MPT Expo takes place October 15-17 at TCF Center (formerly the Cobo Center) in Detroit. Here are booth previews of some of the exhibitors most relevant to the gear industry.
Experiencing a Dickensian dilemma in its essence, a Los Angeles based manufacturing company was faced with the good fortune of ever increasing orders for steel gears from a good customer with a new recreational product in very high demand. Confronting the possibility of an untold number of lonely late nights tending to the whims of a 1950s era manual hobber was an
unpalatable prospect no one desired.
As the way things are manufactured continues to evolve, manufacturing trade shows are keeping pace with that evolution. A perfect example of that can be found at this year’s biennial Heat Treat 2019 (Oct. 15–Oct. 17, COBO Center, Detroit)
Depending on who you ask, the Industrial Internet of Things is growing more slowly than anyone predicted. Why is that, and
what does that mean for the gear manufacturing industry?