Gear Solutions Magazine

A gear component may pass through several highly specialized processes before it becomes a finished part. How does DVS ensure that each process is designed to support the next rather than optimizing each operation independently? At DVS, we really look at gear manufacturing as one complete process rather than a series of individual operations.

The 2026 edition of IMTS – The International Manufacturing Technology Show, which ran September 14-19, reflected dynamic changes in manufacturing investment and how people view the industry, as well as an expanding ecosystem of technologies emphasizing AI and automation. IMTS 2026 attracted 91,295 registrants, including 14,447 students and representatives from all 50 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and 123 countries.

By Norbert Banaś and Jacek Sawicki Additive manufacturing (AM) enables the production of parts with complex structures, such as triply periodic minimal surfaces (TPMS), which have unique properties, for instance, a high strength-to-weight ratio. This study investigates the influence of TPMS lattice parameters, such as cell radius, cell height, and thickness ratio between inner and outer sides of the lattice, on the mechanical performance of spur gears.

By Joey Xu Accurate tooth geometry does not compensate for poor gear-blank geometry. Before hobbing, shaping, skiving, or form milling begins, the bore, outside diameter, faces, shoulders, and locating features must have the required relationship to the axis about which the gear will operate. Blank accuracy and tooth accuracy are therefore consecutive manufacturing controls, not interchangeable measurements.

Steel cleanliness is one of the many things that govern the performance of a high-performance gear. While alloy chemistry, case depth, hardness, tooth geometry, surface finish, and lubrication remain essential, nonmetallic inclusions can result in local stress concentrations that initiate tooth-root bending fatigue, contact-fatigue spalling, and heat-treatment cracking.

In the 1950s, everyone was doing the twist. As one of the dance crazes at the time, it was easy to learn and easy to do. Gearing also exists with a twist; however, it is not as simple as one might think. Helical gearing takes the straight tooth design of a spur gear and twists it.Although the twist is simple, it does generate complex geometry of the teeth and might result in either an axial or radial (transverse) pitch.

Walter has introduced the MD480 Advance ball nose end mill, MD780 Advance orbital plunge mill, and the MD880 Advance circle segment milling cutter. The cutters are made of Walter’s new high-performance grade WB10TS, which is especially formulated for hard machining. The primary application is machining steels hardened to 48 to 65 HRC (ISO H material group), and the secondary application is milling steel (ISO P material group).

Nord Drivesystems’ myNord online customer portal offers users one convenient place to find the shop, configurator, project lists, orders, and document information 24 hours a day, every day of the week. A new user interface now makes it even quicker and easier for customers to find, configure, and order the right parts. Nord has improved myNord’s user experience in several areas, one of them being how products are found.

The countdown is officially on, and this one comes with a milestone attached. In just one year, the mechanical power transmission industry returns to Detroit for the Motion + Power Technology Expo (MPT Expo), marking the show’s 40th anniversary. It started in 1986 as Gear Expo, back when exhibitors worked out of tabletop displays rather than full booths.

Allient Inc., a designer and manufacturer of specialty motion, controls, power and composite solutions achieved Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Level 2, effective August 27, 2026. CMMC Level 2 is a U.S. Department of Defense cybersecurity standard that verifies an organization’s ability to protect Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) through the implementation of 110 rigorous security controls and processes.