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Webinar: Diagnosing Coupling Failure: The Simple Steps You Can Take to Identify and Fix Coupling Failure

By Stacy Combest | February 3, 2017

 

 

Have you ever broken a servo coupling? If you answered yes, you are not alone. On this webinar hosted by Bobby Watkins, Ruland Manufacturing’s VP of Sales and Applications, you will learn why couplings fail, the importance of proper installation, and ways you can avoid failures in the future.

Bobby will use a mix of images, application examples, videos, and live audience questions to help you better understand coupling design and failure.

Webinar Takeaways:

  • In-depth descriptions with supporting images of coupling failures.
  • Step by step walk through of proper coupling installation including insider tips and tricks.
  • Learn about the 12 most common errors in coupling selection.
  • What questions to have answered up front to select the right coupling.

Featured Speakers

Robert Watkins, Vice President of Sales and Applications, Ruland Manufacturing
Bobby Watkins joined Ruland in 2003 as the Vice President of Sales. He has extensive mechanical application experience and assists engineers around the world spec the right coupling for their design. Prior to joining Ruland Bobby worked for THK as a District Sales Manager with responsibility for strategic accounts, sales management, and employee development. He also has extensive industrial distribution experience with Kaman and Atlantic Tracy. Bobby has over thirty years of sales and sales management experience in industrial distribution and mechanical component manufacturing. He has an in-depth understanding and knowledge of international markets and customers through his global sales responsibilities.

 

Mike Santora, Moderator, Design World
Mike Santora is an Associate Editor for Design World magazine and the site editor for Bearing Tips and Coupling Tips.com. He holds a B.A. in Journalism from Bowling Green State University and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of New Hampshire.

 

 

 

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