The recent trend toward using segmented laminations as a means to increase slot fill and facilitate automated fabrication of electric machines comes with a penalty of increased core loss at the segment joints.

The complete product news section from the June 2009 issue of Power Transmission Engineering.

The Royal Danish Theatre has occupied the heart of Copenhagen for centuries and recently upgraded to a new control system featuring Sprint Electric DC drives to extend the lives of the existing motors, keeping replacement costs down. The Swedish stage design and technology company Visual Act retained most of the original motors and mechanics while providing a much-needed facelift to the stage.

The federal government estimates that manufacturing uses about one third of the energy consumed in the U.S., so manufacturing companies can play an important role in building a sustainable future.

The complete product news section from the December 2008 issue of Power Transmission Engineering.

Entrust enlists Advanced Machine & Engineering for 7-axis, 2-spindle performance.

igus bearings solve undersea issues for the marine vehicle industry.

The complete product news section from the April 2008 issue of Power Transmission Engineering.

The complete Industry News section from the February 2008 issue of Power Transmission Engineering

Th e ISO defi nition of a full- complement bearing states that the bearing does not have a cage. When that defi nition was written, it was not technically possible to have a full-complement bearing with a cage. But SKF’s new high-capacity cylindrical roller bearing combines the load-carrying capacity of a fullcomplement bearing with the benefi ts of a bearing with a cage (Fig.1).