SKF energy-efficient bearings, Bishop Wisecarver guided motion system, Weiss torque rotary table, Mico wireless braking system, Nord worm gear series, and SKF expanded range of couplings.

It’s as true in pulp and paper as it is in many other industries: the continued rise in energy prices has put a squeeze on margin and profits. Papermakers know that to maintain margin, they must effectively manage their energy costs.

In most cases, industrial power transmission calls for flexible rather than rigid couplings in order to forgive minor shaft misalignment. For that reason, this article will focus solely on the selection of flexible couplings.

“Banned by the NBA!” the headline screams. What are we talking here - Steroids? Gambling? Methamphetamines? Black socks? No - we’re talking shoes.

The complete Industry News section from the October 2010 issue of Power Transmission Engineering.

A look back at a turbine-powered fire engine that was years ahead of its time.

The complete Product News section from the February 2010 issue of Power Transmission Engineering.

In the history of machine tools, spindles have been very good relative to other bearings and structures on the machine. So quality professionals have developed a cache of tools—-ball bars, grid encoders displacement lasers, etc.—-to help them characterize and understand the geometry of the structural loop. But as machine tools have improved in their capability and precision, and the demands of part-geometry and surface finish have become more critical, errors in spindles have become a larger percentage of the total error.

The complete Product News section from the February 2008 Power Transmission Engineering.