What will gear manufacturing look like in the next five years? It's that time of year again! Pandemic fears, supply chain issues, economic growth sprinkled in with some economic uncertainty. Every year, we take an in-depth look at the State of the Gear Industry and every year provides an interesting and colorful array of challenges, surprises and new innovations. Gear Technology spoke with Prasad Kizhakel, Chief Sales Officer at the Klingelnberg Group, Udo Stolz, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Gleason Corporation, and Shane Hollingsworth, Vice President Sales at Kapp Technologies to assess what the next five years in gear manufacturing may look like from the machine tool providers: What will be the focus in gear manufacturing in the next five years? Stolz: Quality and cost per piece are going to drive future gear manufacturing strategies. As we see a strong shift towards sus-tainability including e-mobility and renewable energies like wind power, requirements for high quality, silent gears will increase. Since manufacturing solutions alone will not be able to support meeting all requirements, integrated design, manufacturing and inspection solutions in a closed loop are key to future success.
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