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Top tips for industrial gearbox inspection and maintenance

Top tips for industrial gearbox inspection and maintenance

We asked the experts at Eriks for their top ten tips to minimise downtime and ensure your gearbox experiences as long an operational life as possible.

27th July 2015
Gearboxes selected for lock gates in Panama Canal upgrade

Gearboxes selected for lock gates in Panama Canal upgrade

A massive upgrade on the Panama Canal to accommodate larger vessels has seen some 34 gearboxes specified for the lock gates.

27th July 2015
Dynamometer rig upgraded for Ginetta engine testing

Dynamometer rig upgraded for Ginetta engine testing

Engine production programme at Ginetta includes the fitting of EGT series exhaust gas pressure sensors from Variohm.

27th July 2015
A world of features in a highly compact housing

A world of features in a highly compact housing

With a strong reputation within the market for Ex rated interface devices, Turck recently took a good look at the market and identified that customers increasingly have three key requirements, focused on safety, panel space and performance. The company therefore undertook a development programme for a new generation of interface technology, the result of which is the innovative IMX series.

27th July 2015
Trends in specifications for industrial linear actuators

Trends in specifications for industrial linear actuators

Manufacturers of industrial linear actuators are seeing increasing demand for higher ingress protection ratings and a growing interest in more advanced controls. So what is driving these trends? We asked the experts at Thomson Industries.

27th July 2015
Adhesive tapes meet aerospace demands

Adhesive tapes meet aerospace demands

Tesa 4965, a transparent double-sided tape consisting of a PET backing and a tackified acrylic adhesive developed for especially demanding applications involving heavy stress, high temperatures and critical substrates, is finding increasing acceptance in the aviation sector for permanent mounting of parts and panels.

27th July 2015
Monorail guides for wing assembly jig

Monorail guides for wing assembly jig

Schaeffler UK has supplied a variety of monorail guidance systems to Electroimpact, a global provider of aircraft assembly lines, factory automation and tooling solutions. The guidance systems form part of the assembly jigs for the Airbus A350 wings, which are assembled at the Airbus site in Broughton, UK.

27th July 2015
Big savings in oil filtration for aerospace

Big savings in oil filtration for aerospace

When a leading provider of aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services was faced with the rising cost of filtering jet oil to the required ISO cleanliness levels, it turned to Filtertechnik UK.

27th July 2015
Bearing design adds value in aviation applications

Bearing design adds value in aviation applications

Bearings are critical components in a variety of auxiliary aircraft applications, including navigational gyroscopes, air cycle machines, actuators, gearboxes, primary and secondary flight controls, starter generators, hydraulic pumps and cabin fan bearings.

27th July 2015
Investment to meet growing demand

Investment to meet growing demand

The value and success of the UK's aerospace industry is well documented, currently worth around £20bn to the UK manufacturing economy and employing around 270,000 people. The major aircraft manufacturers Airbus and Boeing are predicting continued growth, with higher production rates for all commercial aircraft averaging about 5% per year.

27th July 2015
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