meetings and accepts and performs work assignments as assigned by the Project Leader. Only active members will be considered in determining a quorum and have a vote on committee activities.
- Meetings are either held face-to-face or via web conferencing. Face-to-face meetings are generally held over the course of two days at an easily accessible location or a member’s facility. Web conferences are generally two hours long and usually start at either 10:00 a.m. or 2:00 p.m. U.S. Eastern time. Active projects typically hold meetings every other month.
Public Review
Participate in the Standards Development Process—Provide your Comments!
If you are interested in providing comments, please email tech@agma.org to be added to the public review.
UPCOMING PUBLIC REVIEW
Public review for the below documents is taking place. Please submit your comments to tech@agma.org by the date listed if you are interested in participating:
- None at this time
Upcoming Meetings
All times reflect U.S. Eastern time zone.
| Committee/Working Group (WG) | Subject of meeting | Date and time (Eastern), type |
| AGMA 2104-DXX Working Group | Gear Materials | September 16, 10am–12pm, virtual |
| Wind Turbine Gear Committee & AGMA 950 Working Group | Joint meeting: Adoption of IEC 61400-4, withdrawal of AGMA 6006 | September 16, 12pm–2pm, virtual |
| AGMA 936-AXX Working Group | Rating and calculation for PM spur & helical gear teeth | September 17, 10am–12pm, virtual |
| Aerospace Committee | AGMA 926-DXX, carburized aerospace gearing | September 18, 10am–12pm, virtual |
| Metallurgy and Materials Committee | Metallurgy and Materials Committee business | September 23, 10am–12pm, virtual |
| AGMA Sound and Vibration Committee | AGMA 919-2-AXX | September 23, 2pm–4pm, virtual |
| AGMA 949-AXX Working Group | Gearbox repair | September 24, 10am–12pm, virtual |
| AGMA 6122-AXX Working Group | Cylindrical wormgearing design | September 25, 10am–12pm, virtual |
| AGMA 948-AXX Working Group | Electrified vehicle drivetrains | September 25, 2pm–4pm, virtual |
| AGMA 951-AXX Working Group | Surface texture measurement | September 30, 10am–12pm, virtual |
| AGMA 1104-BXX Working Group | Cutting tools | October 2, 10am–12pm, virtual |
| ABMA Wind Turbine Working Group | ABMA Wind Turbine Failure Atlas | October 9, 10am–12pm, virtual |
Current Activity
Active standards projects are listed below. Click the corresponding tab to learn more.
AGMA Staff Liaisons:
- Todd Praneis, Vice President, Technical Division
- Phillip Olson, Director, Technical Services
- AGMA 908-CXX
- AGMA 919-2-AXX
- AGMA 926-DXX
- AGMA 948-AXX
- AGMA 949-AXX
- AGMA 950-AXX
- AGMA 1010-GXX
- AGMA 1104-BXX
- AGMA 9013-EXX
- AGMA 2104-DXX
- AGMA 951-AXX
- AGMA 936-AXX
- AGMA 6122-EXX
AGMA 9013-EXX, Flexible Couplings – Potential Unbalance and Mass Elastic Properties
Committee: Flexible Couplings
Project Type: Revision and combination of AGMA 9000 and AGMA 9004
Project Leader: Lisa Riggs, Regal Rexnord Corp.
AGMA Staff Liaison: Phillip Olson
Scope of Project: Combine the following into one Standard:
- ANSI/AGMA 9000-D11, Flexible Couplings – Potential Unbalance Classification
- ANSI/AGMA 9004-B08, Flexible Couplings – Mass Elastic Properties and Other Characteristics
- And their metric equivalents, ANSI/AGMA 9110-A11 and ANSI/AGMA 9104-A06
Combine standards as noted above while incorporating comments received from previous reaffirmations. New combined standard title to be: Flexible Couplings – Potential Unbalance and Mass Elastic Properties.
AGMA 949-AXX, Guidelines for Repair of Industrial Gearboxes
Committee: Gear Applications
Project Type: New document
Project Leader: Allen Williston, A&J Engineering
AGMA Staff Liaison: Todd Praneis
Project Status: Working draft stage. The committee has a document outline, title, and scope and has started to add content to the subject clauses.
