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   Power Transmission Technology Update       December 7, 2023

Bonfiglioli Highlights Industrial Automation Solutions at SPS 2023

The 2023 SPS trade fair in Nuremberg represented an important opportunity for Bonfiglioli to showcase its experience and expertise for industrial automation. This included mechatronic solutions specifically designed for packaging, intralogistics, robotics and IoT applications.

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FVA-Workbench Drives Progress in Marine Transmissions at Reintjes

Developing a new gearbox series is costly and time-consuming. This is especially true in marine propulsion, as classification society certifications must be achieved in addition to the required verifications. For this reason, Reintjes offers the same drives for various types of ships. In gearbox development, this means that each application requires different loads and usage profiles, with different service lives and maintenance intervals. Thus, each drive must be designed and calculated with advance consideration of every possible profile.

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Sumitomo Drive Technologies Presents New Generation of its ECY Shaft Gear Series

Sumitomo Drive Technologies is expanding its range of precision gear products and upgrading its ECY series with higher torque and a plug & play drive for motor connection. The ECY series comprises high-precision shaft gears, used for example for surface machining in dental technology or in collaborative robots (cobots). Thanks to their internal cylindrical roller bearings, the gear units provide both high rigidity and higher performance in a smaller design envelope.

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Our Engineers Look Forward to Working with You

For more than 70 years engineers have depended on SDP/SI for their expertise in small power transmission solutions and its engineer-to-engineer support. A frequently asked question is which is better, a timing belt and pulley drive system or a gear drive? Discover which one is better for your application.

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White Paper: Brushed vs. Brushless Motors

White Paper: Brushed vs. Brushless Motors

Discover the differences between the two primary DC motor technologies in this comprehensive white paper. Readers will gain a better understand of the function, design, and implementation of the BLDC and PMDC motors. To conclude, we will provide some points to remember for the selection process of a DC motor for your upcoming applications.

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Coating-free aluminum gearmotors in the ECO2 design

Coating-free aluminum gearmotors in the ECO2 design

ECOlogical, ECOnomical, and uncompromisingly sustainable. The ECO2 design is now available! Save energy by avoiding drying stages, lower CO2 emissions in production, fewer harmful emissions thanks to omission of coatings, no need for recoating after repairs, re-use uncoated parts, and fewer harmful substances when recycling drives.

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Look to Falk® Quadrive® for heavy-duty gearboxes

Look to Falk® Quadrive® for heavy-duty gearboxes

Protect uptime with shaft mount gearboxes furnished with high hardness, surface-finished teeth and a wider face to provide dependable power transmission. Quadrive includes a Torque Assist taper bushing for guaranteed lifetime removal and is available with the optional Falk Reliability Package to further aid with predictive maintenance and prevent downtime.

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Cobot Feeder: We Built It, Use It, and You Need It

Cobot Feeder: We Built It, Use It, and You Need It

The Cobot Feeder assists most cobots and other robotic applications by providing a continuous arsenal of machinable parts over a much longer time frame. Without a Cobot Feeder, a cobot may only run for thirty minutes to an hour with a single tray. With our Cobot Feeder, cobots can continuously cycle through seventeen trays and achieve overnight productivity.

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For over 60 years, engineers have relied on Spiroid<sup>®</sup> Gearing.

For over 60 years, engineers have relied on Spiroid® Gearing.

From robotics to aerospace, our gears provide the most compact, highest torque and customizable solutions on the planet. It’s the perfect balance of torque, efficiency and ratio flexibility.
Find out if Spiroid Gearing is the best fit for your application. Schedule a call with our engineers today at: 320-762-7133.

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Functional and Quiet Parallel Shaft Gears from ABM DRIVES INC.

Functional and Quiet Parallel Shaft Gears from ABM DRIVES INC.

ABM DRIVES INC’s TDF-Series parallel shaft gears provide efficient and smooth operation thanks to the optimized traction drive helical gearbox technology. An aluminum alloy die cast housing delivers a light-weight, rigid solution with either the 7.875” or 9” wheel diameter. Ideal applications include pallet jacks, automated guided vehicles, forklift trucks, sweepers, scrubbers and more.

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NORD MAXXDRIVE XT Industrial Gear Units: Built for Extreme Environments

NORD MAXXDRIVE XT Industrial Gear Units: Built for Extreme Environments

MAXXDRIVE XT IGUs provide up to 663,800 lb-in of torque, ratios of 6.3:1 - 22.4:1, and 30 - 2,825 hp. All bearings and sealing surfaces are machined in a single process for quiet operation and long service life. XT units have a high thermal limit and can be supplied ready-to-install with couplings, brakes, monitoring, and more.

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Keep equipment running with Philadelphia Gear

Keep equipment running with Philadelphia Gear

When communities count on uninterrupted power, Philadelphia Gear delivers the mission-critical gear drive support to keep entire cities moving. Access end-to-end services—including OEM parts and aftermarket repair—to ensure your equipment runs reliably for decades to come.

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AutomationDirect Expands ProSense Line of Transmitters

AutomationDirect Expands ProSense Line of Transmitters

AutomationDirect has added more ProSense XTH2 series fixed range, head-mounted temperature transmitters to their lineup of temperature transmitters/signal conditioners.

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