Propeller Shaft Couplings – PROPFLEX T Torque range 2.80 kNm – 53.20 kNm Double-cardanic displacement coupling with thrust mounts For structure-borne sound insulation and for compensation of high radial and angular transmission movements. Absorbs the propeller thrust and offloads the transmission. Applications Elastically set-up drives with the highest level of comfort characteristics The PROPFLEX coupling […]
Shaft collars and couplings for robotic systems and equipment
A range of standard and custom manufactured mechanical components for robotic, pick-and-place, packaging, and materials handling systems have been introduced by Stafford Manufacturing Corp. of Wilmington, Massachusetts. Stafford Shaft Collars, Couplings & Mounting Components include over 4,000 standard parts that come in a wide range of materials, sizes, and configurations; plus custom parts manufactured to […]
PTDA 2020 Industry Summit Goes Virtual
Registration is now open for the PTDA Virtual Industry Summit to be held October 21-23, 2020. The Virtual Industry Summit will provide the high-quality networking and education experience PTDA members have come to expect at the live event. In addition, this year, the Virtual Industry Summit is open to distributors and manufacturers in the power […]
KTR and targeting company standards and special ambient conditions
Pumps and compressors make up about one third of energy consumption in industry. Consequently the market is big with the portfolio ranging from miniature laboratory pumps to large-scale plants for petrochemistry. An essential function of the coupling is the ability to compensate for displacements in the drive train. That is why double-cardanic couplings are often […]
MW Industries merges with NN, Inc.’s Life Sciences Division
MW Industries, a provider of springs, specialty fasteners, bellows, and other precision components, and NN, Inc., a diversified industrial company, announced today a definitive agreement under which NN, Inc.’s Life Sciences division will be purchased by affiliates of American Securities LLC for the purpose of being combined with MW Industries, one of its portfolio companies. […]
New from Ruland: star knobs and adjustable clamping handles
Ruland has expanded its line of adjustable components to include star knobs and adjustable clamping handles. This expansion gives designers a wider variety of standard in-stock components to choose from when designing machines where quick installation, adjustment, and removal is desired without the use of tools such as those found in packaging, printing, semiconductor, and […]
PTDA webinar registration now open
Webinar: Become the Supplier of Choice Through the Solutions You Provide August 24, 2020 1:00-2:15 p.m. Central PTDA members-only webinars are open to all employees of PTDA member companies as a PTDA Member Advantage About this Webinar Zig Zigler once said, “You can get everything in life you want, if you will just help enough […]
PTDA welcomes six new members
New Distributor Members Allied Electronics & Automation (Fort Worth, Texas) is a high-service distributor of automation and control, electronic, electrical, mechanical, and maintenance products from more than 450 world-class suppliers. With sales offices across the Americas, a focus on digital customer experience, ship-to-order accuracy and more than 3.5 million parts available for purchase online, engineers, […]
NORD hollow socket shaft design eliminates coupling challenges
Custom-engineered shaft options are now widely available to provide coupling-free installations on select gear units. NORD DRIVESYSTEMS adds another product to its standard offering with a new hollow socket shaft design for NORDBLOC.1 single-reduction gear units. This shaft design mounts directly to a pump without the need for couplings, significantly reducing installation time and maintenance, […]
Miniature coupling for pallet handling with small robots
The slim robot couplings with optimized interfering contours of the SCHUNK VERO-S NSR series have been setting benchmarks in highly efficient, robot-supported pallet exchange on machine tools in a weight class from 1 kg to 1,000 kg for many years. With the compact VERO-S NSR mikro 60 miniature coupling, SCHUNK now transfers the principle of […]