Welcome to the gear industry! Our team has compiled this handy guide to help you get the most out of our industry, no matter your interest, background or experience. 

Stay Informed

• Subscribe to Gear Technology to read technical articles, learn about the newest manufacturing trends and technologies, and keep up with the latest industry news. Gear Technology has been the industry's No. 1 resource since 1984.
• Subscribe to Power Transmission Engineering, especially if you're involved with designing, specifying or buying gears, gear drives, bearings, electric motors or other mechanical power transmission components. Perfect for design engineers and plant maintenance professionals alike.
• Subscribe to Our Newsletters, including Gear Technology's e-mail newsletter (4X per month), Power Transmission Engineering's e-mail newsletter (4X per month) and AGMA's Gear Industry News (weekly).
• Read some blogs: Gear Technology's Revolutions, PTE's Bearings with Norm, or PTE's Revolutions.
• Use the most current standards. AGMA has helped to set national gearing standards since 1916. The association also serves as the focal point within the United States for the development of ISO gearing standards. AGMA standards address nearly all the critical gearing topics, from load capacity and lubrication to accuracy and inspection.

Stay Connected

• Join AGMA. For 108 years, the American Gear Manufacturers Association has led our industry, developing standards, providing education and hosting meetings and events that bring all phases of the gear industry together. Learn more at www.agma.org.
• Attend AGMA Events, like Motion+Power Technology Expo, or the Fall Technical Meeting.
• Join the Gear Technology LinkedIn Group. Members of our group can post relevant news here, and also follow our editors' coverage of various events and subjects related to gear manufacturing. Make new contacts in the gear industry here!
• Follow Gear Technology on Facebook. Here's where you can interact with editors and other readers, discuss articles in the magazine and more.
• Follow Gear Technology on Twitter. 
• Even MORE Social Media: 
  • Join the PTE Forum on LinkedIn
  • Follow PTE on Facebook
  • Follow PTE on Twitter
  • AGMA on LinkedIn
  • AGMA on Facebook
  • AGMA on Twitter.

Learn

• Take some AGMA classes. AGMA offers instructor-led courses, both in-person and online, as well as on-demand online courses, webinars and in-plant training. Beginner and expert-level courses are available in gear design, manufacturing, inspection and much more.
• Network with your peers. AGMA events are a great way to meet other people in the community.
• Peruse the Michael Goldstein Gear Technology Library, which contains every article we've ever published in the magazine. It's searchable by keyword, or you can go issue-by-issue in the archive.
• Visit the Power Transmission Engineering archive. Every issue since 2007.

Find Suppliers

• The Gear Industry Buyers Guide. Find suppliers of gears, gear drives and all of the machines, tooling and services needed to manufacture them.
• The Power Transmission Engineering Buyers Guide. Find suppliers of components like gears, bearings, couplings, clutches and more.

Contribute

• Writer's Guidelines for Gear Technology
• Writer's Guidelines for Power Transmission Engineering
• Advertising Info for Gear Technology
• Advertising Info for Power Transmission Engineering
• Support the AGMA Foundation