Plant Equipment Feature Library

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12/10/2023 Hypoid gearboxes

Hypoid gearboxes have become increasingly popular, providing exceptional performance in the transfer of power and torque between components, writes supplier Apex Dynamics UK. Recent research by industrial automation market specialist ... » Read More

13/11/2014 Gearing up

Choice of gearbox type, not just sizing, is critical to the performance, efficiency, reliability and cost of any application. Brian Tinham takes advice from Brevini sales manager Dave Brown » Read More

01/08/2012 HES Tractec takes Molson Coors Brewery up a gear

UK brewery Molson Coors has installed 20 Comer gearboxes, supplied by HES Tractec, to power the rotating floors of four germination vessels at its maltings site in Shobnall, Burton-upon-Trent. » Read More

06/02/2012 Welsh Water improves efficiency with new gearboxes

Welsh Water is reporting improved efficiency at one of its sewage treatment works since replacing old worm gear drives on six half-bridge scrapers with planetary gearboxes that were a direct fit for the original boxes. » Read More

01/03/2010 Corus opens doors on high power gearboxes

Hybrid gearboxes, installed to open and close fume capture doors at Corus steelworks' iron desulphurisation plant in Scunthorpe, have proved themselves strong, durable and capable of very high torque, despite low energy input. » Read More

01/10/2008 Wet engineering

With the likely passing of the European Environmental Liability Directive 2004/35/EC into British law in December - extending the existing 'polluter pays' principle to water sources, inhabited land, and protected species and habitats - ... » Read More

01/10/2008 Go easy on energy

The oil price might fall below $100 per barrel, taking other energy prices down with it, but it may also climb to $200, according to energy industry insider Mike Brooks of St Omer Consulting. The point: plant managers should be planning ... » Read More

01/12/2007 Lubricate the parts

Just a decade ago, outside the automotive industry, synthetic lubricants were in low volume production. PTFE-based lubes, for example, were expensive problem solvers, aimed only at applications where mineral oils just couldn't handle the ... » Read More

01/12/2006 Harmonic approach to gear technology

Much of today's plant machinery uses high-ratio planetary gearboxes to provide a wide range of operating speeds and output torques for use in applications such as turbo systems for compressors and pumps, mobile equipment and machine tools. ... » Read More