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Power Transmission Engineering is collaborating with the Bearing
Specialists Association (BSA) on a special section within the magazine.
Bearing Briefs will present updated reports on bearing topics for each issue in 2016.
Complimentary access to all BSA Bearing and Industry Briefs is available on the BSA
website at www.bsahome.org/tools.
During the past 10 years, the PM industry has put a lot of focus on how to make powder metal gears for automotive transmissions a reality. To reach this goal, several hurdles had to be overcome, such as fatigue data generation on gears, verification of calculation methods, production technology, materials development, heat treatment recipes, design development, and cost studies.
All of these advancements will be discussed, and a number of vehicles with powder metal gears in their
transmissions will be presented. How the transmissions have been redesigned in order to achieve the required stress levels while minimizing weight and inertia, thus increasing efficiency, will also be discussed.
Energy’s
endless energy efficiency
game of whack-a-mole, motors have historically always been one of the go-to moles. They’ve been in the spotlight since 1992. Over the past few decades, repeated efficiency laws have seen motor efficiency get whacked into tighter and tighter shape.
One of our goals at Power Transmission Engineering is to help you understand, identify and select the best technology for your mechanical power transmission or motion control applications. With every project, you have to decide which components to use, and which suppliers, based on functionality, quality and price. We aim to help you make those decisions informed by providing the latest information on current technology, especially when it comes to mechanical components.
An independent cheese packager
in central Wisconsin packages millions of pounds of cheese every year. Whether shredded, sliced, crumbled or waxed, each package is designed specifically for a customer’s unique needs. As a “toll processor,” production line speed is critical to productivity as well as profitability.
In the world of PT components,
the clutch gets absolutely no recognition whatsoever. There are entire magazines dedicated to gears, bearings and motors, but clutches get very little press outside of the automotive industry.
For several months, many economists have
been using the “R” word when it comes to
manufacturing. They say we’ve been in a global manufacturing recession since some time in the fourth quarter of
last year.
This three-part series on motor management best practices focuses on the importance of instituting a motor management plan as a necessity in effectively administering the electric motors in a facility. The goal of a motor management plan is to take advantage of opportunities for energy savings and increased productivity using energy efficient, reliable
motors such as NEMA Premium efficiency motors, herein referred to as “premium efficiency” motors.