Gear Industry News October 14, 2025
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Show Guide - 2025 Motion + Power Technology Expo
Gear Technology
Your complete guide to the 2025 Motion + Power Technology Expo, including exhibitor profiles, schedule of events including education courses, AGMA's Fall Technical Meeting, networking events and more!Read More
Analytical Gear Chart Interpretation
November 13—Live Online Course
This course is an introduction to the methodology of analytical gear inspection and the evaluation and interpretation of the resulting data. The application of this information to identify and correct manufacturing errors will begin to be explored. Additionally, it reviews chart interpretation and applies inspection data to understand the causes and cures of manufacturing errors. Many chart examples are used to understand cause and effect.Register Now
Reverse Engineering
November 18–19—Live Online Course
Reverse engineering a gear system is not too unusual a task, and in many, but not all, cases, the process goes fairly well; thus, it is easy to become complacent. It is important, however, to fully understand the process and the best practice procedure for reverse engineering a gear system. Failure to fully follow best practice can result, at best, in an unhappy gear user, but in the worst case, it can lead to very expensive, time-consuming, and reputation-damaging litigation.Register Now
Condition Monitoring
December 2–3—Live Online Course
In this course, we will examine each of these questions and the interrelation of each with a primary focus on how this information can be used to define the actions required to keep the gearbox running properly and to allow maintenance planning.Register Now
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Motion + Power Technology is ONE Week Away!
Please use the code MPT002 for a FREE Expo-only registration at MPT Expo this October 21-23 in Detroit, MI. You will be introduced to latest solutions in the power transmission industry while networking with some of the foremost experts from around the world. Join us, as our guest, to find the best answers to your gearing needs.
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Industry News
A History of Motion + Power
Power Transmission Engineering
The first Gear Expo featured 22 exhibitors at the 1986 Fall Technical Meeting in Chicago. It was billed as the “AGMA Fall Technical Meeting & Gearing Exhibition” and provided attendees the opportunity to learn the latest technical advances, state of gear research and gear design. The show highlighted machine tool, software and processing exhibitors to meet the ever-changing needs of the gear industry. Today, the Motion + Power Technology Expo has evolved into a global showcase uniting the gear, bearing, and power transmission industries.Read More
Keeping Tomorrow Moving
Gear Technology
A preview of the Motion + Power Technology Expo and Heat Treat 2025, highlighting their return to Detroit as a unified showcase for innovation in mechanical power transmission and heat treatment. It spotlights the official debut of the Motion + Power Manufacturers Alliance (MPMA)—uniting AGMA and ABMA—along with extensive networking events, technical sessions, education courses, and exhibitor innovations that demonstrate the technologies and collaborations driving the future of manufacturing and motion power systems.Read More
A Steel CEO Takes a Bow for Trump’s Tariffs
Politico
President Donald Trump has won over one of the steel industry’s most prominent voices—despite reneging on a promise to block the foreign sale of a domestic competitor. Steelmakers have long wooed Democrats and Republicans eager to boost their bona fides with an industry that once symbolized the might of American manufacturing and hard-hat voters. Now, Lourenco Goncalves, the CEO of Ohio-based steel manufacturer Cleveland-Cliffs, credits Trump’s sky-high new tariffs on steel and aluminum as a potential boon for his industry.Read More
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The Career-Lasting Impact of Motion + Power Technology Expo
Gear Technology
Shane Hollingsworth, Vice President Sales Kapp Niles, reflects on how the Motion + Power Technology Expo has been instrumental in his professional growth, offering unparalleled opportunities for networking, education, and business development. Drawing on years of experience as both an attendee and exhibitor, he emphasizes the show’s value for companies and individuals alike, encouraging participation to maximize learning, visibility, and return on investment.Read More
Mate Rimac Showcases Electric Motor, Inverter & Gearbox Know-How
Design News
Rimac is leveraging the reputation of ultra-high-performance cars like the Nevera to highlight the company's ability to provide components to other OEMs. Take a look behind the scenes at Rimac Technologies with founder and CEO Mate Rimac as he discusses the scalable engineering behind the company's powertrain and ECU systems.Read More
Siemens and Machine Builders Agree on Groundbreaking Data Alliance
Gear Technology
Siemens and several leading machine tool manufacturers—including Grob, Trumpf, Chiron, Renishaw, and Heller, along with the Machine Tool Laboratory (WZL) of RWTH Aachen and the Voith Group—formed a groundbreaking alliance that provides for a systematic exchange of engineering, manufacturing and machine data that will be used to develop new generative AI applications for industrial environments. This collaboration marks a significant step toward realizing an industry-specific AI model, the Siemens Industrial Foundation Model. Siemens first presented its vision for this model at Hannover Messe 2025.Read More
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Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies Celebrates 500,000th Endurant Transmission Milestone with Werner
Power Transmission Engineering
Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies has announced the production of its 500,000th Endurant transmission, a significant milestone that underscores Eaton Cummins’ ongoing commitment to delivering innovative, efficient, and high-performance powertrain solutions for the commercial vehicle industry.Read More
Flender Expands Service Center in Canada
Windtech International
Flender has announced an upgrade to its service centre in Cambridge, Canada, merging its Industry and Wind repair operations at the site. The expansion includes new tooling, improved workflows and increased production capacity.Read More