Scope of Project: This information sheet covers enclosed industrial gear boxes that are subject to repair, rebuild, or enhancement as requested by an end user. It outlines responsibilities of the end user, the technician, and the repair facility for data collection, inspection, options for repair or replacement of components; reporting, and return to service. This information is intended to clarify terminology, post rebuild expectations and recommendations for repaired components between end users, technicians, engineers and repair facilities.
Exceptions
Open gearing not enclosed in housings are excluded. Gearboxes with gearing over 35 m/s pitch line velocity are excluded.
AGMA 1104-BXX, Tolerance Specification for Rotary Shaper and Skiving Cutters
Committee: Cutting Tools
Project Type: Revision
Project Leader: John O’Neil, Star SU
AGMA Staff Liaison: Phillip Olson
Project Status: Working draft stage.
Scope of Project:
- Change from two column to single column
- Other edits to align with AGMA style
- Add AAA tolerance – This requires changes to clause 6 and the tolerance tables in Annex A
- Add an Annex to discuss applying these tolerances to skiving
- Review datum definitions to ensure they are adequate
AGMA 1010-GXX, Appearance of Gear Teeth – Terminology of Wear and Failure
Committee: Accuracy and Nomenclature
Project Type: Revision
Project Leader: Lance Brown, CGI, Inc.
AGMA Staff Liaison: Todd Praneis
Scope of Project: Revision of Table 1 consisting of additional failure modes and reorganization such that recommendations are included in an annex. Failure modes for powdered metal and plastic gearing, if available, will be incorporated in the document.
This nomenclature standard identifies and describes the classes of common gear failures and illustrates degrees of deterioration.
AGMA 926-DXX, Recommended Practice for Carburized Aerospace Gearing
Committee: Aerospace
Project Type: Revision
Project Leader: Scott Davidson, Boeing Rotorcraft – Philadelphia
AGMA Staff Liaison: Todd Praneis
Project Status: Working draft stage
Scope of Project: This information sheet recommends material case properties, microstructure, processing procedures and other critical parameters for carburized aerospace gears. This information sheet is for carburized aerospace gearing and may apply to gears used in other industries.
AGMA 948-AXX, Electrified Vehicle Drivetrains
Committee: Gear Applications
Project Type: New Document
Project Leader: John O’Neil, Star SU
AGMA Staff Liaison: Todd Praneis
Project Status: Working draft stage. The committee has a document outline, title, and scope and has started to add content to the subject clauses.
Scope of Project: This document is for electrified drivetrains for vehicles. These drivetrains can be hybrid electric (HEV), battery electric (BEV or EV) or plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) vehicles, with the prime mover power source or sources as any combination of battery, fueled ignition engine, and/or fuel cell. These can generally be referred to as xEVs. The drivetrains covered are not restricted to solely passenger vehicle car or light truck drivetrains but are intended to cover heavy duty, commercial, agricultural, mining, marine, construction, and similar applications. The prime movers may propel the vehicles in series and/or parallel power flow operation. This document does not cover any airborne or other turbine driven applications.
AGMA 908-CXX, Geometry Factors for Determining the Pitting Resistance and Bending Strength of Spur, Helical and Herringbone Gear Teeth
Committee: Cylindrical Gear Rating
Project Type: Revision – limited scope
Project Leader: Frank Uherek, Regal Rexnord Motion Control
AGMA Staff Liaison: Todd Praneis
Project Status: Working draft stage. The working group is discussing potentially opening up the scope of the revision to accommodate additional information regarding root fillet configurations and tip radius.
Scope of Project: Revision of clause 5.2 and Table 5.1 to incorporate RFI request and GEARTECH monograph 908-1. This revision will also add method of calculation for circular arc fillet shapes, modification of the calculations to be based on the tip form diameter instead of outside (tip) diameter, globally change reference to addendum modification coefficient to profile shift coefficient, remove all tables for I and J factors, bring all the calculation examples into an annex in AGMA 908 with the intention of withdrawing AGMA 918, move the Annex F material into the main body of the document.
