The Ringfeder Rapid Response Program has let you enjoy next-day shipping on our shrink disc locking devices, metal bellows couplings and servo couplings. Now, we’re once again expanding this popular program to include gear couplings. Our Gear Couplings transmit torque via hubs with crowned gear teeth, which are in permanent mesh with the straight gear […]
Industry News
Rexnord introduces its Smart Coupling
Rexnord has announced its Smart Coupling, part of its portfolio of connected products featuring the IIoT Smart Tag Solution. Its Coupling & Shaft Solutions products, including Elastomeric, Disc, Grid, and Gear Coupling products as well as Torque Limiters, are used in a variety of applications across numerous industries in the Energy, Industrial Equipment and Material […]
PTDA Foundation introduces PT WORK Force
Recruiting, hiring, retaining and training employees continues to be an overwhelming challenge for industrial distributors. With a focus on developing resources to assist power transmission/motion control (PT/MC) employers in these critical areas, the PTDA Foundation Board of Trustees will launch the PT WORK Force initiative in 2018. PT WORK Force (where WORK stands for Workforce […]
Rigid shaft adapters solve shaft compatibility issues
A line of rigid clamp-style shaft adapters that come in a variety of configurations to connect dissimilar shaft sizes and types is available from Stafford Manufacturing Corp. Stafford Shaft Adapters are rigid couplings with a clamp-type female end that fits securely over an output shaft and feature male ends which can be supplied in various […]
Timken elastomeric couplings
Durability for the Long Haul When equipment operates in harsh environments reliability is crucial. Timken Quick-Flex elastomeric couplings can withstand harsh conditions, yet need minimal maintenance. They’re easy-to-install and require no lubrication. With a lifespan that can match that of your equipment, you can keep your overall cost of ownership competitively low. Value Timken Quick-Flex […]
Timken Quick-Flex single-ended spacer couplings
Common on pump applications, Timken stocks standard ansi and iso spacer body lengths for immediate availability. A new larger spacer hub has been added as an option to accommodate larger shaft sizes. Durability There is no metal to metal contact between opposing hubs with Timken Quick-Flex couplings. The only wearing component is the elastomeric insert, […]
PTDA’s industry research reports accelerating growth
The second quarter 2017 Sales History & Outlook Report (SHOR) released by the Power Transmission Distributors Association (PTDA) showed power transmission/motion control (PT/MC) distributor sales accelerated, up 2.4% on a year-over-year basis. Second quarter sales were up 10.8% from the second quarter 2016, which is the highest quarterly growth rate in nearly two years. This […]
Lovejoy / Sier-bath gear type couplings
Lovejoy offers a variety of designs and models in its gear coupling family. From standard, off-the-shelf stock to new, high speed, special designs-Lovejoy can satisfy your gear coupling needs. Lovejoy / Sier-Bath gear couplings are stocked in a wide assortment of configurations, which include C and F standard hubs and sleeves, Mill Motor hubs, Vertical […]
Heavy duty safety couplings from R+W
R+W has recently introduced two new smaller STN series safety couplings with conical clamping hubs, to bring heavy duty industrial style overload protection into midsize applications. The two new sizes, 2 and 5, cover disengagement torques ranging from 200 to 5,000 Nm, and shaft diameters from 45 to 80mm (1.750 to 3.125-in.). Taking advantage of […]
Guardian Couplings’ curved jaw flange coupling
Guardian Couplings has launched the new curved jaw flange (JF) K45 Series shaft-to-shaft coupling with a bolt-on disc for use with brake calipers. The new torsionally flexible coupling is designed for industrial applications including various types of cranes and hoists, winches, and mining conveyors, reclaimers and draglines. Five models are available with bore sizes from […]