Mechanical PT
Motion Scenarios: Spindle Control
Modern machine tools continue to make technical advances, thanks in large part to ongoing improvements and fine-tuning in computer numerical control (CNC)...
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Motion Scenarios: Spindle Control
Modern machine tools continue to make technical advances, thanks in large part to ongoing improvements and fine-tuning in computer numerical control (CNC)...
How to diagnose a noisy gearbox
Sometimes a gearbox problem can be easily identified by the sound it makes during operation. Conversely, other situations exist for which normal sounding...
Braking with bladders
Conveyors move discrete products down a line, but eventually those parts have to come to a stop. Here, traditional pneumatic and electromagnetic braking...
Stamping and pressing
The process of stamping is traditionally associated with the auto industry, and all of its requirements for specially shaped panels and parts. However,...
Tip-top tap-ready conveyor
Conveyors are no strangers to dust: It's generated by rubbing corrugated boxes during packaging, the conveying of pet food or bakery confectionary, and...
Motion Scenarios: Indexing
In modern machine design, indexing refers to movement of a mechanical member from an initial position to a new position, starting and ending in rest....
Line shafting mechanical and electronic
In applications such as printing and paper converting, where separated sides or ends of a moving machine must be synchronized, the most obvious solution...
Adjustable line shafts
By using a high-strength intermediate collar between two telescoping sections of precision tubing, EZV line shafts locate phase adjustment apparatus in an accessible space...
Steel bellows coupling
The backlash-free primeflex coupling can be plugged in for easy installation and disassembly...
Floating shaft couplings
Floating Shaft CD couplings provide a torsionally stiff, zero-backlash option for connecting long distances between shaft ends...
Tidy rollers
Bearings face two challenges in dirty or washdown environments: keeping out contamination, and keeping lubricant safe inside. Single and multi-lip designs...
U.S. gear demand gets growing
The domestic market for gears and gear assemblies is forecast to increase 3.9% per year to $30.1 billion in 2013 according to a new study from The Freedonia...
Slit type plastic couplings
S50TLC Inch and Metric Series couplings offer low cost, UV resistance, and voltage and RF isolation...
Why so many bearing greases?
The right grease can prolong the life of rolling-element bearings in expensive equipment, cut downtime, and improve performance. Guess what the wrong grease can do...
Lifting limitations with air bearings
Conventional stages with rolling steel bearings exhibit friction and other mechanical nonlinearities; they are also dependent on servo-loop filters (including...
