The winners of the 2024 LEAP Awards (Leadership in Engineering Achievement Program) were announced yesterday across several categories. This year’s winner in the Mechanical category is electromagnetic clutches and brakes manufacturer, Ogura Industrial Corp. GOLD Ogura Industrial Corp Power-Off Micro Clutch This brand-new product is an electromagnetic power-off clutch intended for low power consumption, small…
BRECOflex Co. wins gold at 2021 LEAP Awards in mechanical category
The winners of the 2021 LEAP Awards (Leadership in Engineering Achievement Program) were announced in a digital ceremony this week with products across several categories, including Mechanical. Critical to LEAP’s success is the involvement of the engineering community. WTWH Media was not involved in the selection of the winners. Instead, this year’s winners were chosen…
Power off Brakes for robotic and medical equipment
As automation continues to accelerate, the need to hold equipment in place in the case of a power failure, or for positioning, continues to grow. For these varied applications, Ogura Industrial would like to highlight six different styles of holding brakes. Representing around 120 standard models, some key features of these brake families are: brake…
Ogura expands Hydrogen Pump for fuel cell applications
Ogura is continuing to broaden its line of hydrogen recirculation pumps used in fuel cells. As the number of fuel cell requirements continue to grow, there is an ever increasing demand for efficient hydrogen pumps to recirculate the hydrogen throughout the fuel cell stack. Because of the Ogura hydrogen pump’s extremely high efficiency, more and…