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 […]
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Inductive Coupling Devices from Pepperl+Fuchs
Pepperl+Fuchs introduces flat-pack style transmitter coupling devices to their WIS (short range wireless inductive coupling system) product family. These new flat pack devices allow power and signal coupling to be transferred across an air gap of up to 20mm. These wireless devices allow sensors to be connected to moveable platforms without the worry about twisting […]
Lovejoy and VibrAlign develop partnership, educational series
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 […]
CADENAS PARTsolutions Launch Product Configurator for OEP Couplings
Electronic parts catalog provider, CADENAS PARTsolutions, and OEP Couplings, a diverse manufacturer of precision CNC machined couplings and subcomponents, announce the new online product configurator at www.oepcouplings.com. Designed to dramatically shorten the design and modeling time for OEP’s customers, the new configurator enables engineers to quickly configure and download models of OEP products in more than 150 […]
Couplings make the big-time
Who knew that something so small could make such a big difference in complex applications? We did, that’s who. Couplings—from bellows to jaw and Oldham to disc—are used in almost every motion control application to manage misalignment while transmitting torque from one shaft to another. They are often considered a commodity product but are too […]
Flexible couplings on display at MDMEast
Key to any trade show display is something that will bring visitors to your booth. So you’ll often see cool, noisy machines or eye-catching contraptions that get attendees attention. That’s what brought me into R.P. Luce & Co. Inc.’s booth. The technical representative for a variety of components, including several motion control products, was showing […]
A look at coupling selection tools
I often think of how the Internet has changed our lives, and how it has made it so much simpler in many ways. For example, buying a rare item meant either hoping your local store had it in stock or paging through catalogs. Going on a trip used to mean highlighting a route on a […]
Quick-release hydraulic couplings promote safety in mining
Gates Corp., Denver, Colo., will officially release its new iLok coupling for underground coal mines at the 2013 Longwall USA Exhibition & Conference in Pittsburgh, June 11-13. The company says the couplings will revolutionize the longwall mining industry because unlike staple-lock couplings, the high-pressure designs can be connected to longwall mining machinery in seconds and […]
Ferrules simplify hydraulic hose coupling connections
Gates Corp. has launched a new line of six ferrules to complement its GlobalSpiral couplings for use on its wire-braid hydraulic hoses. Using these new components can simplify machine design, replacing up to 143 wire-braid couplings, for reduced inventory, weight, and costs. The GlobalSpiral couplings were originally designed for use with just spiral-wire hydraulic hose. […]
Coupling selection simplified with iPhone app
A smart phone app from Lovejoy makes coupling selection easy on the go. The free app, which is available from both iTunes and Google Play, is designed with distributors, end users and field reps in mind. Finding details on the company’s most popular couplings can be done in just a few steps with the new app. […]