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Chain Condition Monitoring (CCM) continuously measures the wear condition of a roller chain. The frictional movement between the pin or sleeve causes constant material removal - the chain elongates and has to be replaced after a certain time.
read more...Angular and planetary gearboxes
Wittenstein alpha completes the portfolio of low-backlash angular and planetary gearboxes.
read more..."Important operational synergy effects"
Bonfiglioli and Carraro completed the takeover process for O&K Antriebstechnik at the end of November 2018. The Italian drive specialist Bonfiglioli acquired the remaining shares for a total of 17 million euros. This makes Bonfiglioli the sole owner of O&K Antriebstechnik.
read more...Underfloor construction for intralogistics
Based on the Loxrail rail system, the intralogistics specialists at Losyco design and construct economical conveyor technology for machine and plant construction.
read more...Intelligent bus cable for safe automation
Igus has presented a concept for the intelligent monitoring of bus cables in e-chain systems.
read more...One of the innovations that ABM Greiffenberger will be presenting at SPS IPC Drives is the FGA 172/173 offset gearbox, which transmits torques of up to 170 Newton meters continuously and is available in two and three-stage versions.
read more...Underfloor drive for flow production
In the newly equipped production hall at Walter Maschinenbau's Czech site in Kuřim, CNC tool grinding machines weighing several tons are produced in flow production. The entire production process takes place on a ground-level assembly line.
read more...The gangways must be positioned safely so that passengers and staff can board cruise ships. At TUI, an electric chain hoist from Kito handles this task.
read more...In principle, the drive element "chain" is a simple component. But if it fails, it can cause high costs due to unplanned production downtime. During the 100 years of its existence, TSUBAKI has concentrated on research and further development.
read more...ASP Automation has developed a conveyor technology system, the Vario buffer conveyor belt. The system is used as a buffer, belt and goods carrier conveyor.
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