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C O N T E N T S
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PUBLISHER
Travis Egan
tegan@gardnerweb.com
EDITOR
Russ Willcutt
rwillcutt@mmsonline.com
SR. MANAGING EDITOR
Kate Hand
khand@gardnerweb.com
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Jedd Cole
jcole@gardnerweb.com
ART DIRECTOR
Kenny Snowball
ksnowball@gardnerweb.com
ADVERTISING MANAGER
William Caldwell
billc@gardnerweb.com
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The Pitchline
Publishing Payoff
What benefts can a company derive from collab-
orating with editors in developing informative and
engaging editorial content? The rewards are many,
both tangible and intangible.
F E A T U R E S
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Inside Gear Expo
Billed as "The Drive Technology Show," this year's
event featured new machine designs and cutting
tools, heat-treat processes, and materials and
hardening processes for hybrid transmission
applications.
By Russ Willcutt
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Gears and the Future of Mobility
What will happen to things like step-gear transmis-
sions as we transition to electrifed vehicles? We go
to Germany to fnd out.
By Gary S. Vasilash
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Real-Time Tool Monitoring
Machine operators have long dreamt of a process
monitoring system that detects tool wear, poten-
tially catastrophic conditions and automatically
compensates for changes in tool geometry after
resharpening. Now that dream is a reality.
By Jorge L. Peña-Mena
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Product News