September 18-19, 2019
NAEC 2019
Grand Rapids, MI
Dura Flex Couplings
A U.S. manufacturer of advanced carbon products needed a replacement overrunning clutch solution for the auxiliary drive on its carbon pellet oven. A clutch coupling is used to disengage the machine’s low speed auxiliary drive from the higher speed main drive.
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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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IFAT is the leading fair for water, sewage, waste and raw materials management. The 2018 edition will host a range of engineering solutions from Altra Industrial Motion brands Bauer Gear Motor, Bibby Turboflex and TB Woods.
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A major manufacturer of truck-mounted hydraulic fracturing pump units needed reliable couplings for use on the engine cooling fan drives. Hydraulic fracturing is a process that extracts natural gas from underground shale formations.
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One of the most important tools that installers have to ensure correct mounting of power transmission components is the torque wrench. And, yet, this tool is used far too rarely in these installations.
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