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RS, a high-service global product and service solutions provider for industrial customers, offers the products, services, and expertise you need to strengthen your critical spares strategy. Motors and drives power the many machines that comprise industrial production lines, including conveyors, compressors, fans, pumps, mixers, robotics, and more. And industrial production is continually becoming even more automated, interconnected, and complex.
Schneider Electric will spotlight new milestones in its strategic collaboration with Microsoft at Hannover Messe, demonstrating how their combined technologies are enabling manufacturers to modernize operations, accelerate engineering, and strengthen resiliency.
FVA-Workbench 11.0.0 is now available. This manufacturer-neutral simulation platform for modeling, parameterization, and calculation of transmission systems has been enhanced with numerous new features.
Nidec Machine Tool America is pleased to announce a joint Open House with Wenzel America this June, bringing together manufacturing leaders for two days of technical presentations, live demonstrations, and industry networking. The Gear Up for Precision Open House will spotlight Nidec’s latest advancements in gear manufacturing and its expanding portfolio of advanced manufacturing technologies, paired with live demonstrations of Wenzel’s high-precision metrology and CT scanning solutions.
Igus has announced that it is the first supplier to qualify halogen-free chainflex TPE cables for IPA dry cleanroom classes 4 and 5 through the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation (IPA). This certification ensures customers in highly automated battery production receive energy supply solutions with a guaranteed service life of up to four years.
Of the 137 respondents to our annual gear-industry survey, the message was clear: tariffs are the defining challenge of 2026. But the frustration runs deeper than the duties themselves. Manufacturers can absorb cost increases; they can’t absorb chaos. When rules shift weekly and exemptions evaporate overnight, planning becomes guesswork. One respondent captured the exhaustion: “In 2025, they were all over the place, without warning, up and down. Terribly disorganized.” Yet within this turbulence, distinct currents run strong. Defense and aerospace work has surged. Oil and gas, buoyed by loosened regulations, is “very active” according to multiple respondents, with mobile power units and gas compression driving demand. Overhaul and repair business is booming—when new equipment becomes expensive or hard to source, companies keep existing machines running longer, and that means gears.
Mechanical engineering develops the scientific and mathematical principles behind physical machines, but you can’t help feeling a little real-world magic taking place in the manufacture of components needed for large, heavy industrial applications. Cement production, for example, relies on gigantic equipment to grind raw materials using rotary kilns, ball mills, vertical mills and crushers.
Entry-level engineers are at a disadvantage when selecting power transmission components due to their lack of education and experience. While attending an ABET-accredited engineering school, most students are only exposed to gearing during a single lecture in a course titled Mechatronic Design, which is just one course over their entire educational journey. If they participate in a Senior Project in Mechanical Engineering, they might need to draw on the basics covered in that single lecture. Beyond these two opportunities, recent graduates have next to zero knowledge of gearing.
PEER Chain & Sprockets has formed a Growth Committee to accelerate the company’s expansion strategy and build on strong customer and distributor demand driven by what many describe as the “PEER Experience.”
Forest City Gear, a manufacturer of fine- and medium-pitch custom gears, announced that Kika Young, president and shareholder, has joined the Greater Rockford Chamber of Commerce (GRCC) board of directors. In addition to her board role, Young will contribute her expertise as a member of both the GRCC’s Talent Committee and the Rockford Area Aerospace Network (RAAN).
ABB has introduced its Automation Extended program, a strategic evolution of its distributed control systems (DCS), designed to help industries modernize without disruption. Building on ABB’s long-standing leadership with the world’s largest DCS installed base and vision in process automation, Automation Extended outlines how future automation capabilities can be introduced progressively – preserving system integrity while enabling the flexibility, scalability and efficiency needed for the next era of industrial operations.
The article proposes a method to optimize cylindrical gearbox tolerances by balancing gear noise performance and manufacturing costs using modeling, analysis, and meta-model-based optimization.
MPT Expo 2025 welcomed 4,425 industry professionals including executives, engineers, plant managers, supply chain experts, military personnel and more.
Operating for long hours, under extreme loads, in high temperatures and dusty environments, ongoing wear is a significant challenge for open gears. This can lead to unplanned downtime and reduced equipment life—creating a barrier to effective operations. Leading mining and cement companies use advanced grease technology and technical inspections to help prevent open gear failure, optimize service life and ensure the smooth running of their operations.
From its origins as a small machine shop to becoming a global leader in precision engineering, Gleason Corporation has continuously redefined the industry. This journey, marked by pioneering inventions and strategic expansions, has left an indelible mark on sectors ranging from automotive and aerospace to robotics and renewable energy.
The team at David Brown Santasalo (DBS Canada) recently carried out the successful delivery of a time-sensitive and complex service project for a valued, long-standing customer in the mining industry. This project supported operations at a gold mine located in one of the most remote regions of northern Canada, just below the Arctic Circle.
Quickparts has strengthened its commitment to “Limitless Manufacturing” with completion of a significant $2.5 million expansion in new equipment and facility enhancements at its Seattle headquarters. The upgrades formally establish this site as an Aerospace & Defense Center of Excellence, strengthening the company’s longstanding expertise in high fidelity casting patterns and advanced stereolithography (SLA). Simultaneously, Quickparts is officially launching its Quick Mold solution – announced last month in EMEA - across North America, bringing production-quality molded parts to market in as little as five days.
The Motion + Power Manufacturers Alliance (MPMA) co-hosted the Motion + Power Technology Expo (MPT Expo) and ASM Heat Treat that welcomed 4,425 industry professionals October 21-23 at the Huntington Place Convention Center in Detroit, Michigan. Additionally, the MPMA Fall Technical Meeting (FTM), the premier gear and bearing technical conference in the U.S., gathered the foremost experts from around the world.
The Motion + Power Technology Expo (MPT Expo) returns to Detroit from October 21–23, 2025, colocated with Heat Treat 2025, creating one of North America’s most comprehensive gatherings for mechanical, fluid, and electrical power transmission, materials processing, and thermal treatment technologies. This year’s events bring together engineers, researchers, technologists, and decision-makers from across industries to explore, connect, and advance the design, production, and integration of cutting-edge systems that keep modern manufacturing moving.
The Timken Company has expanded its suite of online engineering tools available at engineering.timken.com. The platform now includes two new proprietary calculators and an enhanced “My Projects” feature for registered users, giving design engineers more powerful resources to optimize system performance and streamline workflows.
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