Ruland Manufacturing Co., Inc. has expanded its quick clamping shaft collar line to accommodate sizes up to 3 inches and 75 mm. They are designed for light duty…
Servo Couplings for High Tech Applications
Edited by Leslie Langnau, Managing Editor High tech applications in industries such as medical, semiconductor, solar, packaging, and printing require precision components to maintain a high degree of accuracy and repeatability. The shaft coupling is an important component of such systems, used, for example, to connect servomotors to linear systems. A variety of servo couplings…
Zero-Max Releases ServoClass® Couplings Brochure
Zero-Max’s new brochure featuring their ServoClass® couplings introduces new Single and Double Disc coupling sizes, giving designers even more options when planning their systems. The expanded ServoClass coupling…
CD-ROM from SDP/SI Features Product and eStore Access
An interactive CD-ROM from Stock Drive Products/Sterling Instrument – SDP/SI features over 130,000 products plus eStore access. The products are detailed in .PDF versions of the SDP/SI 1,520-page Master Inch Catalog, D810, and the 1,264-page Master Metric Catalog, D805. Both Master catalogs are designed to make finding automation components fast and easy. eStore access enables…
Clever engineering renews wrecked steel mill coupling
by Dan Kocel/ Emerson Power Transmission Solutions When the bore on the rigid half of a high-torque steel mill coupling was badly galled during a maintenance teardown, an East Chicago, Indiana, mill put the damaged part in the plant’s bone yard. However, engineers at Kop-Flex® – part of the Power Transmission Solutions business of Emerson Industrial…
Better coupling stiffness ensures consistent fuel injection testing
Michigan Custom Machines builds end of line functional test machines, primarily for the diesel and automotive industries. This particular application required a 400 lb flywheel to mimic the inertia of a diesel engine driveline. The flywheel was mounted to a shaft that needed to be coupled to a custom camshaft that is actuating a fuel […]
Zero-Max offers Overload Safety Couplings
Overload safety couplings from Zero-Max are available in special models designed for washdown applications. They clean up easily, won’t corrode, and operate in a wide temperature range. Providing torque limiting and coupling functions in a single, compact unit, these Torq-Tender™ overload safety couplings serve both as a safety device and as a coupling in a […]
HEIDENHAIN’s Touch Probes With Hybrid Technology
HEIDENHAIN features two Touch Probes with hybrid technology, both offering radio and infrared signal transmissions. Known as the TS 460 for work piece measurement and the TT 460 for tool measurement, these touch probes are highly functional, reliable and easy to use. The dual signal transmission of these new touch probes enables the user to […]
Servo couplings for a wide variety of applications
Rigid couplings have high torque capacity, torsional stiffness, and zero backlash. Ruland Manufacturing Co., Inc. straight bore rigid couplings have precision honed bores for proper fit and alignment. Proprietary Nypatch coating is used on hardware to resist vibration and maintain holding power. Two-piece styles feature opposing screws for balancing, reducing vibration at higher speeds. Ruland […]
Rigid couplings join variety of unsupported shafts
Line of rigid shaft couplings come in a range of types, sizes, and materials for joining unsupported shafts in applications ranging from delicate instruments to large mixers and pumps. Stafford Rigid Shaft Couplings come in one-, two-, and three-piece designs, with or without keyways, in sizes ranging from 1/8 in. to 4 in. I.D. Featuring […]
Couplings synchronize motion in automated loading system
The CNC bender depends on a reliable automated system for loading, aligning and clamping so that the 10-in. diameter pipe is bent precisely and consistently. The loading system experienced its motion capabilities and the influence of these CD couplings on the loads and forces. Because these systems are designed for many years of operation with…
DARPA FANG: Social product development gets serious
There are some interesting social product initiatives out there. GrabCAD, LocalMotors, and Quirky come to mind. Yet, each of these initiatives only addresses a small part of a big problem. What if you wanted to tackle a serious problem—one that required not just design, but serious engineering as well? Let’s say, just for fun, that […]
Helical Supports Machinists With Donation To Community College
Helical shared in the donation of $120,000 to the Machine Technology Program at Allan Hancock Community College. The program provides students with a full range of machining courses. Students learn skills of machine technology and using Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machines. Many of these techniques are critical when making flexible couplings and machined springs both […]
Zero-Max’s Clamp Style Hub Design For Handling Larger Shafts And Higher Torque
Zero-Max ServoClass® couplings now feature improved clamp style hub design for handling larger shafts and higher torque. ServoClass couplings are designed for high speed reversing loads and precise positioning requirements in today’s demanding servomotor applications at speeds up to 10,000 rpm. The new clamp style hubs provide superior shaft engagement for these high speed applications. […]
Torque Arm Drive System (TADS) from Bosch Rexroth delivers high performance and high reliability.
