At the recently held Motion+Power Technology Expo, we had the opportunity to sit down with a number of exhibitors to learn more about the latest in technology for the mechanical power transmission industry – including gear manufacturing machine tools, workholding, inspection equipment and much more.

Collectively, 761,100 electric-drive vehicles were sold in the United States in 2020 according to the U.S. Bureau of Transportation.

Business travel is back, and if you’re serious about impressing your customers, colleagues and co-workers, then you need to look the part.

It’s getting complicated. First it was the Amazon packages dropping into the backyard via an unmanned vehicle. This was followed by numerous companies working on autonomous vehicles for buses, taxis and even two-seater air shuttles. Now, a prototype unmanned aerial tanker refueled a F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet in early June. That’s right—a drone just refueled a fighter jet in mid-air.

In Homewood AL, driving up to the Valley Hotel, you might think its 25-foot-tall sculpture is wooden, but it’s not. It’s metal.

While we recently celebrated women in manufacturing and engineering on International Women’s Day on March 8, 2021 there is rarely a day that goes by that I don’t think back to the stories my own grandmother, Laurel McKinley (Hartner), shared about her experience working at the Willow Run manufacturing complex during World War II.

While high-speed rail development continues around the world, let’s take a minute to consider the achievements of George Stephenson — “the father of railways” and inventor of the first commercial locomotive and other significant achievements.

This is the timely and relevant sequel to our Nov/Dec 2018 Addendum article, "Safety Guaranteed." In the original article will looked at some incredible gear applications from the safety of our desktop computers and smartphones. Who knew we would be spending most of 2020 doing the same exact thing?