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Mary Gannon

Rigid couplings for power transmission applications

January 31, 2014 By Mary Gannon 1 Comment

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Torsionally stiff rigid couplings are best used on shafts that are already in proper alignment, so are well-suited to pump, mixer, drive shafts, and other power transmission applications. Stafford Manufacturing Corp., Wilmington, Mass., offers a full line of rigid couplings in a variety of configurations and sizes for connecting these types of components. Rigid couplings […]

Filed Under: Industry News, Rigid Tagged With: stafford manufacturing

Bellows couplings for printing applications

December 17, 2013 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

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Ruland, Marlborough, Mass. manufactures bellows couplings with high torsional stiffness that can accommodate all forms of misalignment and are well suited for large format printers, 3D printers, offset printers, web converting equipment, and print finishing equipment. Ruland’s bellows couplings are comprised of two anodized aluminum hubs and a stainless steel bellows, for a lightweight, low […]

Filed Under: Bellows Tagged With: Ruland Manufacturing Co.

High-speed shear spacer protects against torque overloads

December 12, 2013 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

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The Kop-Flex high-speed shear spacer coupling from Emerson Industrial Automation, Florence, Ky., uses a patented double-tube design, precision machining and bearings, and special metal treatments to help provide predictable shear during torque overloads on turbo drivetrains, allowing safe coast down of systems turning at up to 20,000 rpm. Developed to protect gas-turbine-powered generator drives during electrical […]

Filed Under: Industry News, Torque Limiters Tagged With: Emerson Power Transmission Solutions

Blog gives coupling selection and design advice

December 2, 2013 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

VibrAlign-Blog

A few weeks ago, I blogged about a special traveling educational event, the Realigning America Tour, which is still underway. The event, co-sponsored by Lovejoy Inc. and VibrAlign Inc., features seminars on coupling and alignment issues to help maintenance professionals solve their alignment and coupling issues. But more importantly, this news brought to my attention VibrAlign’s blog […]

Filed Under: Industry News Tagged With: lovejoy, VibrAlign

Pick the right coupling for each high tech application

November 14, 2013 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

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Selecting the right coupling for your application is critical to system safety and reliability, says Ruland Manufacturing Co. Inc., Marlborough, Mass., which manufactures a diverse couplings product line while providing technical support and application experience. Ruland’s coupling line includes rigid couplings with precision honed bores and five types of zero-backlash couplings: beam, bellows, disc, jaw, […]

Filed Under: Beam, Bellows, Disk, Flexible, Jaw, Rigid Tagged With: Ruland Manufacturing Co.

Lovejoy and VibrAlign develop partnership, educational series

October 24, 2013 By Mary Gannon 1 Comment

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Lovejoy Inc., Downers Grove, Ill. and VibrAlign Inc., Richmond, Va., have developed a strategic alliance to create improved educational opportunities for users of couplings and shaft alignment tools. In addition, the two companies are partnering to bring a traveling educational series to several locations in the next two months. Founded in 1900, Lovejoy specializes in […]

Filed Under: Industry News, Jaw Tagged With: lovejoy, VibrAlign

Enhanced disc couplings for rotating equipment

October 9, 2013 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

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Doing some research today, I stumbled upon this still fairly new product from Rexnord—the new Thomas XTSR52 and XTSR71 disc couplings, enhanced lines of the company’s series 52 and 71 couplings. The new designs offer new and improved features optimized for customer installation, maintenance, operation and safety. They also feature higher torque and lower mass, being optimized for […]

Filed Under: Disk Tagged With: Rexnord

Robust jaw couplings make for easy water testing

August 22, 2013 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

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Testing water samples is an important and critical business, so when Hach Co., Loveland, Colo.—a provider of water quality testing and water quality analysis—was designing one of its signature samplers, it wanted a design that was maintenance free and wouldn’t cause any problems. That’s why Hach turned to R+W America, as it worked on the […]

Filed Under: Flexible, Jaw, Servo Tagged With: Hach Co., r+w america

R+W expands offerings to include flexible disc pack couplings

July 24, 2013 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

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R+W, which is known for flexible shaft couplings for servodrives, is expanding its offerings to include flexible disc pack couplings. Its new series of Survivor couplings is best suited for demanding industrial power transmission systems. The Bensenville, Ill.-based company has spent more than two decades creating flexible bellows couplings that offer high torsional stiffness, low […]

Filed Under: Disk Tagged With: r+w america

Elastomeric couplings stabilize hydraulic fracturing pumps

July 23, 2013 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

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Extracting natural gas from underground shale formations is done via high-pressure pumping equipment that injects a specialized mixture of water, sand and chemical additives into vertical, horizontal or multi-lateral well bores. These high pressures can lead to vibration and other damage to the truck-mounted hydraulic fracturing pump units. A major manufacturer needed reliable couplings for […]

Filed Under: Elastomer Tagged With: TB Woods

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