AGMA 950-AXX, Wind Turbine Main Gearbox Condition Assessment Based on Visual Inspection
Committee: Wind Turbine
Project Type: New document
Project Leader: Brent Reardon, Consultant
AGMA Staff Liaison: Phillip Olson
Project Status: Working draft stage. A working group has been formed to start the drafting process. Major topics for revision have been identified and the WG is gathering input for changes.
Scope of Project: The goal of this information sheet is to support main gearbox condition assessment based on visual inspection. Visual inspection includes borescope, photographs, or other visual documents. This document provides guidelines on proper photograph techniques, a consistent nomenclature for evaluating issues found during field or teardown inspections, and photo examples where appropriate. Categories for condition will be defined.
It is highly recommended to use other non-visual data evaluations, although they are outside the scope of this document.
AGMA 919-2-AXX, Condition Monitoring and Diagnostics of Gear Units and Open Gears: Part II – Applications and Advanced Analyses
Committee: Sound and Vibration
Project Type: New document
Project Leader: Steve Rogan, Artec Machine Systems
AGMA Staff Liaison: Phillip Olson
Project Status: Working draft stage
Scope of Project: This information sheet is a continuation of AGMA 919-1, that will discuss in greater detail the application of vibration and acoustic techniques for condition monitoring, instrumentation and methods for diagnostics of industrial gear units and open gearing. Guidance will be provided on how to establish baseline data, analyze trends, set action limits, run diagnostics, and define action plan.
AGMA 2104-DXX, Gear Materials Heat Treatment and Processing Manual
Committee: Metallurgy & Materials
Project Type: Revision/metrification
Project Leader: Liam Coen, INNIO Waukesha Gas Engines, Inc
AGMA Staff Liaison: Todd Praneis
Project Status: Working draft stage
Scope of Project: General updating of document with information gathered since its last release. Information from AGMA 923-B22 that is applicable to a standard will be reviewed for addition to this document. Comments from the 2024 reaffirmation will be reviewed and considered for the revision. Powder metal and plastic materials, along with fine blank processes would remain out of scope. Document would be converted to a metric unit document.
AGMA 951-AXX, TBD: Surface texture parameters, measurement, and documentation
Committee: Accuracy and Nomenclature
Project Type: New document
Project Leader: Mark Michaud
AGMA Staff Liaison: Todd Praneis
Project Status: Working draft stage. A working group has been formed to start the drafting process. Major topics for inclusion have been identified and the WG is gathering input for changes.
Scope of Project: This information sheet will provide guidance on surface texture parameters, measurement, and documentation of gear surfaces using contact stylus instruments. Current state of the art in terms of ISO/ASTM/ASME documents will be used in preparation.
AGMA 936-AXX, Calculated Bending Load Capacity and Pitting Resistance of Powder Metallurgy, PM, External Spur and Helical Gears
Committee: Cylindrical Gear Rating
Project Type: New document
Project Leader: Ernie Reiter, Web Gear Services, Ltd
AGMA Staff Liaison: Todd Praneis
Project Status: Working draft stage. A working group has been formed to start the revision process. Major topics for revision have been identified and the WG is gathering input for changes.
Scope of Project: AGMA 930-A05 is an information sheet that details a calculation method for PM External Spur Gear bending load capacity. This information sheet has now shown through use to have the following issues:
- It is too conservative for the rating of PM gears.
- Helical gears are not covered by this information sheet but need to be added.
- Internal gears need to be added to the rating method potentially using the ISO method for J factor calculation.
AGMA 6122-EXX, Standard for Design Manual for Cylindrical Wormgearing (Metric Edition)
Committee: Wormgearing
Project Type: Revision (metrication of AGMA 6022-D19)
Project Leader: Alex Frazier, Pratt and Whitney
AGMA Staff Liaison: Phillip Olson
Project Status: Working draft stage. A working group has been formed to start the revision process. Major topics for revision have been identified and the WG is gathering input for changes.
Scope of Project: Revise and release metric version of standard (AGMA 6022-D19) only. Substantive changes are to be made to the existing standard.