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There Must Be 50 Ways to Reduce a Duty Cycle (Part 2)

May 23, 2017

Welcome to Part 2 of our duty cycle journey. In the first part, we reviewed how to take a duty cycle or one block of a duty cycle and reduce it to ...

There Must Be 50 Ways to Reduce a Duty Cycle

May 8, 2017

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Man, oh man — 2017 is going to be one for the record books! My wife and I recently had the 3rd and FINAL installment of the Parker clan. A healthy ...

The Science of Radial Shaft Seals

April 1, 2017

SKF Product Investigation Center Troubleshoots Critical Rotating Equipment Applications with Analysis, Research and Testing Procedures.

Industry News

March 1, 2017

The complete Industry News section from the March 2017 issue of Power Transmission Engineering.

A Chicago-area bakery was replacing the tray support bearings in its ovens on a reactionary basis. Their weekly inspection cycle was resulting in two mechanics spending an average of 20 labor hours per week to replace failed bearings. The premature bearing failures were caused by a combination of the high heat and humidity in the ovens, resulting in lubrication failure and contamination. When BDI was asked to recommend a solution, the bakery was averaging one month of bearing life in this application.

Klüber Lubrication Offers Specialty Lubricants for Open Drives and Gears Keeping Mineral Processing Plants Up and Running

October 10, 2016

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Authors: Daniel A. Narnhammer, Head of Global Competence Center Mining at Klüber Lubrication NA LP Justin Koozer, Cement and...

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ISO 281:2007 - Caveat Emptor

October 1, 2016

I was invited by Tom Astrene of TLT to write a response to the July 2010 TLT article (Ref. 1). My rebuttal — “In Search of a Fatigue Limit: A Critique of ISO Standard 281:2007” — was published in Tribology and Lubrication Engineering, TLT, August 2010 edition (Ref. 10). While this article is also available online, I will attempt to summarize the essence of my response.
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IMTS 2016 Booth Preview

August 1, 2016

A nose-in-the-tent peek at the booths featuring mechanical motion components.
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Are We Open to Change?

July 25, 2016

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This post will be a little different than normal as it does not address a specific technical issue but rather the industry’s “state of mi...
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Can You Develop Your Own Custom Motor-and-Motion System

June 1, 2016

In this century’s complex, ever- changing world of manufacturing, such capabilities as hardware and software expertise, effective location and distribution, business savvy and yes, even luck, are some of the cardinal requirements for running a successful business.
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