VibroChecker, the app from ACE Stoßdämpfer GmbH, has won a prize at the “automation app awards 2014″. The prize awarded by the German special interest magazine”elektrotechnik – Expertenwissen…
All about Elastomeric Couplings
Elastomeric couplings are a form of flexible coupling that uses an elastic material to transmit torque. The design of elastomeric couplings means that the elastic material is meant…
NFPA report shows 2.7% increase in fluid power shipments in December
The latest data published by the National Fluid Power Association shows industry shipments of fluid power products for December 2014 increased 10.2% compared to December 2013, and increased…
Ringfeder Power Transmission Group adds new line of heavy duty shaft couplings
Ringfeder Power Transmission Group has expanded its offering of heavy-duty couplings with the acquisition of TSCHAN GmbH, a leading supplier of non-shiftable mechanical shaft couplings. TSCHAN couplings are…
All about Cylindrical Roller Bearings
Rolling element bearings are perhaps the most common form of bearing and operate by carrying a load by placing rolling elements, such as balls or rollers, in between…
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All about Disk Couplings
A disk coupling is a type of flexible coupling suited for high performance motion control applications and can typically handle speeds of up to 10,000 rpm. The coupling…
All about Plain Bearings
Plain bearings are the simplest form of bearing available as they have no moving parts. They are, quite often, simply a cylinder, though the design of the bearing…
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All about Bellows Couplings
A bellows coupling is a type of flexible coupling that features high torsional stiffness, low moment of inertia, and minimal restoring forces under misalignment. These characteristics make bellows…
Lifting column boosts production ergonomics
In the past, Videojet, a manufacturer of coding, printing, and laser marking products, fluids and accessories for the product identification industry, used carts consisting of wire boxes on wheels to move inkjet printing and laser marking products from station to station during the assembly process. The problem was the height of the work surface could…
Dc motors help Rosetta space probe land on comet
At the end of May 2014, the Rosetta space probe moved into an orbit around the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko to map its surface and prepare for the landing of Philae. This ballistic lander, weighing 100 kg, landed successfully on the comet on Nov. 12, 2014. Landing on a comet—a maneuver that has never been performed before—is…
Simplify multiple part inspection
Leatherman Tool Group, a manufacturer of multi-tools that can contain screwdrivers, knives, files, and many more in a single unit, was looking for new technology to improve its measurement capabilities. The company uses measuring equipment ranging from micrometers all the way up to a coordinate measuring machine (CMM) to inspect parts at various stages of…
Conveyor helps streamline small part handling manufacturing
Butt splices aren’t the easiest things in the world to handle. The small, circular component designed to join two ends, or butts, of two objects together without overlapping, have been known to slip through fingers when inserting a wire connector while trying to crimp it. The process of manufacturing butt splices can be challenging as…
Ultra Clean Technologies announces attendance at CONEXPO Latin America
Ultra Clean Technologies Corp. has announced that they will be exhibiting at the first-ever CONEXPO in Latin America. “We are excited to bring our expertise in hydraulic hose,…
All about tapered roller bearings
Tapered roller bearings feature tapered inner and outer ring raceways with tapered rollers arranged between them, angled so the surface of the rollers converge at the axis of…
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All about Beam Couplings
Most couplings can be categorized as one of two types, rigid and flexible. Rigid couplings are used in applications where proper alignment is essential, while flexible couplings, such…
Ball Thrust Bearings
A thrust ball bearing is a specific type of rotary ball bearing designed to handle light to moderate axial loads only. They generally consist of two, possibly grooved,…
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Plastic cable carriers outperform metal harsh environments
Engineers at a modern incinerator and crane system, known as “MVA Weisweiler,” in Eschweiler, Germany, needed to find a replacement for their festoon system that had been installed in 1996. Energy Chain cable carriers from igus were selected in the hopes of reducing required maintenance, while providing protection for the cables against the severe conditions…
NFPA report shows 3.4% increase in fluid power shipments in October
The latest data published by the National Fluid Power Association shows industry shipments of fluid power products for October 2014 increased 5.0% compared to October 2013, and increased…
Ultrasonic welding joins dissimilar plastics for medical applications
Often in medical part production, different materials have to be joined, like amorphous polystyrol (PS) and semi-crystalline polyethylene terephthalate (PET), such as in a dental applicator for treating caries at an early stage. Ultrasonic welding produces a controlled melt for a tight bond with minimal thermal load. The key to success is the variable programming…
Brewery saves water with dry running conveyor
Craft Brew Alliance (CBA), an independent craft brewing company, sought to reduce the amount of water used during production and prevent damage to the equipment and facility by converting its Redhook Brewery bottling line to a dry running System Plast New Generation (NG) conveyor chain and Nolu-S wear track from Emerson Power Transmission Solutions. By…
SKF introduces sensor bearing with EMC filter
A sensor bearing equipped with an electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) filter offers protection against potential damage to the bearing’s sensitive electronics from power surges or electric discharges, most notably…
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Engine actuator controller designed for rugged applications
The On Engine Actuator Controller features two control inputs, CAN communications and one current controlled output to drive actuator coils up to 3A. It allows for flexible use…
Rack and pinion drives go long
Ballscrews for long machine travel application can be expensive and can require additional motion components for sufficient support over the needed travel distance. If a machine application requires high operating speeds as well, then machine costs can increase because of the need for larger servomotors and servo drives. The design engineers at Proteck, an Indian…
PLCs control massive hangar doors at San Francisco International Airport
The door controls, motors and gear drives of the Superbay Maintenance Hangar at the San Francisco International Airport needed a retrofit. The previous control system was built in 1969 and consisted of multiple relays, contactors, timers, antiquated power track systems and miles of wiring requiring continuous maintenance. The massive hangar boasts two 130 x 90…
Modular, flexible fixtures speed changeover
To meet the demand for its ever-expanding line of cylinders and related products, TRD Manufacturing, Inc., a division of Bimba, a leading actuation company, sought a partner to develop fixturing to allow quick set-up and the flexibility to run small or large batches of product from a multitude of workpiece block sizes. TRD turned to…