TB Wood’s easily installed Roto-Cam® mechanical clutch completely eliminates external, separately mounted fulcrums, yokes, levers, or trunnions and permits a simple, clean compact control system for direct or remote — manual or powered — actuation. Roto-Cam provides smooth easy engagement typical of a spring-loaded clutch plus a positive, over-center “lock-in”. The clutch can be “inched” […]
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Form-Flex coupling drawings and CAD models now available online
Fully customizable 2D drawings and 3D CAD models are now available for immediate download at www.tbwoods.com. Dimensionally-accurate, to-scale models are offered in every possible configuration of Form-Flex AP, GP, A5 and G5 Series couplings. 3D CAD models are also offered in 22 formats to ensure compatibility with all popular software programs. The TB Wood’s Form-Flex […]
“Specify the TB Wood’s Difference” campaign launched
TB Wood’s recently introduced the “Specify the TB Wood’s Difference” program to reinforce the service, support and strength advantages customers experience when specifying TB Wood’s belted drives and couplings. TB Wood’s offers fast and accurate quotes, prompt response to customer questions and issues, live-person customer service from associates based in the factory, and short lead […]
Solar panel mounting system application for modified L-jaw couplings
RBI Solar, a designer and manufacturer of solar panel mounting systems for commercial applications, needed a coupling solution for its new single-axis tracker product. The SunflowerTM mounting system rotates rows of photovoltaic (PV) modules on the East/West axis to follow the sun and maximize energy production. In large-scale commercial installations, rows can be 400-ft long, […]
Redesigned TB Wood’s eCatalog adds more products and features
TB Wood’s has recently redesigned the layout and functionality of its coupling eCatalog to enhance the user experience. The expanded eCat now includes G-Flex grid couplings along with Sure-Flex, Dura-Flex, Form-Flex and L-Jaw couplings and a wide range of belted drive products. The improved online tool, accessible at tbwoods.com/ecatalog, allows users to quickly select the […]
TB Wood’s cost savings calculator
TB Wood’s has created a new program that allows users to quantify cost and savings when selecting a Sure-Flex Plus EPDM or Neoprene sleeve. The program is now available at www.tbwoods.com, or it can be installed as a smartphone app on any Android or Apple device. Users simply input their current maintenance interval, cost of downtime, […]
Rigid couplings for refinery vertical turbine pumps
Vertical turbine style pumps are widely used in refinery and water treatment applications. The pumps are designed to lift fluids 20 ft. or more from sumps, pits or tanks. These types of pumps have a vertically mounted drive motor positioned directly above a long shaft that extends down inside a pipe and connects to a […]
The upside to downsizing elastomeric couplings
Located in the greater Houston area, GPM Pump and Seal is a provider of pumps, pump parts, mechanical seals and complete pump systems for oil and gas, petro-chemical, mining, water, wastewater treatment and other applications. They also specialize in pump and mechanical seal repair for all major OEMs. Elastomeric couplings are the industry standard for […]
Sure-Flex Plus couplings ANSI centrifugal pump packages
Located in the greater Houston area, GPM Pump and Seal is a provider of pumps, pump parts, mechanical seals and complete pump systems for various applications including oil and gas, petrochemical, mining, water and wastewater treatment. GPM has been specifying TB Wood’s Sure-Flex couplings for several years. Early on, the company used other couplings, but […]
TB Wood’s taper grid couplings
The TB Wood’s Taper Grid Coupling is made from high tensile alloy steel which is carefully formed to the grid shape before hardening and tempering under controlled conditions. The grid surface is then shot-peened. This process leaves the grid spring with a residually stressed surface layer which is in compression and which impedes the propagation […]
