Gear Solutions Magazine

Weiler Abrasives, a global leader in abrasives and power brushes for surface conditioning, will showcase its high-performance grinding, finishing and deburring solutions at IMTS 2026. Visitors can meet with Weiler Abrasives in the North Building, Level 3, booth 237253 in the Abrasive Machining/Sawing/Finishing area. The show runs September 14-19 at McCormick Place in Chicago.

Leading cutting tool specialist and manufacturing solutions provider Sandvik Coromant will highlight its comprehensive approach to solving real-world challenges in machining, metalworking and production at the upcoming International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS), Sept. 14–19 in Chicago. Exhibiting at booth #338348 in South Hall, Level 3, Sandvik Coromant invites attendees to come with their toughest shop problems and leave with a solution.

Platinum Tooling has partnered with a new sales representative firm, Technical Tool & Gage. What made this partnership a good fit? They’re proven winners. They know the marketplace, and they know where to take our product, and they understand where it goes. And with a rep group like that, it’s pretty important that they know all aspects of the marketplace because they have to call on the end users that are using the product.

Deburring and surface finishing of gears and other critical parts are vital processes in producing quality precision pieces for sectors that demand excellence. That is why it is necessary to have machines and proven processes that can perform those important functions with speed, accuracy, and efficiency. For 80 years, ALMCO has been doing just that with its comprehensive line of high-quality finishing machines for deburring, washing. and drying.

Industrial gearboxes are built to operate under demanding conditions, but even the strongest gearbox can fail when small mechanical problems go unnoticed. In heavy-duty environments such as manufacturing, mining, oil and gas, food processing, plastics, pulp and paper, wastewater treatment, and power generation, gearbox failure can quickly lead to unplanned downtime, lost production, and expensive emergency repairs. Most industrial gearbox failures do not happen suddenly.

Most electric vehicles have one electric motor per driven axle, which transmits motion and torque through a single- or two-speed transmission to the wheels. Today, these transmissions require ratios between 12 and 30 and even higher in the future with smaller and higher RPM electric motors. There are two applications of bevel gears: The first as a speed reducer and final drive gears in the trans-mission and the second application is the differential unit.

When analyzing a situation, social scientists wonder, “What is the angle that this conversation is taking?” Every conversation maintains a bias whether overtly or unacknowledged. This bias is known as the “angle.” Gearing is also driven by angles, and these values drive the very geometry that defines the gear shape and performance. When a design engineer is suddenly tasked with specifying a gear drive for a piece of industrial equipment, the terminology can be overwhelming.

The MPMA Fall Technical Meeting (FTM) is expanding its format — and its audience. The traditional technical papers and presentations aren’t going anywhere. But starting this October, FTM is unveiling a second track, opening the event to practitioners whose hands-on experience in the industry has not had a regular place at the table. The 2026 FTM, October 5-7 at the Hilton Rosemont – Chicago O’Hare, marks the first year the event will run a dual-track format.

Platinum Tooling Technologies, Inc., the exclusive importer of Heimatec live tools and angle heads, offers a variety of products designed to enhance the rpm capabilities of machines from the largest turning centers to the smallest Swiss-type CNC lathe. Heimatec speed increasers are now available in a complete range designed for popular live tool lathes and Swiss-style machines, offering gear ratios of 1:2, 1:3, and 1:4 with maximum speeds of 48,000 rpm.

Walter introduces four WL25 PCD (polycrystalline diamond) indexable inserts for the W1011 and W1211 copy turning systems. The geometry of the finishing inserts features a fully ground circumference in G tolerance, which allows them to be produced within acceptable limits without over-specifying precision to control costs. In addition, lasered chip breaking geometries (FSM3 and FS3) provide the best chip control.