South Elgin, IL — Helios Gear Products will exhibit the NEOPS 100 CNC combination power skiving and hobbing machine at the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) in Chicago, September 14-19, 2026. Built to meet the production demands of the robotics industry, the machine is also suited to a broad range of internal and external gear work.
The NEOPS 100 runs power skiving and gear hobbing on a single platform with optimal automation. Manufacturers can switch between operations without a second machine or additional floor space. The machine was developed for the robotics industry, where internal gear tolerances are tight, and production volumes are high, and it also handles external spur and helical gears in both modes.
It is available for shops that want skiving capability for fine-pitch parts in a horizontal configuration.
“For a lot of shops, power skiving has simply been too expensive and risky to get into. The brings the entry point down without cutting corners on what the machine can do. It was designed for robotics production, which sets a high bar, and the combination design means shops don’t have to buy two machines to stay flexible,” said Adam Gimpert, President of Helios Gear Products.
Power skiving is a high-speed cutting process well-suited to internal or external gears and high-volume runs where shaping or hobbing is slower or geometrically limited. The NEOPS 100 was designed for operations producing fine-pitch gears, shafts, and other involute components at scale, primarily for robotics and automation applications. The machine is the third in Helios’s CNC power skiving lineup, alongside the NEOPS 200 and NEOPS 400, and all three are backed by Helios’s applications engineering and service team in South Elgin, Illinois, and Pershore, England.
EVENT DETAILS
International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) 2026
Dates: September 14-19, 2026
Location: McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois
Booth: #236906
