TB Wood’s easily installed Roto-Cam® mechanical clutch completely eliminates external, separately mounted fulcrums, yokes, levers, or trunnions and permits a simple, clean compact control system for direct or remote — manual or powered — actuation. Roto-Cam provides smooth easy engagement typical of a spring-loaded clutch plus a positive, over-center “lock-in”. The clutch can be “inched” […]
Campaign to “Specify the TB Wood’s Difference” is launched
TB Wood’s recently introduced the “Specify the TB Wood’s Difference” program to reinforce the many service, support and strengthadvantages customers experience when specifying TB Wood’s belted drives and couplings. TB Wood’s offers exceptional service – including fast and accurate quotes, prompt response to customer questions and issues, live-person customer service from associates based in the…
Sure-Flex Plus couplings ANSI centrifugal pump packages
Located in the greater Houston area, GPM Pump and Seal is a provider of pumps, pump parts, mechanical seals and complete pump systems for various applications including oil and gas, petrochemical, mining, water and wastewater treatment. GPM has been specifying TB Wood’s Sure-Flex couplings for several years. Early on, the company used other couplings, but […]
TB Wood’s taper grid couplings
The TB Wood’s Taper Grid Coupling is made from high tensile alloy steel which is carefully formed to the grid shape before hardening and tempering under controlled conditions….
TB Wood’s introduces improved belted drive online selection tool
TB Wood’s now offers more enhancements to its online Belted Drive Selection Program at beltdriveselector.tbwoods.com. The improved online program now checks the arm/web strength of a sheave/sprocket along with the bushing torque rating for suitability of the application. The program will now automatically drop bushing solutions with torque ratings that are obviously inappropriate. The program will also […]
Sleeve style coupling installation: Audio
Below is an audio excerpt from a Design World webinar presentation by John Smihal of TB Wood’s Inc. Here, Smihal covers some best practices for handling sleeve coupling…
TB Wood’s Sure-Flex Plus Couplings for ANSI Centrifugal Pump Packages
GPM has been specifying TB Wood’s Sure-Flex couplings for several years. Early on, the company used competitor couplings, but eventually it switched to TB Wood’s because of the…
TB Wood’s L-Jaw coupling line is 100% interchangeable
The TB Wood’s line of L-Jaw couplings has recently been expanded to include a larger range of bore sizes, as well as new aluminum and stainless steel hubs. …