PROBLEM Imagine how many times a clutch & brake must cycle on a loom making fiberglass screen — that’s right, thousands! You can probably also imagine how critical consistent clutching and braking is to making a quality screen. When industry began to move away […]
Read MorePROBLEM Our customer operates a take-up drive. Due to heavy loading and vibration, over time they cannot maintain alignment between the gearbox and the motor. As a result, the flexible coupling fails on a regular basis. Since it is a jaw style design, either […]
Read MorePROBLEM A local rail authority was experiencing rapid brake rotor wear. This required cars to be pulled out of service every six months. Because the rotors are between the wheels, they had to be pulled and replaced as well. This problem resulted in increased […]
Read MorePROBLEM Many of our customers operate mobile equipment with multiple hydraulic pumps to perform a variety of operations. In instances where one engine runs several pumps, power consumption, cold weather starting and pump seal wear often cause problems. SOLUTION We have worked with users […]
Read MorePROBLEM This manufacturer supplies special vehicles to airports. Some of the auxiliary equipment is hydraulically driven. The coupling that they were using to drive the hydraulic pump was failing on a regular basis. Our customer needed to eliminate this high maintenance item. SOLUTION We […]
Read MorePROBLEM After 25 years of operation, the hydraulic drum brakes on the roll stands had become a high maintenance item. Additionally, it had become increasingly difficult to maintain consistent tension control. SOLUTION A careful review of the application was necessary to determine the required […]
Read MorePROBLEM Crushers are used in underground mining to reduce all material to a safe size to protect conveyor belting. Traditional shear pins required frequent replacement in many mines. The result was significant down time and lost production. SOLUTION Several torque limiters had been tried […]
Read MorePROBLEM A large grinding mill suffered from sporadic overloads during jam ups. Originally, without any form of overload protection, the pinion shaft would fail. It was decided to add a shear pin protection device. This did protect the equipment, however it did not eliminate […]
Read MorePROBLEM A local sand and gravel operation had a problem starting their large sand pump. Every time they started, the high electric power draw resulted in reduced voltage to their residential neighbors. This brownout was not acceptable. Reviewing the situation, they found that the […]
Read MorePROBLEM This customer had just replaced the friction plates in his forward and reverse clutches. The next morning they had picked up a barge and had headed out the inlet. Shortly after reaching full ahead, smoke began to fill the engine room. Unable to […]
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