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Sensor Technology

INDUSTRY NEWS | 2026-06-12

Klingelnberg Expands Digital Solutions: New Smart Tracing

Under the umbrella of Aiktec – Digital Solutions, Klingelnberg brings together smart, industry-ready applications that bring the concepts of Industry 4.0 and the IoT directly to the shop floor. Smart Tracing is a web-based software solution for analyzing machine behavior. It is essentially the Klingelnberg DDQM (Data-Driven Quality Management) for any CNC machine, regardless of the manufacturer. Relevant process and performance information from the CNC machine is uploaded in the form of servo traces and managed and analyzed via a simple browser application.

SPONSORED CONTENT | 2026-06-04

Lights Off - Production On!

Gleason's Closed Loop System with robot or cobot loading now fully automates the measurement and correction process in gear production. Automatically prompting corrections on connected production machines, the GMSP series not only reduces human error in repetitive tasks, it also increases utilization of inspection equipment up to 90%. 

EVENT | 2024-11-12

Industrial IoT Conference 2025

The Industrial IoT Conference (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) explores the potential of intelligent machines, prescriptive analytics, sensor driven analytics, and block chain solutions. Attendees learn about the industrial IoT technologies that are driving the transformation in manufacturing, supply chain and operations. Attendees include implementors, manufacturing companies, supply chain professionals, service providers, IoT manufacturers and more. Topics include implementation, warehouse logistics, robotics, sensors, cybersecurity, data analytics and more.

EVENT | 2024-03-08

Control 2024

Control 2024 (Stuttgart, Germany) offers the most up-to-date technologies from the fields of vision technology, image processing, sensor technology, as well as measuring and test technology and quality assurance. “Measurement, testing, inspection, evaluation, documentation-end-to-end solutions for these functions are required everywhere because more and more data is being captured, analyzed, linked and fed back to the respective systems in order to achieve transparency and consistency. This is why software and intelligent evaluation algorithms are playing an increasingly important role,” explains Fabian Krüger, project manager.

EVENT | 2023-11-16

Industrial IoT Conference 2024

The Industrial IoT Conference (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) explores the potential of intelligent machines, prescriptive analytics, sensor driven analytics, and block chain solutions. Attendees learn about the industrial IoT technologies that are driving the transformation in manufacturing, supply chain and operations. Attendees include implementors, manufacturing companies, supply chain professionals, service providers, IoT manufacturers and more. Topics include implementation, warehouse logistics, robotics, sensors, cybersecurity, data analytics and more.

INDUSTRY NEWS | 2022-06-14

Starrett to Demonstrate Multi-Sensor Vision System at IMTS

The L.S. Starrett Company has enhanced its AVR300 Multi-Sensor Vision System with a large 2.36" (60 mm) FOV-dedicated 0.14x telecentric lens for micron-level resolution and accurate field-of-view (FOV) measurements. This is the largest FOV to date for Starrett. IMTS attendees can see the AVR-FOV at Booth #135044 located in the Quality Pavilion, East Hall in McCormick Place, Chicago IL from Sept 12- 17, 2022. 

INDUSTRY NEWS | 2022-05-25

Marposs Acquires Grinding Machine Measuring Technology from Jenoptik

Marposs has announced the acquisition of Jenoptik’s (Jena, Germany) non-optical process measuring technology business for grinding machines, formerly known as Movomatic.

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INDUSTRY NEWS | 2021-06-01

Hybrid Metrology with Klingelnberg

An overview of tactile and optical metrology

FEATURE ARTICLES | 2016-03-01

Plastic Gearing Continues Converting the Unconverted

Plastic gears are everywhere today - throughout your car, at the oceans' lowest depths, in deep space. The question, when is a metal gear a candidate for plastic conversion, can be addressed in three words, i.e. what's the application?
ASK THE EXPERT | 2014-11-01

Small-Module Gear Design

Gears with a diametral pitch 20 and greater, or a module 1.25 millimeters and lower, are called fine-pitch or low-module gears. The design of these gears has its own specifics.
INDUSTRY NEWS | 2008-09-03

Alpha Gear's Newest Software Simplifies Selecting Gear Reducers

The Cymex calculation software from alpha gear drives Inc. uses a database of company products and 6,000 motors from various manufacturer...
INDUSTRY NEWS | 2006-03-10

Sterling Instrument’s Anti-Backlash Gears Eliminate Marred Shafts

A new series of 1158 anti-backlash gears manufactured by Sterling Instruments feature the Fairloc integral hub fastening system, which el...