Coupling Tips

Flexible disc and bellows couplings from R+W

For the past 30 years or more, designers of highly dynamic servo drive systems have been turning to bellows couplings to optimize the stiffness, inertia, and smoothness of rotation in their coupling … [Read More...]

Servometer SMC 300 Series bellows coupling

Precision bellows couplings are characterized by diameter and the number and spacing of the convolutions. The convolutions allow for a highly flexible, yet rotationally rigid coupling. … [Read More...]

PT/MC industry supports PT WORK Force with nearly $280,000 in contributions in 2019

More than 40% of power transmission/motion control (PT/MC) employers have no dedicated human resources staff according to a survey completed by PT WORK Force in early 2019. For these companies, the recruitment and retention activities — essential for growth — are handled by someone for whom HR is … [Read More...]

Brian Davis and Jos Sueters to Lead PTDA in 2020

At its annual business meeting during the recent PTDA Industry Summit in Austin, Texas, the Power Transmission Distributors Association (PTDA) elected its 2020 Board of Directors and Manufacturer Council to lead the Association during its 60th anniversary year. Brian Davis, executive vice … [Read More...]

New PTDA white paper on building customer satisfaction

Each and every time a member of your company communicates with a customer, it’s an opportunity to provide a superior experience. Build customer satisfaction by developing the communication skills of your front-line employees with the Concise Communications Best Practices Paper and the Quality … [Read More...]

Sandy Sullivan receives PTDA Foundation’s 2019 Wendy B. McDonald Award

Wendy B. McDonald was one of the power transmission/motion control industry’s pioneers. To honor her memory, the PTDA Foundation established the Wendy B. McDonald Award in 2014. The award is given to a woman who has established herself as a critical contributor to her company’s success and has … [Read More...]

Vulkan couplings and the largest suction dredger in Asia

In 2016, Inai Kenanga, with 33,356 m3 hopper volume the largest suction dredger in Asia and the third largest worldwide, was put into operation. At that time VULKAN supplied a whole range of couplings for the drive train and the sand pump gearboxes, including RATO R and S couplings for the … [Read More...]

Options for coupling two parallel shafts

Power-on Clutches are used to couple two parallel shafts. The armature hub assembly is mounted to the same shaft as the rotor assembly. The armature hub accommodates a pulley, gear, sprocket, etc., to transmit torque to the second shaft. The field assembly is mounted on the shaft and retained by a … [Read More...]

Shaft end adapters machinable by user for custom applications

A new standard line of machinable shaft-end adapters that are offered with a plain bore or keyway and a variety of options is being introduced by Stafford Manufacturing Corp. of Wilmington, Massachusetts. Stafford Machinable Shaft-End Adapters feature the Accu-Clamp™ design with an … [Read More...]