Contribute Today and Join the Companies Below Being Recognized throughout the Year The PTDA Foundation is able to continue its support of employers in the power transmission/motion control industry through ongoing financial support from companies like yours. The recruitment tables have now completely turned. The pool of potential employees is smaller than ever. As an […]
Twin Disc unveils heritage gallery for 100th anniversary
Twin Disc, Inc., a global player in power transmission technology for marine and land-based applications, unveiled the Twin Disc Heritage Gallery on Aug. 2, at the company’s Racine headquarters, in celebration of its 100th anniversary. The gallery, which takes up roughly 4,000 square feet of the first floor of the Twin Disc corporate headquarters, provides […]
TimkenSteel appoints Marvin Riley as additional independent director
The board of directors of TimkenSteel Corporation has appointed Marvin Riley, chief operating officer of EnPro Industries, as a new independent director. Eleven directors now serve on the TimkenSteel board. “Marvin has been a leader in the automotive, energy and industrial industries and brings to the board valuable manufacturing and supply-chain insights,” said Tim Timken, […]
New flex element/blade triangular bushing design
Ameridrives and Bibby Turboflex, two leading Altra brands, have developed the Tri-Bushing™, a unique flex element/blade triangular bushing design that increases the axial capability of high-performance flexible disc couplings used in turbomachinery applications. Flexible couplings for critical equipment must accommodate angular and axial movement due to thermal growth. In steam and gas turbine applications, machinery […]
VULKAN awarded Platinum Level SQEP from Caterpillar
American VULKAN Corporation (AVC) attained the Caterpillar Inc. Supplier Quality Excellence Process (SQEP) platinum-level certification. Certification levels include bronze, silver, gold and platinum and reflect an order of increasing difficulty. AVC is the only platinum-level supplier for Caterpillar globally. Suppliers are certified through SQEP by meeting or exceeding Caterpillar’s stringent supplier performance standards, such as […]
Change at Logistics at Ringfeder Power Transmission
Changing market demands and the resulting requirements which have to be met by our company constantly bring forth new challenges and modifications. For this reason, RINGFEDER POWER TRANSMISSION has implemented a new logistics concept. Our logistics operations in Groß-Umstadt are going to be relocated to our production sites in Neunkirchen and Dobrany (Czech Republic). These […]
KTR count on the subject of industry 4.0 with commercial training
Every year three apprentices start with their apprenticeship as CNC cutting machine operators in the fields of turning and milling technology. KTR Systems GmbH manufacture coupling components at their headquarters in Rheine. Every year three apprentices start with their apprenticeship as CNC cutting machine operators in the fields of turning and milling technology. In May […]
New steel lamina coupling for easy assembly and disassembly
The new RIGIFLEX-N type A-H consists of two hubs, one spacer and two lamina sets which are mounted as a subassembly already at the factory. KTR developed a steel lamina coupling which is radially assembled and disassembled as a complete unit. RIGIFLEX-N type A-H has been designed in all significant features in accordance with API […]
17-4PH stainless steel couplings double your torque
Helical’s 17-4PH stainless steel flexible couplings (couplers) are suitable when high strength, fatigue resistance and high torsional 17-4PH Stainless Steel H, W and MC Series couplingsstiffness are called for in an application. When compared to both 303 stainless steel and 7075-T6 aluminum, 17-4PH provides twice the torque and can operate up to 600F. Helical couplings […]
Left hand threaded shaft collars
Ruland has expanded its offering of threaded shaft collars by adding inch and metric left hand threaded styles to give designers more flexibility to work with standard off the shelf components. They are available in one- and two-piece clamp styles in steel and stainless steel with bore sizes ranging from 1/8 to 2-1/4-in. and 4 […]