The Hägglunds TADS unit represents maximum performance in smallest footprint possible by creating a self-contained drive package where the torque arm serves as the framework for mounting the complete drive system. This allows the TADS unit to occupy approximately the same space as a normal low speed, high torque motor with torque arm mounting, but […]
Sterling Instrument’s couplings allows for large misalignments
Sterling Instrument has unveiled a new series of inch couplings with a special lattice design that allows for huge radial, axial and angular misalignments, while delivering high torque…Motion Control Tips
Couplings earn ISO 9001:2008 Certification
An industrial coupling manufacturer recently received ISO 9001:2008 Certification for Quality Management at its facilities in Erie, Pennsylvania and San Marcos, Texas. The manufacturer, Ameridrives Couplings and TB Wood’s, say the audit was completed by Underwriter’s Laboratories. The Certificate of Registration issued to the Erie and San Marcos facilities states that they comply with the […]
New Couplings from SI Feature Unique Lattice Design
A new series of inch couplings from Sterling Instrument (ISO 9001:2000+AS9100C Registered Manufacturer) feature unique lattice design which allows for very large axial, radial, and angular misalignments while transmitting high torque loads with zero backlash. The 35 couplings identified as the S50CLM-… and S50SCLP… Series feature a maximum angular offset of 7°. Their bores range […]
High performance P1P Series Compact Cylinders for versatile applications
Parker Hannifin Corporation offers a complete range of compact pneumatic cylinders with its P1P Series, suitable for handling, packaging and processing applications within the food industry. P1P Series features a compact design and offers several installation alternatives, making it flexible to use in narrow spaces. This product has corrosion-resistant design coupled with anodized aluminum end […]
Altra Couplings Brands to Exhibit at the 2012 Turbomachinery Symposium
Altra Industrial Motion brands Ameridrives Couplings, TB Wood’s and Bibby Turboflex, will be showcasing their latest product lines in booth 1221 at this year’s Turbomachinery Symposium in Houston, Texas. Visitors will be able to learn about Altra Couplings broad range of products that can be applied to improve efficiency, productivity and safety in all types […]
Beckhoff’s EtherCAT coupler and EtherCAT junction optimize productivity
Beckhoff Automation’s EK1101-0080 EtherCAT coupler and EK1122-0080 EtherCAT junction with Fast Hot Connect provide a fast solution for coupling and decoupling of EtherCAT devices during operation, effectively reducing connection time to one second to optimize productivity. An EtherCAT characteristic, Hot Connect is used to alter topologies through direct coupling or decoupling during operation. For instance, […]
ZERO-MAX ServoClass® added single and double disc coupling sizes
A Single and Double Disc coupling size has been added to the Zero-Max ServoClass® coupling line. The addition of the SD025R and SC025R models handle 5 to 14 mm bore diameters and torque up to 4 Nm. The new size gives designers even more options when planning their systems. Providing high torsional stiffness, these model […]
Prevost’s PS1 coupler facilitates purge and release
Prevost unveiled the ‘New Generation PS1’ coupler as part of the company’s HVLP (High Flow) profile. The PS1 is an innovative quick release and completely new coupling for compressed air. It utilizes ground-breaking patented technology that makes it convenient, easy and safe to use. The PS1 coupler was designed because non-safety or unsecured couplers could hose-whip […]
Critical Parts for Mission Critical Work
By Laura Carrabine, Senior Editor Many of the design requirements for NASA’s latest Mars explorer Curiosity are related to the Sample Acquisition and Sample Processing and Handling (SASPaH) subsystem that will gather soil samples from Mars’ surface. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) collaborated with Helical Products Company engineers to develop flexible couplings and machined springs…
Developing magnetic couplings for propulsion and more
Correlated Magnetics Research (CMR) has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to design and develop high-torque magnetic gears and couplings using CMR’s PolymagnetTM technology. The two-year contract is valued at $747,995 and is a collaborative effort between the U.S. Navy, CMR and MagnaDrive, Inc., of […]