Industrial Technology

Six-page guide on gearbox refurbishment and service

Renold Gears has published a six-page guide to the full range of options available to maintenance engineers for industrial gearbox refurbishment, servicing and replacement. For instance, Renold can reverse engineer obsolete gearboxes, replicating the external dimensions of the old unit so that the new one fits perfectly as a drop-in replacement.

16th June 2016

Energy efficiency benefits of sine pumps

Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group has produced a white paper that sets out how Mee (MasoSine energy efficiency) curves can be used as a powerful and proven tool for demonstrating that sine pump technology is able to deliver significant benefits.

16th June 2016

Calibration system improves olympic shooters" accuracy

French engineering student Raphaël Chevalier has developed a device that helps Olympic prone shooters improve their accuracy by up to 24%. Prone position is the most basic and stable of all rifle shooting positions. Trained shooters often master the prone position first, as it is the one position where all common shooting factors can be isolated and addressed.

16th June 2016

Yuasa revs up to defend touring car titles

Yuasa is revving up for another action-packed season of British Touring Car Championship racing with the launch of a brand new team name, racing livery and a three driver line up. The 33 race series finishes in October.

16th June 2016

Bringing the America"s Cup home

Renishaw has joined Land Rover BAR’s Technical Innovation Group (TIG) as an official supplier – joining the quest to bring the America’s Cup home to Britain. The company is contributing its expertise in metal 3D printing and position feedback encoding.

16th June 2016

Managing and optimising race car balance is key to victory

The world of motor racing is highly competitive and one of the keys to success is to manage and optimise the balance of the race car. Mantracourt, through its French distributor Mantra France, has been working with the Sébastien Loeb Racing (SLR) team to supply a weighing system that would give their cars a competitive advantage.

16th June 2016

Individually configurable "pocket power packs"

As the link between two moving components, clevises serve as safe and reliable load-transmitting elements. The extensive standard collection in accordance with ISO 8140 / DIN 71752 already covers a wide range of applications. If this is not sufficient, it will be necessary to match the individual components optimally to increase efficiency and service life.

16th June 2016

Valve island with new valve size increases flexibility

Asco has added a new valve size to its valve island range which gives users greater flexibility across a variety of applications and industries. The Asco Numatics valve islands boast a wide capacity range of 400 l/min to 3820 l/min. The new 502 Series valve means that the range can now handle new mid-range flow requirements of up to 650 l/min. New base plates also mean it is possible to combine two sizes of valve on one island, enabling users to easily manage both valve actuator control and pneumatics.

16th June 2016

New options for controlling DC motors

The latest example of an innovative design philosophy applied to the control of DC motors with the emphasis on developing compact, flexible, energy-efficient solutions, has recently been introduced by Rotalink. Its output shaft absolute encoders provide accurate positional information to a resolution of ± 0.35º with a performance which is unaffected by power loss and is self-correcting in the event of electrical interference.

16th June 2016

Motors are just the tip of the iceberg for improving efficiency

Fuelled by the introduction of more stringent IE efficiency classes, manufacturers are chasing headline efficiency figures which could only have been dreamed of just 10 years ago. There’s no denying that this is a positive thing for industry, but is motor efficiency just the tip of the iceberg? We ask the experts at Bauer Gear Motor.

16th June 2016

Design Engineering

Six-page guide on gearbox refurbishment and service

Energy efficiency benefits of sine pumps

Calibration system improves olympic shooters" accuracy

Yuasa revs up to defend touring car titles

Bringing the America"s Cup home

Managing and optimising race car balance is key to victory

Individually configurable "pocket power packs"

Valve island with new valve size increases flexibility

New options for controlling DC motors

Motors are just the tip of the iceberg for improving efficiency