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July 10, 2026 HWR Workholding Demonstrating New Solutions at IMTS 2026 HWR Workholding USA has announced that IMTS 2026 will feature the North American debut of two new products within its INOFlex family of flexible, high-performance 4-jaw chucks. The company will also be showcasing a comprehensive sampling of its full range of workholding solutions for turning and milling applications.

Zimmermann Displays Addition to its Portal Milling Line at IMTS 2026 Zimmermann will feature a 5-axis portal milling machine for lighter weight machining applications aimed at large structures at Booth #339336. With FZU22, Zimmermann adds a machine that’s capable of machining various workpiece shapes, sizes, and materials. Aluminum, plastic, wood and other substrates can be processed, as well as finishing carbon fiber reinforced and other composite materials.

STLE Announces Steffen Bots as President The Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) — the technical society serving individuals, companies and organizations that comprise the tribology and lubrication engineering business sector — today announced that Steffen Bots, vice president of global sales & R&D at ADDINOL Lube Oil GmbH, in Leuna, Germany, assumes the role of 2026-2027 president for a one-year term beginning May 19.

July 10, 2026 Mazak Meets Accelerating Production Demands with Advanced Technology at IMTS 2026 Mazak will showcase advanced machine tool, automation and digital solutions designed to help manufacturers increase throughput and do more with fewer resources at IMTS 2026, in Booth #338300. As production demands accelerate across key industries, manufacturers are under increasing pressure to boost output while managing labor and cost constraints.

Sandvik Coromant Highlights End-to-End Machining Solutions and Expertise at IMTS 2026 Sandvik Coromant will highlight its comprehensive approach to solving real-world challenges in machining, metalworking and production at IMTS 2026. 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.

Mitsubishi Electric Automation Brings CNC and Robotics Expertise to Machine Tending At IMTS 2026, Mitsubishi Electric Automation will feature live demonstrations of LoadMate Plus and ARIA, two pre-engineered robotic machine tending solutions designed to help manufacturers automate CNC mills and lathes with confidence, flexibility, and scalability. Automated machine tending enables longer spindle uptime, improved process consistency, and redeployment of skilled workers to higher value tasks.

Platinum Tooling Will Display Products to Enhance Swiss CNC Lathes at IMTS At IMTS 2026, Booth #432201, Platinum Tooling Technologies, Inc., the exclusive importer of Heimatec live tools and angle heads, will display a variety of complementary products designed to enhance the capabilities of Swiss CNC lathes, including such popular brands as Citizen, Star and Tsugami.

July 10, 2026 Jürg Fürst Design and Load Capacity of Crown Gears in Comparison to Bevel Gears Compared to bevel gears, crown gears (also known as face gears) have some clear advantages. One of the most important is the axial freedom of the pinion. Therefore, it is not necessary to position the pinion at the exact mounting distance, and there is freedom from axial forces on the pinion side, at least as long as a spur gear is used as the pinion.

Root Interference The following chapter is from Gear Technology Solutions (The Gleason Works, 2025) by Dr. Hermann J. Stadtfeld. This is the third of four excerpts provided to Gear Technology readers to preview the book’s insights into bevel gear theory, design, and manufacturing. Dimension Sheet Analysis of Root Fillet On the first page of the Gleason Dimension Sheet for bevel gears, the section below “Cutter Radius” shows the outer, mean, and inner slot widths.

July 9, 2026 A3’s Automate 2026 Breaks Records as Demand for Robotics, AI and Automation Grows Automate, North America’s largest robotics and automation event, celebrated its most successful show to date, drawing more than 50,000 registrants and 1,230 exhibitors to McCormick Place in Chicago from June 22-25.