Today’s belt drive systems are capable of transmitting enormous power in a compact space. What impact does this load-carrying capacity have on the shafts and bearings of speed reducers attached to belt drives? The answer lies in understanding O Read More

Click on the attachment below for an in-depth overview from Continental on the requirement of hub load in power transmission drives. Read More

How to Load Ball Bearings into an Inch Series Ball Nut Read More

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Learn more about torque setting adjustments with RotoShield gearbox torque limiters.       Read More

A few years after the successful rollout of Globe Composite Jam Break Tools at a global package handling customer’s sortation sites across the country, BDI’s Technical Solutions Specialist Michael J. Martin began receiving calls from our Read More

Changing productions lines from dry-fill to wet-fill (and vice-versa) at a major midwest vegetable packing plant caused a 36-hour shut down. BDI introduced System Plast conveyor system which combined both wet and dry; eliminating changeover downtime. Read More

Package Handling Jam Prevention for Three Conveyor Types Package handling, or carrier facilities and distribution centers mainly rely on three primary types of conveyors to move, sort, and store packages: belted conveyors, driven roller conveyors, an Read More

V-BELT TENSIONING THUMB DEPRESSION METHOD If after seating the belt(s) and checking sheave alignment, each belt can be depressed its own thickness for every four feet of belt span with moderate effort, it can be considered correctly tensioned. Rechec Read More