March 19-22, 2019
GCA 2019
Galveston, TX
NEWSROOM
A large chipper and grinder OEM was having service issues with their current belted drive supplier. They contacted their local distributor for help and asked them to get a quote from another source for their ductile iron sheaves. In response, the distributor sent the RFQ package to TB Wood’s.
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RBI Solar, an industry-leading designer and manufacturer of solar panel mounting systems for commercial applications, needed a reliable coupling solution for its new single axis tracker product.
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A major manufacturer of commercial wood chippers had experienced the complete failure of an imported belted drive installed as a replacement on a chipper from a product line that it recently acquired.
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A major global manufacturer of biomass machinery and process plants, was looking for a more reliable foundry for base castings used on its wood pellet mills. The mills produce uniform wood pellets for use in biomass furnaces. Various machine components are installed and attached to the 5 ft. wide x 6 ft. high, 6,000 lb. gray iron base casting.
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Couplings. There certainly is no shortage of couplings — or things to couple them with. There also seems to be no lack of applications for them. You say you need to reduce the transmission of shock loads from one shaft to another? That’s a classic application for shaft couplings; but really, couplings are application-intensive. They’re everywhere.
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